Head-mounted display
A head-mounted display including an image generator, a projection lens, and a waveguide is provided. The image generator is configured to provide an image beam. The projection lens is disposed on a path of the image beam. The projection lens has an image side and an object side. The image generator is configured at the image side. The projection lens includes a first lens element and a lens element group. The lens element group is disposed between the image generator and the first lens element. A first central axis of the first lens element and a second central axis of the lens element group are not overlapped. The waveguide is disposed on the path of the image beam and located at the object side of the projection lens.
1. A head-mounted display, comprising an image generator, a projection lens, and a waveguide, wherein:
the image generator is configured to provide an image beam;
the projection lens is disposed on a path of the image beam and has an image side and an object side, the image generator is configured at the image side, and the projection lens comprises a first lens element and a lens element group, wherein:
the first lens element has a first central axis,
the lens element group is disposed between the image generator and the first lens element, the lens element group has a second central axis,
wherein the first central axis of the first lens element and the second central axis of the lens element group are not overlapped, and
the waveguide is disposed on the path of the image beam and is located at the object side of the projection lens, the waveguide has two spherical surfaces facing each other, the two spherical surfaces have a same radius of curvature, and the image beam is reflected by the two spherical surfaces.
2. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the image generator has an image source, and an included angle between a normal line of a light-emitting surface of the image source and the second central axis is not equal to 0 degree.
3. The head-mounted display according to claim 2 , wherein the included angle is in a range of 13 degrees to 15 degrees.
4. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the projection lens comprises one to three aspherical lens elements.
5. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first central axis and the second central axis is in a range of 1.5 mm to 2.5 mm.
6. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein each lens element comprised in the projection lens is an axisymmetric lens element.
7. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the waveguide has a first non-axisymmetric optical surface, and after transmitting through the projection lens, the image beam is incident to the waveguide from the first non-axisymmetric optical surface.
8. The head-mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein the first lens element and the first non-axisymmetric optical surface are disposed adjacently.
9. The head-mounted display according to claim 7 , wherein the waveguide further comprises a second non-axisymmetric optical surface and a third non-axisymmetric optical surface, and the image beam is reflected by the second non-axisymmetric optical surface and the third non-axisymmetric optical surface.
10. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein the image beam further enters an eye of a user after transmitting through one of the two spherical surfaces.
11. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the waveguide is in a range of 1.45 to 1.65.
12. The head-mounted display according to claim 1 , wherein a modulation transfer function of the image beam with a wavelength in a range of 450 nm to 650 nm is greater than 0.5.