Display system with optical device
A display system includes a display screen layer, a coupling region, an upper guide, a first coupler, a second coupler, and an optical element. The coupling region may be positioned along a sidewall of the display screen layer and may route a beam between the optical element and the upper guide and may route the beam between the first coupler and the second coupler. The first coupler may be positioned along a front surface of the upper guide and may couple a beam through the front surface of the upper guide. The second coupler may be positioned between the coupling region and the upper guide and may couple the beam between the coupling region and the upper guide. The optical element may be positioned below a back surface of the upper guide. A computing device with the display system is also disclosed.
1 . A display system, comprising:
a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side over the display screen layer front side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
an optical element transmitter configured to transmit a beam;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide; and
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment; and
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler; and
wherein the display screen layer is configured to emit a visual image from the display screen layer front side through the first upper guide back side and the first upper guide front side such that the beam of the optical element transmitter and the visual image of the display screen layer are both emitted from the first upper guide front side to the external environment.
2 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling region injects the beam into the first upper guide via the first upper guide back side.
3 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the coupling region injects the beam into the first upper guide via the first upper guide sidewall.
4 . The display system of claim 1 , comprising:
a plurality of mirrors positioned beyond the display screen layer sidewall; and
wherein the plurality of mirrors route the beam from the optical element transmitter into the first upper guide sidewall.
5 . The display system of claim 1 , comprising:
a lower guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer back side;
wherein the lower guide comprises a lower guide front side below the display screen layer back side, a lower guide back side, and a lower guide sidewall between the lower guide front side and the lower guide back side; and
wherein the lower guide is configured to route the beam from the optical element transmitter to the coupling region.
6 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the second coupler is one of a plurality of couplers along the first upper guide front side that are configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to the external environment.
7 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein:
the first coupler comprises a first multiband stack between the first upper guide and the coupling region; and
the second coupler comprises a second multiband stack along the first upper guide front side.
8 . The display system of claim 1 , comprising a second upper guide comprising a second upper guide front side, a second upper guide back side over the first upper guide front side, and a second upper guide sidewall between the second upper guide front side and the second upper guide back side, wherein the second upper guide extends along at least a portion of the first upper guide front side; and
a third coupler along the second upper guide front side;
wherein the second coupler couples a first waveband of the beam from the first upper guide front side into the second upper guide back side; and
wherein the third coupler couples a second waveband of the beam through the second upper guide front side.
9 . The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display screen layer comprises light generating elements that emit light through the display screen layer front side and the first upper guide front side so as to present the visual image of the display screen layer.
10 . A display system, comprising:
a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side, wherein the display screen layer is configured to present visual output via the display screen layer front side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
a second upper guide comprising a second upper guide front side, a second upper guide back side, and a second upper guide sidewall between the second upper guide front side and the second upper guide back side, wherein the second upper guide extends along at least a portion of the first upper guide front side;
an optical element transmitter configured to transmit a beam;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide;
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment; and
a third coupler over the coupling region and laterally offset from the first coupler;
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler;
wherein the second coupler couples a first waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide; and
wherein the third coupler couples a second waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the second upper guide.
11 . The display system of claim 1 , comprising an optical element receiver configured to receive a second beam from the external environment via the first upper guide.
12 . A computing device, comprising:
a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side over the display screen layer front side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
an optical element transmitter configured to transmit a beam;
a storage device comprising instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide; and
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment;
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler; and
wherein the processor, in response to execution of the instructions, causes the optical element transmitter to transmit the beam into the first upper guide and causes the display screen layer to emit a visual image from the display screen layer front side through the first upper guide back side and the first upper guide front side such that the beam of the optical element transmitter and the visual image of the display screen layer are both emitted from the first upper guide front side.
13 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the coupling region injects the beam into the first upper guide via the first upper guide back side.
14 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the coupling region injects the beam into the first upper guide via the first upper guide sidewall.
15 . The computing device of claim 12 , comprising:
a plurality of mirrors positioned beyond the display screen layer sidewall; and
wherein the plurality of mirrors route the beam from the optical element transmitter into the first upper guide sidewall.
16 . The computing device of claim 12 , comprising:
a lower guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer back side;
wherein the lower guide comprises a lower guide front side below the display screen layer back side, a lower guide back side, and a lower guide sidewall between the lower guide front side and the lower guide back side; and
wherein the lower guide is configured to route the beam from the optical element transmitter to the coupling region.
17 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein the second coupler is one of a plurality of couplers along the first upper guide front side that are configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to the external environment.
18 . The computing device of claim 12 , wherein:
the first coupler comprises a first multiband stack between the first upper guide and the coupling region; and
the second coupler comprises a second multiband stack along the first upper guide front side.
19 . The computing device of claim 12 , comprising a second upper guide comprising a second upper guide front side, a second upper guide back side over the first upper guide front side, and a second upper guide sidewall between the second upper guide front side and the second upper guide back side, wherein the second upper guide extends along at least a portion of the first upper guide front side; and
a third coupler along the second upper guide front side;
wherein the second coupler couples a first waveband of the beam from the first upper guide front side into the second upper guide back side; and
wherein the third coupler couples a second waveband of the beam through the second upper guide front side.
20 . The computing device of claim 12 , comprising an optical element receiver configured to receive a second beam from the external environment via the first upper guide.
21 . A computing device, comprising:
a display screen layer comprising a display screen layer front side, a display screen layer back side, and a display screen layer sidewall between the display screen layer front side, and the display screen layer back side, wherein the display screen layer is configured to present visual output via the display screen layer front side;
a first upper guide that extends along at least a portion of the display screen layer front side, wherein the first upper guide comprises a first upper guide front side, a first upper guide back side, and a first upper guide sidewall between the first upper guide front side and the first upper guide back side;
a second upper guide comprising a second upper guide front side, a second upper guide back side, and a second upper guide sidewall between the second upper guide front side and the second upper guide back side, wherein the second upper guide extends along at least a portion of the first upper guide front side;
an optical element transmitter;
a storage device comprising instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions causes the processor to present visual output via the display screen layer front side and cause the optical element transmitter to transmit a beam into the first upper guide;
a coupling region through the display screen layer, wherein the coupling region is configured to route the beam toward the first upper guide;
a first coupler between the coupling region and the first upper guide, wherein the first coupler is configured to couple the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide; and
a second coupler along the first upper guide front side, wherein the second coupler is configured to emit the beam from the first upper guide to an external environment; and
a third coupler over the coupling region and laterally offset from the first coupler;
wherein the first upper guide is configured to route the beam from the first coupler to the second coupler;
wherein the second coupler couples a first waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the first upper guide; and
wherein the third coupler couples a second waveband of the beam from the coupling region to the second upper guide.