IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,222,524
Granted Patent B2
US 12,222,524 · App. 17/259,186 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Ocular optical system and head mounted display

Inventors: Hidetsugu Takagi (Yokohama, JP); Miho Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nikon Corporation
G02B3/08
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,222,524
App. No.
17/259,186
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ocular optical system including a Fresnel lens having a plurality of Fresnel zones formed on a lens surface on an observation object side, the plurality of Fresnel zones being arranged concentrically side by side along an aspherical surface having a shape which is rotationally symmetric with respect to a central axis of the Fresnel lens, the ocular optical system satisfying the conditional expression 0<PAE1/PAC1≤0.50, where PAE1 represents an average pitch in a radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or more from the central axis of the Fresnel lens, and PAC1 represents an average pitch in the radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens excluding a first Fresnel zone.

Claims (113)

1. An ocular optical system comprising:

a Fresnel lens including a plurality of Fresnel zones formed on a lens surface on an observation object side, wherein

the plurality of Fresnel zones are arranged concentrically side by side along an aspherical surface having a shape which is rotationally symmetric with respect to a central axis of the Fresnel lens, and satisfy the following conditional expression:

0< PAE 1/ PAC 1≤0.50,

where

PAE1 represents an average pitch in a radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or more from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones, and

PAC1 represents an average pitch in the radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens excluding a first Fresnel zone located on a most central axis side of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones,

wherein

the aspherical surface is expressed by using the following expression:

[

Expression

⁢

⁢

1

]

Z

d

=

y

2

/

R

d

1

+

1

-

(

1

+

k

d

)

⁢

y

2

/

R

d

2

+

∑

i

=

2

10

⁢

A

2

⁢

i

×

y

2

⁢

i

where

Z d represents a sag amount of the aspherical surface at a distance y from the central axis of the Fresnel lens,

R d represents a radius of curvature of a reference spherical surface,

k d represents a conic constant, and

A 2i represents a (2×i)-order aspherical coefficient, and

the following expression is satisfied:

k d ≤−5.0.

2. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0< PAE 2/ PAC 1≤0.55,

where

PAE2 represents an average pitch in the radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm to 22.5 mm from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

3. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

0< PAE 3/ PAC 1≤0.60,

where

PAE3 represents an average pitch in the radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm to 20 mm from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

4. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

PAC 1≥1.0 [mm].

5. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

PMX 1/ PMN 1≥10.0,

where

PMX1 represents a maximum pitch in the radial direction of the plurality of Fresnel zones, and

PMN1 represents a minimum pitch in the radial direction of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

6. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1< PMX 2/ PMN 2≤7.5,

where

PMX2 represents a maximum pitch in the radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones, and

PMN2 represents a minimum pitch in the radial direction of the Fresnel zones formed in the portion having the radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

7. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

1< PMX 3/ PMN 3≤2.5,

where

PMX3 represents a maximum pitch in the radial direction of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens excluding the first Fresnel zone out of the plurality of Fresnel zones, and

PMN3 represents a minimum pitch in the radial direction of the Fresnel zones formed in the portion having the radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens excluding the first Fresnel zone out of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

8. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

QE 1/ QC 1≥2.0,

where

QE1 represents the number of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm to 22.5 mm from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones, and

QC1 represents the number of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens excluding the first Fresnel zone out of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

9. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

the following conditional expression is satisfied:

QE 2/ QC 1≥1.0,

where

QE2 represents the number of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm to 20 mm from the central axis of the Fresnel lens out of the plurality of Fresnel zones, and

QC1 represents the number of Fresnel zones formed in a portion having a radius of 15 mm or less from the central axis of the Fresnel lens excluding the first Fresnel zone out of the plurality of Fresnel zones.

10. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

wall surface portions of the plurality of Fresnel zones are provided with light-shielding members.

11. The ocular optical system according to claim 1 , wherein

an outer diameter of the Fresnel lens is 45 mm to 70 mm.

12. A head mounted display comprising:

an image display part capable of displaying an image; and

an ocular optical system for observing an image displayed on the image display part, wherein the ocular optical system is the ocular optical system according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2021
From: TAKAGI, HIDETSUGU; MATSUMOTO, MIHO
To: NIKON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054868/0616 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-138654 · Jul 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210157035A1 · May 27, 2021
References Cited (17)
US 10140832B2 · Stout · 2018 [cited by examiner]
US 20080179520A1 · Kauffman · 2008 [cited by examiner]
US 20150301317A1 · Watanabe · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US 20160178912A1 · Kusuda et al. · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20180074318A1 · Wheelwright et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20180074325A1 · Wheelwright et al. · 2018 [cited by applicant]
US 20200319344A1 · Ronchini Ximenes · 2020 [cited by examiner]
DE 102014207492B4 · 2017 [cited by examiner]
JP H4063401U · 1992 [cited by applicant]
JP 2015049305A · 2015 [cited by applicant]
JP 2016176981A · 2016 [cited by applicant]
Translation of DE102014207492 (Year: 2017). [cited by examiner]
Office Action issued Feb. 14, 2022, in Chinese Patent Application No. 201980046354.0. [cited by applicant]
Office Action issued Aug. 31, 2021, in Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-532218. [cited by applicant]
Office Action issued Dec. 28, 2022, in Taiwanese Patent Application No. 108122366. [cited by applicant]
International Preliminary Report on Patentability from International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2019/024219, Feb. 4, 2021. [cited by applicant]
International Search Report from International Patent Application No. PCT/JP2019/024219, Sep. 24, 2019. [cited by applicant]