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US 11,002,972 · App. 16/827,873 · Granted May 11, 2021

Display device, optical element, and method of producing optical element

Inventors: Mitsutaka Ide (Shiojiri, JP); Masatoshi Yonekubo (Suwagun-hara-mura, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G02B27/0172G02B13/004G02B27/4272G02B2027/0107G02B2027/0174G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 11,002,972
App. No.
16/827,873
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to the present disclosure includes a first optical unit having positive power, a second optical unit including a first diffraction element and having positive power, a third optical unit having positive power, and a fourth optical unit including a second diffraction element and having positive power, and the first to fourth optical units are provided along an optical path of imaging light emitted from an imaging light generating device. The second optical unit further includes a first member provided at one surface side of the first diffraction element, and a second member provided on a side of the first member opposite to a side where the first diffraction element is located, the first member is transmissive and has an elastic modulus of 50 GPa or greater, and the second member is transmissive and has optical power.

Claims (20)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first optical unit having positive power;

a second optical unit including a first diffraction element and having positive power;

a third optical unit having positive power; and

a fourth optical unit including a second diffraction element and having positive power, the first to fourth optical units being provided along an optical path of imaging light emitted from an imaging light generating device, wherein

the second optical unit further includes a first member provided at one surface side of the first diffraction element, and a second member provided on a side of the first member opposite to a side where the first diffraction element is located,

the first member is transmissive and has an elastic modulus of 50 GPa or greater, and

the second member is transmissive and has optical power.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first member is formed from glass.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a surface of the first member facing the second member is a flat surface.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a gap is formed between the first member and the second member.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a spacer member forming a gap between the first member and the second member.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the spacer member includes a first spacer portion and a second spacer portion, and

each of the first spacer portion and the second spacer portion is formed from a different material.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second member includes a light shielding member provided at a surface of the second member facing the first member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2020
From: IDE, MITSUTAKA; YONEKUBO, MASATOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052206/0429 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-056555 · Mar 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200310131A1 · Oct 1, 2020