IP Library Granted Patent US 10,185,149
Granted Patent B2
US 10,185,149 · App. 15/516,001 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

Spectacle lens for a display device which can be placed on the head of a user and which generates an image, and display device comprising such a spectacle lens

Inventor: Frank Widulle (Neu-Ulm, DE)
Assignee: tooz technologies GmbH
G02B27/0172G02B27/017G02C7/086G02B2027/0178
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,185,149
App. No.
15/516,001
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spectacle lens for a display device can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image. The spectacle lens includes a coupling-in section, a coupling-out section, and a light guiding channel. The spectacle lens includes a first partial spectacle lens connected to a second partial spectacle lens. The light guiding channel runs in the first partial spectacle lens and the two partial spectacle lenses are connected to each other via contact surfaces which extend on the one hand from the front side to the rear side and on the other hand from the edge of the spectacle lens along a predetermined length in a second direction, which runs transversely with respect to the first direction.

Claims (22)

1. A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generate an image, the spectacle lens defining a front side, a rear side and an edge connecting the front and rear side, the spectacle lens comprising:

a coupling-in section;

a coupling-out section spaced apart from the coupling-in section; and

a light guiding channel configured to guide light bundles of pixels of the generated image, which are coupled into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section of the spectacle lens, in the spectacle lens along a first direction to the coupling-out section, by which they are coupled out of the spectacle lens,

wherein the spectacle lens comprises several parts, including a first partial spectacle lens and a second partial spectacle lens connected together,

wherein the light guiding channel runs in the first partial spectacle lens, and

wherein the first and second partial spectacle lenses are connected to each other via contact surfaces which extend on the one hand from the front side to the rear side and on the other hand from the edge of the spectacle lens along a predetermined length in a second direction, which runs transversely with respect to the first direction.

2. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling-out section comprises at least one reflective surface which is formed in the first partial spectacle lens.

3. The spectacle lens according to claim 2 , wherein the coupling-out section comprises at least one reflective surface which is formed in the second partial spectacle lens.

4. The spectacle lens according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one reflective surface is formed curved.

5. The spectacle lens according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one reflective surface is formed curved.

6. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling-out section comprises at least one reflective surface which is formed in the second partial spectacle lens.

7. The spectacle lens according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one reflective surface is formed curved.

8. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein, the coupling-out section comprises, in one of the first and second partial spectacle lenses, a recess and in the other of the first and second partial spectacle lenses a projecting section which is complementary to the recess.

9. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the contact surfaces extends from the edge of the spectacle lens to the coupling-out section.

10. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second partial spectacle lenses each comprise two contact surfaces which extend from the edge of the spectacle lens to the coupling-out section.

11. The spectacle lens according to claim 10 , wherein the two contact surfaces of the first and second partial spectacle lens in each case lie in one plane.

12. The spectacle lens according to claim 1 , wherein the two partial spectacle lenses comprise the same material.

13. A display device, comprising:

a holder that can be fitted on the head of a user,

an image-generating module secured to the holder, which generates an image, and

an imaging optical system secured to the holder, which comprises a spectacle lens according to claim 1 , and when the holder is fitted on the user's head, images the generated image such that the user can perceive it as a virtual image.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 6, 2018
From: CARL ZEISS SMART OPTICS GMBH
To: TOOZ TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 047525/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2017
From: WIDULLE, RER. NAT. FRANK, DR.
To: CARL ZEISS SMART OPTICS GMBH
Reel/Frame 042132/0726 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2014 114 238 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170299868A1 · Oct 19, 2017