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WO2000043841A1 - Systeme de generation d'images utilisant des elements optiques holographiques commutables - Google Patents

Systeme de generation d'images utilisant des elements optiques holographiques commutables Download PDF

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WO2000043841A1
WO2000043841A1 PCT/US2000/001177 US0001177W WO0043841A1 WO 2000043841 A1 WO2000043841 A1 WO 2000043841A1 US 0001177 W US0001177 W US 0001177W WO 0043841 A1 WO0043841 A1 WO 0043841A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to image generating devices, and more particularly, to compact display systems, such as those used in head mounted displays.
  • Head mounted displays have received considerable attention as a technique for displaying high magnification, large field of view, and high definition virtual images.
  • the head mounted display generally includes a support member for mounting the display on a head of a user and various optical and display components.
  • the components are arranged to magnify an image displayed on a compact image display panel (microdisplay) such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and to display the magnified image ahead of the user through the optical system.
  • a compact image display panel microdisplay
  • LCD liquid crystal display
  • the user typically does not directly observe an image displayed on a monitor or screen, but instead observes a magnified virtual image converted from the image displayed on the display panel.
  • the head mounted display thus provides a compact arrangement for displaying to the user a larger image than displayed on a small microdisplay panel.
  • microdisplay devices have been developed that produce a viewable image generally no greater than 4.8 mm x 3.6 mm in size. This is advantageous in terms of reducing manufacturing cost, however, problems have been encountered in attempting to magnify these small images for comfortable viewing by a user.
  • Typically, such displays have an emission angle of approximately 10 to 15 degrees.
  • An optical system used to magnify the image displayed on the microdisplay must provide a sufficiently large exit pupil.
  • the exit pupil needs to be large enough to allow for rotations and side to side movement of the eye and slippage of the display. Exit pupil size usually has to be traded off against field of view.
  • the size of the exit pupil and field of view must be constrained as follows:
  • the viewing geometry is typically limited to an exit pupil of 6 mm diameter and a field of view of 40°. If larger fields of view are required, the exit pupil may be too small to be usable for comfortable viewing of the image.
  • a sequence of images are typically displayed and illuminated sequentially with red, green, and blue lights produced by a light source (e.g., array of light emitting diodes (LEDs)).
  • the projected emission area of the light source on the surface of the microdisplay must generally conform to the size of the microdisplay. This typically results in a displayed image that is insufficiently bright.
  • a system for generating an image includes an illumination system comprising a light source and a plurality of holographic devices switchable between an active state wherein light from the light source is diffracted by the device and a passive state wherein the light is not diffracted by the device.
  • a display panel is positioned for illumination by the illumination system and operable to project a display image.
  • the system further includes an optical projection system operable to receive the display image and form an intermediate image having a generally uniform illumination distribution and an optical diffuser positioned such that the intermediate image is formed thereon and configured to project a resultant image with an emission angle larger than an emission angle of the display panel.
  • the light source preferably comprises an array of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes (LED).
  • the plurality of holographic devices may comprise three holographic optical elements each having a hologram recorded therein which is optimized to diffract red, green, or blue light.
  • the diffuser may also comprise three holographic optical elements each having a hologram optimized to diffract red, green, or blue light.
  • the switchable holographic optical elements of the illumination system and diffuser are sequentially operated simultaneously to create a sequence of monochrome images, which are combined to form a multicolor resultant image.
  • an image generating system generally comprises an illumination system comprising a plurality of lasers and a scanner operable to receive laser beams from the lasers and scan the laser beams to produce an intermediate image on an optical diffuser.
  • the diffuser is operable to project a resultant image having a viewable angular range greater than a viewable angular range of the intermediate image.
  • the image generating system may also include a reflective optical device positioned to transmit the resultant image from the optical diffuser to a user for viewing.
  • the reflective device may also include switchable holographic devices.
  • Fig. 1 is schematic of a first embodiment of an image generating system of the present invention utilizing an LED light source.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a holographic optical element and light source of the image generating system of Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a partial front view of the holographic optical element of Fig. 2 illustrating an electrode and electric circuit of the holographic optical element.
