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Granted Patent B2
US 11,415,802 · App. 16/490,033 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Electronic device using an augmented reality

Inventors: Seungyong Shin (Seoul, KR); Kyoungtae Kim (Seoul, KR); Seong Jo (Seoul, KR); Changkyu Hwang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
G02B27/0172G02B5/32G02B6/005G02B6/0023G02B6/0088G02B27/4205G02B2027/014G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 11,415,802
App. No.
16/490,033
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic device using a virtual reality, which is capable of self-aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle by using a mechanical mechanism. An electronic device according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a glass body including a frame; an optical engine mounted on a leg of the frame and generating and emitting an image; an optical element mounted on the frame and performing in-coupling and out-coupling of the image emitted from the optical engine and displaying the corresponding image to a user; and a self alignment unit automatically aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle of the optical element.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic device using a virtual reality, comprising:

a glass body including a frame;

an optical engine mounted on a leg of the frame and generating and emitting an image;

an optical element mounted on the frame and performing in-coupling and out-coupling of the image emitted from the optical engine and displaying the corresponding image to a user; and

a self alignment unit automatically aligning an in-coupling angle and an out-coupling angle of the optical element,

wherein the optical element mounted on the frame rotates automatically in conjunction with a rotation of the optical engine mounted on the leg,

wherein the self alignment unit adjusts a rotation angle of the out-coupling angle to be smaller than a rotational angle of the in-coupling angle,

wherein the self alignment unit adjusts the out-coupling angle so that the out-coupling angle rotates at θ when the in-coupling angle rotates at 2θ, and

wherein the self alignment unit includes a first gear and a second gear having a gear ratio of 2:1 and a third gear positioned between the first and second gears and matching rotational directions of the first gear and the second gear.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the self alignment unit adjusts the out-coupling angle by rotating the first gear according to rotational force of the second gear transmitted through the third gear.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the first gear is a lens gear provided in the optical element, the third gear is an idle gear coupled to the lens gear, and the second gear is a temple gear coupled to the idle gear.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the frame includes a first shaft to which the lens gear is coupled, a second shaft to which the temple gear is coupled, and a third shaft to which the idle gear is coupled.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the optical element includes an in-coupler for the in-coupling and an out-coupler for the out-coupling.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the optical element is configured by a diffractive optical element (DOE) or a hologram optical element (HOE).

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising:

two of the optical engine, two of the optical element, and two of the self alignment unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2019
From: SHIN, SEUNGYONG; KIM, KYOUNGTAE; JO, SEONG; HWANG, CHANGKYU
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 050235/0845 →
Continuity (1)
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