391results about "Holographic optical components" patented technology

Methods, apparatus, devices, subsystems, and systems for holographically displaying three-dimensional objects are provided. In one aspect, an optical device includes: a first optically diffractive component including a first diffractive structure configured to diffract a first color of light having a first incident angle at a first diffracted angle, a second optically diffractive component including a second diffractive structure configured to diffract a second color of light having a second incident angle at a second diffracted angle, a first reflective layer configured to totally reflect the first color of light having the first incident angle and transmit the second color of light, and a second reflective layer configured to totally reflect the second color of light having the second incident angle. The first reflective layer is between the first and second diffractive structures, and the second diffractive structure is between the first and second reflective layers.

A transmission coating for a waveguide is formed with multiple layers. There are steps of a) determining a first coating parameter and a coating function for each layer -3000, b) forming the multiple

Methods, apparatus, devices, and systems for displaying three-dimensional objects by individually diffracting different colors of light are provided. In one aspect, an optical device includes: a first optically diffractive component including a first diffractive structure configured to diffract a first color of light having a first incident angle at a first diffracted angle, a second optically diffractive component including a second diffractive structure configured to diffract a second color of light having a second incident angle at a second diffracted angle, a first reflective layer configured to totally reflect the first color of light having the first incident angle and transmit the second color of light, and a second reflective layer configured to totally reflect the second color of light having the second incident angle. The first reflective layer is between the first and second diffractive structures, and the second diffractive structure is between the first and second reflective layers.

Aspects of the disclosure include a method for controlling a vehicle via a holographic interface. Aspects include detecting a request, by an occupant of the vehicle, to display a holographic user interface and instructing a holographic display device to display the holographic user interface. Aspects also include detecting an interaction between the occupant and the holographic user interface, identifying a desired action for the vehicle based on the interaction, and instructing the vehicle to perform the desired action.

A display device including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a third non-folding area, and a fourth non-folding area, and is that configured to be in-folded based on folding lines between the first non-folding area, the second non-folding area, the third non-folding area, and the fourth non-folding area, the display device including: a display panel including a light transmission display area in a portion of the first to third non-folding areas, and a light blocking display area in remaining areas of the first to third non-folding areas; a light transmission control layer in the light blocking display area; and a main processor configured to control the light transmission control layer and the display panel, wherein the main processor is configured to output a flat image in a first mode and to display a hologram image in a second mode.

Mastering systems and methods of fabricating waveguides and waveguide devices using such mastering systems are described. Mastering systems for fabricating holographic waveguides can include using a master to control the application of energy (e.g. a laser, light, or magnetic beam) onto a liquid crystal substrate to fabricate a holographic waveguide into the liquid crystal substrate. Mastering systems for fabricating holographic waveguides in accordance with embodiments of the invention can include a variety of features. These features include, but are not limited to: chirp for single input beam copy (near i.e. hybrid contact copy), dual chirped gratings (for input and output), zero order grating for transmittance control, alignment reference gratings, 3:1 construction, position adjustment tooling to enable rapid alignment, optimization of lens and window thickness for multiple RKVs simultaneously, and avoidance of other orders and crossover of the diffraction beam.

The present disclosure concerns an imaging system for imaging a sample immersed in a controlled environment. The system comprises—at least one enclosure configured to hold at least one imaging sensor or camera inside the enclosure, the enclosure including at least one opening and at least one transparent window for imaging the sample; and—a flexible channel comprising a first extremity and a second extremity, the first extremity being connected to the enclosure at said at least one opening and the second extremity being configured to be connected to a wall of the hermetic chamber, the flexible channel defining or enclosing a passage extending through the flexible channel and to or into the enclosure.

A volume holographic grating, a method for formulating a grating vector distribution formulation thereof, and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the volume holographic grating. The grating vector distribution is estimated by sampling a position of an eye movement range effective region of a plurality of sub-fields of view and a grating vector, matching with Bragg diffraction conditions, of a ray thereof, without considering the diffraction of ineffective rays that ultimately enter beyond the eye movement range, such that most of the effective rays with different incident angles have higher diffraction efficiency on the volume holographic grating, which ensures the overall brightness uniformity of the output beams and extend the field of view.

Holographic volume gratings in waveguide cells can be recorded using many different methods and systems in accordance with various embodiments of the invention. One embodiment includes a holographic recording system including at least one laser source configured to emit recording beams and a movable platform configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein when the movable platform is in the first position, the at least one laser source is configured to emit a first set of one or more recording beams toward a first set of one or more stations and when the movable platform is in the second position, the at least one laser source is configured to emit a second set of one or more recording beams toward a second set of one or more stations.

A light guide plate for image display can display clear images even when a resin base is used. The Sight guide plate configured for image display may include a first resin base and a hologram layer. The first resin base may have an MC value of 0.120 or less, obtained by evaluation using shadow contrast, according to expression (1):MC=Lmax-LminLmax+Lmin,(1)wherein Lmax is a maximum value of brightness from a brightness distribution, Lmin is a minimum value of the lightness from the brightness distribution, and MC is an MC value that objectively represents a magnitude of a dip in low brightness portions in the brightness distribution.