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic of three holographic optical elements each optimized to diffract red, green, or blue light, and an electronic controller operable to switch each of the holographic optical elements between an active state and a passive state.
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic of a second embodiment of the image generating device of Fig. 1 utilizing a scanning laser light source.
  • Fig. 6 is a schematic of the scanning laser light source and diffuser of the image generating device of Fig. 5.
  • the system 10 may be used in a head mounted display, hand held display or other compact display devices.
  • the system 10 includes a display device 12 operable to produce an image, an illumination system, generally indicated at 14, operable to illuminate the display device, an optical projection system
  • the projection system 16 is configured to form a real, focused intermediate image I having a generally uniform illumination distribution on the diffuser 18.
  • the intermediate image is preferably magnified.
  • the diffuser 18 is configured to project a resultant image for viewing by a user.
  • the optical system 16 and diffuser 18 are utilized to overcome constraints imposed by the relatively small angular range (emission angle ⁇ ) over which small display devices 12 (such as a
  • microdisplay device operable to produce a viewable image less than 5 mm x 4 mm in
  • the diffuser 18 increases the angular bandwidth of ray bundles originating at the
  • the optical system 10 may form the resultant image with a one to one magnification of the image displayed by the display 12.
  • the product of the field of view and exit pupil can be increased by arranging the components so that the element 18 has a diffusion characteristic such that the resultant image has a larger emission angle than that of the light from the input image display.
  • the resultant image may be used as a source image for further optics (shown in Fig. 5 and described below) which project the image to the user's eye or eyes.
  • the display 12 generates video or graphic information and may comprise a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, or any other spatial light modulator (SLM) which reflects or transmits light produced externally.
  • the display 12 may be a miniature reflective LCD having either a nematic or ferroelectric material on a silicon backplane, for example.
  • the display 12 may also be based on transmissive display technologies.
  • the display 12 is preferably configured to display a monochrome image on its display panel. As described below, the display 12 is color illuminated sequentially using separate red, green, and blue light sources so that images projected from the display appear to be displayed as a composite multicolor image.
  • a micro-electromechanical system such as a Digital Light Processor (DLP) using a Digital Micromirror DeviceTM (DMD) available from Texas Instruments, may also be used as the display 12.
  • the DMD is a micromechanical silicon chip having movable mirrors which reflect light to create high quality images. An image is formed on the reflective surface of the DMD by turning the mirrors on or off digitally at a high speed. An image is generated by color sequentially illuminating the display and turning individual mirrors on or off for durations which depend on the amount of each primary color required to generate the required color value at each pixel.
  • the display 12 may also be a diffractive display device such as a Grating Light NaiveTM (GLV) available from Silicon Light Machines (formerly Echelle, Inc.).
  • GLV Grating Light NaiveTM
  • the illumination system 14 includes an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) 24 arranged in red, green, and blue triads, or alternating rows of red, green, and blue, for example.
  • the illumination system 14 further includes three switchable holographic devices (holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30) which each act upon red, green, or blue light.
  • An illumination controller 32 switches each of the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 between an active state and a passive state in conjunction with an LED controller 34 which controls the LED array 24.
  • the LED controller 34 energizes the red, green, and blue LEDs sequentially and in synchronization with the illumination controller 32 so that red, green, and blue light is projected in turn onto the display 12, thereby producing red, green, and blue images.
  • the switching performed by the controllers 32, 34 is sufficiently fast so that the image is perceived by a user as being multi-colored.
  • the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 concentrate light from the LED array 24 onto a relatively small display area A.
  • the LED array 24 is preferably sufficiently large so that the display can be made adequately bright for easy viewing.
  • the LED array may include an array of 6 x 8 sources, each source comprising separate red, green, and blue LED die configured in a triad.
  • the individual LED die are square with sides typically in the 0.2-0.4 mm range.
  • the sources are preferably uniformly distributed over an area roughly identical to that of the display panel.
  • the LED die may be configured as alternate red, green, and blue rows.
  • the red LEDs may have a peak wavelength of 621 nanometers, a bandwidth (at
  • the green LEDs may have a peak wavelength of 525 nanometers, a bandwidth (at 50% of peak intensity) of 35 nanometers and apeak intensity in the range of 1-5 milliwatts per steradian, for example.
