IP Library Granted Patent US 12,181,675
Granted Patent B2
US 12,181,675 · App. 18/106,506 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Augmented reality electronic device

Inventors: Chih-Lung Lin (Miao-Li County, TW); Jian-Min Leu (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
G02B27/0172G02B26/06G02B27/0176G02B27/286
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Patent No.
US 12,181,675
App. No.
18/106,506
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An augmented reality electronic device includes a light adjusting component. The light adjusting component includes a panel and a first quarter wave plate. The panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first quarter wave plate is disposed on a first side of the panel.

Claims (40)

1. An augmented reality electronic device, comprising:

a light adjusting component, comprising:

a panel comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a first quarter wave plate disposed on a first side of the panel,

wherein the panel has a second side opposite to the first side, the first side has a first reflectivity, the second side has a second reflectivity, and the first reflectivity is greater than the second reflectivity,

wherein the medium layer has an alignment direction, the first quarter wave plate has a first slow-axis direction, and the alignment direction is perpendicular to the first slow-axis direction.

2. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light adjusting component further comprises a phase compensation film disposed on the second side of the panel, wherein the phase compensation film has a second slow-axis direction, the first slow-axis direction of the first quarter wave plate is perpendicular to the second slow-axis direction of the phase compensation film.

3. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein a phase difference of the phase compensation film is less than a phase difference of the first quarter wave plate.

4. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the first substrate is disposed between the medium layer and the first quarter wave plate, and the first substrate comprises a plurality of metal lines.

5. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein the second substrate is disposed between the medium layer and the phase compensation film.

6. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the medium layer comprises a plurality of liquid crystal molecules.

7. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light adjusting component further comprises a first polarizer disposed on the first side of the panel, and the first quarter wave plate is disposed between the first substrate and the first polarizer.

8. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the light adjusting component further comprises:

a phase compensation film disposed on the second side of the panel;

a first half wave plate disposed on the first side of the panel; and

a second half wave plate disposed on the second side of the panel.

9. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the first quarter wave plate is disposed between the first substrate and the first half wave plate, and the phase compensation film is disposed between the second substrate and the second half wave plate.

10. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the light adjusting component further comprises:

a first polarizer disposed on the first side of the panel; and

a second polarizer disposed on the second side of the panel;

wherein the first half wave plate is disposed between the first quarter wave plate and the first polarizer, and the second half wave plate is disposed between the phase compensation film and the second polarizer.

11. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a waveguide disposed on the first side of the panel.

12. An augmented reality electronic device, comprising:

a light adjusting component, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate opposite to the first substrate;

a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a first quarter wave plate disposed on a first side of the first substrate;

a second quarter wave plate disposed on a second side of the first substrate, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side, the second quarter wave plate is disposed between the first substrate and the medium layer;

a first polarizer disposed on the first side of the first substrate; and

a second polarizer disposed on the second side of the first substrate;

wherein the first quarter wave plate is disposed between the first substrate and the first polarizer, and the second substrate is disposed between the medium layer and the second polarizer.

13. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the first substrate comprises a plurality of metal lines.

14. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the first quarter wave plate has a first slow-axis direction, the second quarter wave plate has a second slow-axis direction, the first slow-axis direction of the first quarter wave plate is perpendicular to the second slow-axis direction of the second quarter wave plate.

15. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein a reflectivity of the first substrate is greater than a reflectivity of the second substrate.

16. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the light adjusting component further comprises:

a first half wave plate disposed on the first side of the first substrate; and

a second half wave plate disposed on the second side of the first substrate.

17. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the first quarter wave plate is disposed between the first substrate and the first half wave plate, and the second quarter wave plate is disposed between the first substrate and the second half wave plate.

18. The augmented reality electronic device according to claim 12 , further comprising a waveguide disposed on the first side of the first substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: LIN, CHIH-LUNG; LEU, JIAN-MIN
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202211547178.9 · Dec 5, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63320700 · Mar 17, 2022
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