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US 12,736,825 · App. 18/798,309 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Optical system and display apparatus

Inventors: Xin Li (Beijing, CN); Ling Fu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
G02B27/0961G02B1/08G02B27/286G02B27/288
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Patent No.
US 12,736,825
App. No.
18/798,309
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical system and a display apparatus are provided. The optical system includes: a lens component, a transflective film, a reflective polarization layer, and a phase retardation film. The lens component includes at least two lenses which include a first surface, a second surface, a third surface and a fourth surface sequentially arranged. An absolute value of a curvature radius of the fourth surface is greater than that of the first surface, a ratio of a curvature radius of the third surface to that of the fourth surface is 0.3 to 0.8, and an absolute value ratio of a conic constant of the third surface to that of the fourth surface is no greater than 0.2.

Claims (33)

1 . An optical system, comprising:

a lens component, comprising at least two lenses, the at least two lenses comprising a first surface, a second surface, a third surface and a fourth surface arranged sequentially along a direction of an optical axis of the lens component, and the second surface and the third surface having a same surface type parameter;

a transflective film, located between the second surface and the third surface of the lens component;

a reflective polarization layer, located on a side of the fourth surface of the lens component that is away from the first surface of the lens component; and

a phase retardation film, located on a side of the transflective film that is away from the first surface;

wherein light transmitted through the transflective film and then incident on the lens component is configured to be folded back between the transflective film and the reflective polarization layer, and exit from the reflective polarization layer;

the first surface and the second surface are two surfaces of a same lens, the first surface is a convex surface, the second surface is a concave surface, the third surface is a convex surface, the fourth surface is a concave surface; an absolute value of a curvature radius of the fourth surface is greater than an absolute value of a curvature radius of the first surface, a ratio of a curvature radius of the third surface to the curvature radius of the fourth surface is 0.3 to 0.8, and an absolute value ratio of a conic constant of the third surface to a conic constant of the fourth surface is no greater than 0.2.

2 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between two intersection points where the first surface and the second surface intersect with the optical axis is a first distance, a distance between two intersection points where the third surface and the fourth surface intersect with the optical axis is a second distance; the first distance is less than the second distance, and a ratio of the second distance to a focal length of the optical system is 0.45 to 0.7.

3 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the curvature radius of the first surface to a focal length of the optical system is −1.5 to −2.5, and the conic constant of the first surface is close to negative infinity, or the curvature radius of the first surface is a negative value infinitely close to zero, and the conic constant of the first surface is −15 to −25;

a ratio of the curvature radius of the second surface to the focal length of the optical system and a ratio of the curvature radius of the third surface to the focal length of the optical system are both −1.75 to −2.5, and the conic constant of the second surface and the conic constant of the third surface are both −10 to 10;

a ratio of the curvature radius of the fourth surface to the focal length is −3.5 to −5, and the conic constant of the fourth surface is −100 to −50.

4 . The optical system according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio of the first distance to the focal length of the optical system is 0.15 to 0.25.

5 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of an aperture of the lens component to the focal length of the optical system is 2 to 3.

6 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a total track length of the optical system to the focal length of the optical system is 0.8 to 1.

7 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the phase retardation film is located between the reflective polarization layer and the transflective film, or located on a side of the reflective polarization layer that is away from the transflective film.

8 . The optical system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a linear polarization film, located on a side of the reflective polarization layer that is away from the transflective film.

9 . The optical system according to claim 2 , wherein the lens component comprises a first lens, a second lens and a third lens arranged sequentially along the direction of the optical axis; the first lens comprises the first surface and the second surface, the second lens comprises the third surface, the third lens comprises the fourth surface, the second lens further comprises a fifth surface opposite to the third surface, the third lens further comprises a sixth surface located on a side of the fourth surface that is close to the fifth surface; the fifth surface and the sixth surface are both flat surfaces; or the fifth surface and the sixth surface have a same surface type, and an absolute value of a curvature radius in at least one direction of the fifth surface is greater than an absolute value of a curvature radius of other surfaces;

the phase retardation film is located on the fifth surface or the sixth surface.

10 . The optical system according to claim 9 , wherein the absolute value of the curvature radius in the at least one direction of the fifth surface is greater than 100 millimeters.

11 . The optical system according to claim 9 , wherein a distance between two intersection points where two surfaces of the first lens intersect with the optical axis is the first distance, a distance between two intersection points where two surfaces of the second lens intersect with the optical axis is a third distance, a distance between two intersection points where two surfaces of the third lens intersect with the optical axis is a fourth distance; and the first distance and the fourth distance are both less than the third distance.

12 . The optical system according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio of a sum of the third distance and the fourth distance to the second distance is 0.9 to 1.1.

13 . The optical system according to claim 11 , wherein a ratio of the third distance to the focal length is 0.3 to 0.45, and a ratio of the fourth distance to the focal length is 0.15 to 0.25.

14 . The optical system according to claim 10 , wherein a ratio of a center thickness to an edge thickness of the second lens is greater than or equal to 0.5 and no greater than 3, and a ratio of an edge thickness to a center thickness of the third lens is greater than or equal to 0.5 and no greater than 2.

15 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein an exit pupil distance of the optical system is 12 millimeters to 20 millimeters.

16 . The optical system according to claim 9 , wherein the second lens and the third lens are made of a same material, and a material of the first lens is different from the material of the second lens.

17 . The optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the lens component comprises a first lens and a second lens arranged sequentially along the direction of the optical axis, the first lens comprises the first surface and the second surface, and the second lens comprises the third surface and the fourth surface;

the phase retardation film is located between the reflective polarization layer and the transflective film, or located on a side of the reflective polarization layer that is away from the fourth surface.

18 . The optical system according to claim 17 , wherein the phase retardation film is located between the reflective polarization layer and the transflective film, and the reflective polarization layer is configured to reflect linearly polarized light of one characteristic and transmit linearly polarized light of another characteristic; or,

the phase retardation film is located on a side of the reflective polarization layer that is away from the fourth surface, and the reflective polarization layer comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal layer.

19 . A display apparatus, comprising a display screen and the optical system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the optical system is located on a display side of the display screen, and the second surface is located on a side of the first surface that is away from the display screen.

20 . The display apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the display screen comprises a plurality of sub-pixels and a microlens array located on a light emergent side of the plurality of sub-pixels.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2026
From: LI, XIN; FU, LING
To: SHANGHAI SUIXUNTONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075539/0799 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2026
From: SHANGHAI SUIXUNTONG ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075539/0924 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310996286.2 · Aug 8, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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