  • the blue LEDs may have a peak wavelength of 470 nanometers, a bandwidth (at 50% of peak intensity) of 25 nanometers and a peak intensity in the range of 1-5 milliwatts per steradian, for example.
  • the LEDs may be replaced with solid state laser devices. With more intense sources such as lasers, high brightness may be achieved with fewer emitters than would be required for LED illumination systems.
  • the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 each include a hologram interposed between two electrodes 52 (Figs. 2 and 3).
  • the hologram may be a Bragg (thick or volume) hologram or Raman-Nath (thin) hologram.
  • Raman-Nath holograms are thinner and require less voltage to switch light between various modes of the hologram, however, Raman-Nath holograms are not as efficient as Bragg holograms.
  • the Bragg holograms provide high diffraction efficiencies for incident beams with wavelengths close to the theoretical wavelength satisfying the Bragg diffraction condition and within a few degrees of the theoretical angle which also satisfies the Bragg diffraction condition.
  • the hologram is used to control transmitted light beams based on the principles of diffraction.
  • the hologram selectively directs an incoming light beam from the light source 24 either towards or away from a viewer and selectively diffracts light at certain wavelengths into different modes in response to a voltage applied to the electrodes 52.
  • Light passing through the hologram in the same direction as the light is received from the light source 24 is referred to as the zeroth (0th) order mode 48 (Fig. 2).
  • liquid crystal droplets within the holographic optical element 26, 28, 30 are oriented such that the hologram is present in the element and light is diffracted from the zeroth order mode to a first (1st) order mode 50 of the hologram.
  • a voltage is applied to the holographic optical element 26, 28, 30, the liquid crystal droplets become realigned effectively erasing the hologram, and the incoming light passes through the holographic optical element in the zeroth order mode
  • the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 may also be reflective rather than transmissive as shown in Fig. 2 and described above.
  • the arrangement of the holographic device and display 12 would be modified to utilize reflective properties of the hologram rather than the transmissive properties described herein.
  • the light that passes through the hologram is diffracted by interference fringes recorded in the hologram to form an image.
  • the hologram is able to perform various optical functions which are associated with traditional optical elements, such as lenses and prisms, as well as more sophisticated optical operations.
  • the hologram may be configured to perform operations such as deflection, focusing, or color filtering of the light, for example.
  • the holograms are preferably recorded on a photopolymer/liquid crystal composite material (emulsion) such as a holographic photopolymeric film which has been combined with liquid crystal, for example.
  • a photopolymer/liquid crystal composite material emulsion
  • the presence of the liquid crystal allows the hologram to exhibit optical characteristics which are dependent on an applied electrical field.
  • the photopolymeric film may be composed of a polymerizable monomer having dipentaerythritol hydroxypentacrylate, as described in PCT Publication, Application Serial No. PCT/US97/12577, by Sutherland et al.
  • the liquid crystal may be suffused into the pores of the photopolymeric film and may include a surfactant.
  • the diffractive properties of the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 depend primarily on the recorded holographic fringes in the photopolymeric film.
  • the interference fringes may be created by applying beams of light to the photopolymeric film. Alternatively, the interference fringes may be artificially created by using highly accurate laser writing devices or other replication techniques, as is well known by those skilled in the art.
  • the holographic fringes may be recorded in the photopolymeric film either prior to or after the photopolymeric film is combined with the liquid crystal. In the preferred embodiment, the photopolymeric material is combined with the liquid crystal prior to the recording.
  • the liquid crystal and the polymer material are pre-mixed and the phase separation takes place during the recording of the hologram, such that the holographic fringes become populated with a high concentration of liquid crystal droplets.
  • This process can be regarded as a "dry" process, which is advantageous in terms of mass production of the switchable holographic optical elements.
  • Recording of the hologram may be accomplished by a traditional optical process in which interference fringes are created by applying beams of light. Alternatively, the interference fringes may be artificially created by using highly accurate laser writing devices or other optical replication techniques.
  • the optical properties of the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 primarily depend on the recorded holographic fringes in the photopolymeric film.
