Flexible light path guide device
A flexible light path guide device includes at least one light path coupling member for receiving at least one visible light and at least one flexible optical guide member having a first end, a second end extending in a direction away from the first end, a light path positioned between the first and second ends and at least one chamber positioned in the light path in adjacency to the second end. The first end is coupled with the visible light corresponding to the light path coupling member. The visible light is guided by the light path to the chamber. The chamber guides the visible light to outer side of the flexible optical guide member. Accordingly, when the visible light reaches a projected object, the effects that the visible light has high brightness and low optical energy loss and the total volume of the projection imaging device is minimized are achieved.
1. A flexible light path guide device comprising:
at least one light path coupling member for receiving at least one visible light; and
multiple flexible optical guide members disposed corresponding to the at least one light path coupling member, each flexible optical guide member having a first end, a second end extending in a direction away from the first end, a light path positioned between the first and second ends and at least one chamber positioned in the light path within the flexible optical guide member in adjacency to the second end, the first end being coupled with the at least one visible light corresponding to the at least one light path coupling member, the visible light being guided by the light path to the at least one chamber, the at least one chamber serving to guide the at least one visible light to an outer side of the flexible optical guide member; and
at least one refractive member disposed in the light path within each flexible optical guide member, between the at least one light path coupling member and the at least one chamber, the at least one refractive member for adjusting an angle or wavelength of the at least one visible light, wherein each flexible optical guide member is an optical waveguide made from a solid transparent material.
2. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one optical projection system for projecting the at least one visible light, the at least one optical projection system being disposed corresponding to the at least one light path coupling member.
3. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one optical projection system is selected from a group consisting of a light-emitting diode display, an organic light-emitting diode display, a micro light-emitting diode display, a MEMS controlled laser projector, a liquid crystal on silicon projector, a thin film transistor liquid crystal display, a digital light processing project or and any combination thereof.
4. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one optical projection system is one single optical projection system or an array composed of multiple arranged optical projection systems.
5. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the multiple visible lights have equal wavelength or different wavelengths.
6. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wavelength of the at least one visible light ranges from 380 nm to 750 nm.
7. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one light path coupling member is formed outside the first ends of the flexible optical guide members or integrally formed with the first ends of the flexible optical guide members.
8. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one light path coupling member is selected from a group consisting of a lens, a lens set composed of multiple stacked lenses, an array composed of multiple arranged lenses, an array composed of multiple arranged lens sets and any combination thereof.
9. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the multiple of flexible optical guide members are selectively a multiple of flexible optical guide members arranged in parallel to each other or an array composed of multiple arranged flexible optical guide members.
10. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a surface-treatment is selectively applied to an outer surface of each flexible optical guide member or a structure with different refractive index is added to the surface of each flexible optical guide member to form a total reflection surface or a transflective surface.
11. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each flexible optical guide member is made of a polymer material.
12. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each flexible optical guide member is selectively made by means of 3D printing, etching, accumulation, crystal growth, brushing, molding, cutting, milling or any combination thereof.
13. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one chamber is selected from a group consisting of one single chamber, a chamber set composed of multiple stacked chambers, an array composed of multiple arranged chambers, an array composed of multiple arranged chamber sets and any combination thereof.
14. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the chambers of the multiple flexible optical guide members respectively have identical or different optically designed structures, the optically designed structures including cross-sectional shape, end face shape, filling, coating and crystal grain arrangement, whereby through the same or different optically designed structures of the chambers, the visible light images outside the second end in positions spaced from the second end by different distances.
15. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the filling is selected from a group consisting of vacuum, gas, liquid and any combination thereof.
16. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the projected object is selectively an eye or a surface of any real body article.
17. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one refractive member is selected from a group consisting of a lens, a lens set composed of multiple stacked lenses, an array composed of multiple arranged lenses, an array composed of multiple arranged lens sets, a transflective layer, a transflective layer set composed of multiple stacked transflective layers, an array composed of multiple arranged transflective layers, an array composed of multiple arranged transflective layer sets and any combination thereof.
18. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the flexible optical guide members is a bar-shaped structure or a bending structure.
19. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the flexible optical guide members is made from a material selected from a group consisting of plastic, glass, quartz, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), complex material and any combination thereof.
20. The flexible light path guide device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one visible light is guided to the outer side of the flexible optical guide member, wherein the outer side is a longitudinal side of the flexible optical guide member.