Granted Patent B2

US 12,374,053 · App. 17/801,379 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Inventors: Minghui Luo (Suzhou, CN); Wen Qiao (Suzhou, CN); Tangdong Cheng (Suzhou, CN); Ruibin Li (Suzhou, CN); Ling Li (Suzhou, CN); Ping Zhu (Suzhou, CN); Linsen Chen (Suzhou, CN)

Assignee: SVG TECH GROUP CO., LTD.

G06T19/006G02B5/1814G02B6/12009

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. A device for rendering an augmented reality image, which is characterized by comprising:

an optical waveguide lens; and

a first two-dimensional grating array located on a surface of the optical waveguide lens;

a second two-dimensional grating array located on the surface of the optical waveguide lens,

wherein, positions of the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array on the surface of the optical waveguide lens are set so that the first two-dimensional grating array and second two-dimensional grating array are not overlapped in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the optical waveguide lens and larger edges of the first and second two-dimensional grating arrays are opposite to each other,

wherein, the first two-dimensional grating array is configured such that rays incident on the first two-dimensional grating array expands to the entire first two-dimensional grating array on the one hand, and propagates to the second two-dimensional grating array on the other hand,

wherein, the second two-dimensional grating array is configured such that rays propagating to the second two-dimensional grating array expands to the entire second two-dimensional grating array on the one hand, and emits from the optical waveguide lens on the other hand,

wherein, the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array have the same period,

wherein a middle section of an edge of the first two-dimensional grating array facing the second two-dimensional grating array is farther away from the second two-dimensional grating array compared with two ends,

wherein the edge of the first two-dimensional grating array facing the second two-dimensional grating array surrounds at least a part of the second two-dimensional grating array.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array is configured to make rays emitted from the first two-dimensional grating array propagate to the second two-dimensional grating array in a total reflection manner within the optical waveguide lens.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an angle between orientations of two gratings of the first two-dimensional grating array is set to be large enough to avoid forming a high-brightness region in the middle of the second two-dimensional grating array.

4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the angle is between 90° and 160°.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein a structural morphology of the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array is one of the groups consisting of: cylindrical, conical, square and trapezoidal.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are directly formed on the surface of the optical waveguide lens.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are formed on the surface of the optical waveguide lens by means of an intermediate layer.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are located on the same surface of the optical waveguide lens.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are located on two opposite surfaces of the optical waveguide lens.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array includes one-dimensional grating arrays located on two opposite surfaces of the optical waveguide lens respectively, and the second two-dimensional grating array is located on one of the two opposite surfaces.

11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein there is a spacing between the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are close together.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein end face of the optical waveguide lens is coated with a light absorption layer.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein grating periods of the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are 200 nm-600 nm.

15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein grating depths of the first two-dimensional grating array and the second two-dimensional grating array are 50 nm-600 nm.

16. A system for realizing augmented reality display, which is characterized by comprising:

an image source configured to provide rays containing image information; and

a device for rendering an augmented reality image according to claim 1 .

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