  • the electrodes (electrode layers) 52 are positioned on opposite sides of the emulsion and are preferably transparent so that they do not interfere with light passing through the hologram.
  • the electrodes 52 may be formed from a vapor deposition of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) which typically has a transmission efficiency of greater than 80%, or any other suitable substantially transparent conducting material.
  • ITO Indium Tin Oxide
  • the electrodes 52 are connected to an electric circuit 58 operable to apply a voltage to the electrodes, to generate an electric field (Fig. 3). Initially, with no voltage applied to the electrodes 52, the hologram is in the diffractive (active) state and the holographic optical element 26, 28, 30 diffracts propagating light in a predefined manner.
  • the electrodes 52 of the holographic optical element 26, 28, 30 When an electrical field is generated in the hologram by applying a voltage to the electrodes 52 of the holographic optical element 26, 28, 30 the operating state of the hologram switches from the active state to the passive state and the holographic optical element does not optically alter the propagating light.
  • the electrodes may be different than described herein. For example, a plurality of smaller electrodes may be used rather than two large electrodes which substantially cover surfaces of the holograms.
  • Each holographic optical element 26, 28, 30 is holographically configured such that only a particular monochromatic light is diffracted by the hologram.
  • the red optical element 26 has a hologram which is optimized to diffract red light
  • the green optical element 28 has a hologram which is optimized to diffract green light
  • the blue optical element 30 has a hologram which is optimized to diffract blue light.
  • the illumination controller 32 drives switching circuitry 64 associated with the electrodes 52 on each of the optical elements 26, 28, 30 to apply a voltage to the electrodes (Figs. 3 and 4).
  • the electrodes 52 are individually coupled to the device controller through a voltage controller 68 which selectively provides an excitation signal to the electrodes 52 of a selected holographic optical element 26, 28, 30, switching the hologram to the passive state.
  • the voltage controller 68 also determines the specific voltage level to be applied to each electrode 52.
  • a voltage may also be applied across the hologram such that the holographic optical element 26, 28, 30is in a partially active state in which light passing through the hologram is partially affected by the optical characteristics of the hologram. This may be used, for example, to vary the light scattering characteristics of the holographic optical elements of the diffuser 18 described below.
  • the controller 32 operates to sequentially display three monochromatic images of the color input image.
  • the electrodes 52 attached to each of the holograms are sequentially enabled such that a selected amount of red, green, and blue light is directed towards the viewer.
  • the controller 32 switches the green and blue holograms 28, 30 to the passive state by applying voltages to their respective electrodes 52.
  • the supplied voltages to the electrodes 52 of the green and blue holograms 28, 30 create a potential difference between the electrodes, thereby generating an electrical field within the green and blue holograms.
  • the presence of the electrical field switches the optical characteristics of the holograms 28, 30 to the passive state.
  • the green and blue holograms 28, 30 in the passive state and the red hologram 26 in the diffractive state only the red hologram optically diffracts the projected red image.
  • the green hologram 28 is next changed to the diffractive state by deenergizing the corresponding electrodes 52 and the electrodes of the red hologram 26 are energized to change the red hologram to the passive state so that only green light is diffracted.
  • the blue hologram 30 is then changed to the diffractive state by deenergizing its electrodes 52 and the electrodes of the green hologram 28 are energized to change the green hologram to its passive state so that only blue light is diffracted.
  • LED array 24 are sequentially enabled with a refresh rate (e.g., less than 150 microseconds) which is faster than the response time of a human eye so that a color image will be created in the viewer's eye due to the integration of the red, green, and blue monochrome images created from each of the red, green, and blue holograms. Consequently, the display 12 will be illuminated sequentially by red, green, and blue lights so that the final viewable image will appear to be displayed as a composite color.
  • the red, green, and blue holographic elements 26, 28, 30 may be cycled on and off in any order.
  • the projection system 16 receives the image displayed by the display device 12 and forms the intermediate image I on the diffuser 18. Projection optics of the projection system 16 preferably focus and magnify the display images so that the images can be properly diffused by the diffuser 18.
