IP Library Granted Patent US 12,541,102
Granted Patent B2
US 12,541,102 · App. 17/121,202 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Optical waveguide for a display device

Inventor: Thorsten Alexander Kern (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
G02B27/0101B60K35/10B60K35/22B60K35/231B60K35/50B60K35/55G02B5/20G02B6/0076G02B27/0081B60K2360/25B60K2360/336G02B2027/0112
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Patent No.
US 12,541,102
App. No.
17/121,202
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to an optical waveguide for a display device and to a device for generating a virtual image using such an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide has two or more partial optical waveguides adapted to different wavelengths. At least one of the partial optical waveguides in this case has an optical filter. The optical filter is adapted to the wavelengths used.

Claims (17)

1 . An optical waveguide comprising:

a first optical waveguide adapted to transmit light of a first wavelength;

a second optical waveguide adapted to transmit light of a second wavelength;

a third optical waveguide adapted to transmit light of a third wavelength; and

an optical filter having three narrowband transmission bands corresponding to the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength.

2 . The optical waveguide as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the optical filter is a dielectric filter, and

wherein the light of the first wavelength is red light, the light of the second wavelength is green light, and the light of the third wavelength is blue light.

3 . A device for generating a virtual image, the device comprising:

an image-generating unit for producing an image; and

an optics unit for projecting the image onto a mirror unit for generating the virtual image; and

an optical waveguide for expanding an exit pupil, the optical waveguide comprising:

a first optical waveguide adapted to transmit light of a first wavelength;

a second optical waveguide adapted to transmit light of a second wavelength;

a third optical waveguide adapted to transmit light of a third wavelength; and

an optical filter having three narrowband transmission bands corresponding to the first wavelength, the second wavelength, and the third wavelength.

4 . The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the optical filter is a dielectric filter, and

wherein the light of the first wavelength is red light, the light of the second wavelength is green light, and the light of the third wavelength is blue light.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 070441/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2020
From: KER, THORSTEN ALEXANDER, PROF
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 054641/0132 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 209 622.8 · Jun 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2019065498 · Jun 13, 2019
Related Publication 20210096364A1 · Apr 1, 2021
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