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Granted Patent B2
US 12,196,968 · App. 17/629,705 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Lens and head-mounted display apparatus

Inventors: Chunjing Mao (Shanghai, CN); Cheng Lo (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G02B27/0172G02B1/11G02B27/126G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 12,196,968
App. No.
17/629,705
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A head-mounted display apparatus-includes a lens frame, a lens, and a display module. Both the lens and the display module are disposed on the lens frame. The lens includes a first part and a second part. The first part is adjacent to the second part. The first part is configured to transmit ambient light. The second part is configured to transmit the ambient light and display light emitted by the display module. A ratio of the transmittance of the second part to the transmittance of the first part is within a threshold range. In one embodiment, the threshold range may be between 0.5 to 1.5.

Claims (44)

1. A head-mounted display device, comprising a lens frame, a lens, and a display circuit, wherein both the lens and the display circuit are disposed on the lens frame;

the lens comprises a first part and a second part, wherein the first part is adjacent to the second part;

the first part is configured to transmit ambient light and display light emitted by the display circuit;

the second part is configured to transmit the ambient light; and

a ratio of a transmittance of the second part to a transmittance of the first part is within a threshold range, wherein the threshold range is between 0.5 to 1.5;

wherein the first part comprises a free-form prism, a beam splitter, and a compensating prism that are sequentially stacked;

the beam splitter is disposed between the free-form prism and the compensating prism;

the free-form prism comprises a first incident plane, a first exit plane, and a second incident plane, wherein the first incident plane is adjacent to the beam splitter;

that the first part is configured to transmit ambient light comprises:

the compensating prism is configured to receive the ambient light, and the ambient light passes through the beam splitter, enters from the first incident plane of the free-form prism, and passes through the first exit plane; and

that the first part is further configured to transmit display light emitted by the display circuit comprises:

the second incident plane of the free-form prism is configured to receive the display light emitted by the display circuit, and the beam splitter is configured to reflect, to the first exit plane, the display light received by the second incident plane.

2. The head-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part comprises an optical lens and an anti-reflective film, the optical lens comprises a first incident plane and a second exit plane that are opposite to each other, the anti-reflective film is located between the first incident plane of the optical lens and the second exit plane, and the ambient light sequentially passes through the first incident plane of the optical lens and the anti-reflective film, and then exits from the second exit plane.

3. The head-mounted display device according to claim 2 , wherein

a first side surface of the first part is adjacent to a second side surface of the second part;

a shape of a part, located on the first side surface, of the beam splitter is a first shape;

a shape of a part, located on the second side surface, of the anti-reflective film is a second shape; and

the first shape matches the second shape.

4. The head-mounted display device according to claim 3 , wherein the optical lens comprises a first light transmission part and a second light transmission part that face each other, a surface of the first light transmission part that is away from the second light transmission part is the first incident plane, a surface of the second light transmission part that is away from the first light transmission part is the second exit plane, and the anti-reflective film is between the first light transmission part and the second light transmission part.

5. The head-mounted display device according to claim 4 , wherein the anti-reflective film is a plating layer formed, by using a magnetron sputtering or vapor deposition process, on a surface of the first light transmission part that faces the second light transmission part or a surface of the second light transmission part that faces the first light transmission part.

6. The head-mounted display device according to claim 4 , wherein the head-mounted display device is an augmented reality device.

7. The head-mounted display device according to claim 2 , wherein the anti-reflective film comprises one or more of a beam splitter, an absorbing film, or a polarizing film.

8. The head-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part comprises a substrate and a color masterbatch mixed in the substrate.

9. The head-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part comprises a first body part and a second body part, and the first body part and the second body part are respectively located on either side of the first part.

10. The head-mounted display device according to claim 9 , wherein the second part further comprises a third body part, the third body part is disposed between the first body part and the second body part, and the third body part is adjacent to the first exit plane of the first part.

11. The head-mounted display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part is a ring-shaped structure and has an accommodation space, and the first part is disposed in the accommodation space.

12. A lens disposed in a head-mounted display device, wherein the lens comprises a first part and a second part, the first part is adjacent to the second part, a ratio of a transmittance of the second part to a transmittance of the first part is within a threshold range, and the threshold range is 0.5 to 1.5;

the first part comprises a free-form prism, a beam splitter, and a compensating prism that are sequentially stacked;

the beam splitter is disposed between the free-form prism and the compensating prism;

the free-form prism comprises a first incident plane, a first exit plane, and a second incident plane, wherein the first incident plane is adjacent to the beam splitter;

the compensating prism is configured to receive ambient light, and the ambient light passes through the beam splitter, enters from the first incident plane of the free-form prism, and passes through the first exit plane;

the second incident plane of the free-form prism is configured to receive display light emitted by a display circuit, and the beam splitter is configured to reflect, to the first exit plane, the display light received by the second incident plane; and

the second part is configured to transmit the ambient light.

13. The lens according to claim 12 , wherein

the second part comprises an optical lens and an anti-reflective film, the optical lens comprises a first incident plane and a second exit plane that back each other, the anti-reflective film is located between the first incident plane of the optical lens and the second exit plane, and the ambient light sequentially passes through the first incident plane of the optical lens and the anti-reflective film, and then exits from the second exit plane.

14. The lens according to claim 13 , wherein a first side surface of the first part is adjacent to a second side surface of the second part;

a shape of a part, located on the first side surface, of the beam splitter is a first shape;

a shape of a part, located on the second side surface, of the anti-reflective film is a second shape; and

the first shape matches the second shape.

15. The lens according to claim 14 , wherein the second part has a ring-shaped structure, the second part has an accommodation space, and the first part is disposed in the accommodation space.

16. The lens according to claim 13 , wherein the second part has a ring-shaped structure, the second part has an accommodation space, and the first part is disposed in the accommodation space.

17. The lens according to claim 12 , wherein the second part comprises a substrate and a color masterbatch mixed in the substrate.

18. The lens according to claim 17 , wherein the second part has a ring-shaped structure, the second part has an accommodation space, and the first part is disposed in the accommodation space.

19. The lens according to claim 12 , wherein the second part is a ring-shaped structure, the second part has an accommodation space, and the first part is disposed in the accommodation space.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: MAO, CHUNJING; LO, CHENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067130/0032 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910703281.X · Jul 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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