  • the optical system may be formed from conventional refractive optical elements, holographic diffractive elements (as described above for the illumination system 14), or a combination thereof. Cylindrical, prismatic, or off-axis aspheric optical components may also be included to correct for geometric aberrations in off-axis optical configurations such as those required to implement wearable displays, as is well known by those skilled in the art.
  • the optical system 16 may also include reflective optical elements (not shown) to fold the optical path to further reduce the size of the image generating system 10.
  • the diffuser 18 preferably comprises a stack of switchable holographic optical elements 80, 82, 84 similar to the holographic optical elements 26, 28, 30 described above for the illumination system 14, except that the elements 80, 82, 84 have a diffusing function recorded therein.
  • the diffusing function may be achieved by introducing diffusion elements (e.g., computer generated holograms) into one or more of the beams during recording of the hologram.
  • diffusion elements e.g., computer generated holograms
  • separate holographic diffusion elements are used for red, green, and blue wavelengths to prevent color distortion.
  • the holograms for the different wavelength bands may also be recorded in a single holographic element, however, this may result in cross-talk between the different colors.
  • holographic optical elements 80, 82, 84 are controlled by a controller 86 which sequentially cycles the elements between their active and passive states in conjunction with the illumination elements 26, 28, 30.
  • the diffuser 18 may also be passive (i.e., not switchable) and formed from a conventional diffusion screen or by a holographic diffraction element or holographic light shaping diffuser, for example.
  • Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a second embodiment of the image generating device, generally indicated at 100.
  • the second embodiment 100 is similar to the first embodiment 10 except that the display 12 and illumination system 14 are replaced with a scanning laser having red, green, and blue lasers 102, 104, 106 and a beam scanner 108.
  • a controller 109 is connected to the lasers 102, 104, 106 and scanner 108 to coordinate operation of the laser beams and scanner.
  • the scanner 108 is operable to receive output beams from the lasers 102, 104, 106 and scan the beams onto the diffuser 18 to produce a scanned real intermediate image I on the diffuser.
  • the scanner 108 may be based on acousto-optics, micromirrors, or piezoelectric technology, as is well known by those skilled in the art.
  • the diffuser 18 increases the angular bandwidth of ray bundles originating at the plane of the intermediate image I, thereby increasing the angular range over which the image I is viewable (as indicated by arrows 110).
  • the Lagrange Invariant of the overall system 100 is thereby increased and the size and polar diagram of the resultant image after diffusion by the diffuser 18 are such as to satisfy the Lagrange Invariant for the required field of view of the exit pupil of the overall system 100.
  • a reflective holographic diffusion device comprising a stack of switchable holographic optical elements 116, 118, 120 which are operable to diffract red, green, and blue wavelengths, respectively.
  • the individual elements 116, 118, 120 are operable to diffract red, green, and blue wavelengths, respectively.
  • a reflection controller 124 may be switched between an active (diffracting) state and a passive (non- diffracting) state by a reflection controller 124.
  • the holograms recorded in the elements 116, 118, 120 are operable to magnify and collimate the resultant image and transmit the image for viewing by a user (as indicated by a ⁇ ows 126).
  • the controllers 86, 124 are a ⁇ anged to switch the holographic optical elements 80, 82, 84 of the diffuser 18 and the co ⁇ esponding holographic elements 116, 118, 120 of the reflective device 112 generally simultaneously so that the red elements 80, 116 are activated in unison, the green elements 82, 118, and the blue elements 84, 118 are activated in unison.

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L'invention concerne un système (10) permettant de générer une image comprenant un système d'éclairage (14) ayant une source de lumière (24) et une pluralité de dispositifs holographiques (26, 28, 30) pouvant passer entre un état actif lorsque la lumière provenant de la source de lumière est diffractée par le dispositif et un état passif lorsque la lumière n'est pas diffractée par le dispositif. Un afficheur (12) sert à éclairer grâce à son système d'éclairage et à projeter une image. Le système est aussi équipé d'un dispositif de projection optique (16) permettant de recevoir l'image affichée et de former une image intermédiaire dont la répartition de l'éclairage se fait de manière généralement uniforme sur un diffuseur optique (18). Le diffuseur sert à projeter l'image obtenue selon un angle d'émission supérieur à l'angle d'émission du panneau d'affichage.
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