An illumination system 700 having a first and second telescope each comprising a respective array of micro-lenses 604, 606 and 704, 706 which are optically coupled to form respective arrays of micro-l

A replication method for producing a hologram copy by simultaneous exposure of a master hologram and a copy carrier comprising a photosensitive material is provided. The contact body is brought into contact with the copy carrier during the exposure, the contact body and the copy carrier directly touching one another in a part through which exposure light is radiated during the exposure. The contact body is transparent to the exposure light, and the refractive index of the contact body is matched to the refractive index of the copy carrier. Also provided is a device for realizing the replication method.

A projection system comprising a display device, a hologram engine and a waveguide. The display device is arranged to display a hologram of an image and spatially modulate light in accordance with the hologram to form a holographic wavefront. The hologram engine is arranged to calculate the hologram. The hologram is arranged to angularly distribute light within the holographic wavefront in accordance with spatial position within the image such that continuous angular ranges of the holographic wavefront respectively correspond with continuous regions of the image. The waveguide comprising a pair of parallel reflective surfaces arranged to waveguide the holographic wavefront therebetween. A first surface of the pair of parallel reflective surfaces is partially reflective-transmissive so as to form an output comprising a plurality of emission zones for the holographic wavefront. The hologram engine is arranged to modify the hologram to at least partially compensate for a decrease in intensity of the emission from each successive emission zone of the waveguide caused by the partial reflection-transmissions at the first surface during waveguiding.

An optical measurement system includes a first light source that generates near infrared rays, a silicon-based image sensor, and an optical system including a beam splitter that divides light from the first light source into first light and second light. The optical system records with the image sensor, a first hologram resulting from modulation with second light, of light obtained by illumination of a sample with the first light, the second light being diverging light.

An optical assembly is provided for use in holographic display of a replay image. The optical assembly may be of particular use is an augmented reality headset. The optical assembly includes a light-modulation element arranged to be illuminated off-axis by a light beam. The light-modulation element modulates the incident light to generate a replay image and generates a zero-order light beam. A focusing system is arranged after the light-modulation element. A light remover is positioned after the focussing system and is configured to remove the zero-order light beam from the light focussed by the focussing system. The focussing system is configured to focus zero-order light from the light-modulation element in a first plane different from a second plane which is the plane of focus of parallel light of the replay image. The light remover removes the zero-order light in the first plane.

A method comprising: receiving a first signal indicating a first viewing position of a user within a viewing space of a head-up display; determining a first intensity for a first target image based on a distance between the first viewing position and a predetermined reference viewing position within the viewing space; and illuminating a first hologram corresponding to the first target image to holographically reconstruct the first target image at the first intensity; then, receiving a second signal indicating a second viewing position of the user within the viewing space, wherein the second viewing position is different to the first viewing position; and determining a second intensity for a second target image based on a distance between the second viewing position and the predetermined reference viewing position within the viewing space; illuminating a second hologram corresponding to the second target image to reconstruct the second target image at the second intensity; wherein the second intensity is different to the first intensity, and a difference between the first intensity and the second intensity indicates whether the second viewing position is closer to the predetermined reference viewing position or further from the predetermined reference viewing position compared to the first viewing position.

This application relates to a holographic display device comprising a backlight unit and a spatial light modulator, wherein the backlight unit is used to emit light. The spatial light modulator includes a plurality of pixels and a color filter layer comprising a plurality of color filter groups. The pixels are arranged in a zigzag pattern and configured to modulate at least one of the amplitude and phase of the light. Each of the color filter groups includes a first subgroup, a second subgroup, and a third subgroup, the first subgroup including a plurality of first color filters, the second subgroup including a plurality of second color filters, and the third subgroup including a plurality of third color filters, and each pixel is aligned with one of the first, second, and third color filters of the color filter layer.

An optical measurement method includes: preparing an optical system for recording a hologram caused by modulating, with a reference beam, an object beam obtained by illumination of a sample with illumination light, the reference beam being coherent to the illumination light; arranging a calibration unit on an optical path of the illumination light in a state where there is no sample, the calibration unit including an optical system that produces a known optical wave distribution; recording a first hologram caused while the calibration unit is producing an optical wave distribution; and calculating information about an optical wave distribution of the reference beam based on information indicating a position where the calibration unit is arranged, the known optical wave distribution, and the first hologram.

According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide a stimuli-responsive meta-holographic device including a metasurface layer provided with a plurality of nanostructures, and a liquid crystal layer provided on one side of the metasurface layer and including a plurality of unit liquid crystal molecules of which arrangement may be changed by external stimulus, wherein, when light is incident on the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer reflects light of a specific wavelength region to the metasurface layer according to a degree of the external stimulus applied thereon.

Disclosed are illumination devices for motor vehicles, comprising a reflective hologram (2). A light-guiding element (1) is provided for directing light from a light source arrangement (4) onto the hologram (2).

A display system and light control layer is described. The display system comprises an optical component having a reflective surface. A light control layer is disposed on a first surface of the optical component on an optical path of sunlight to the reflective surface. The light control layer comprises a louvre structure comprising an array of louvres. Each louvre is arranged at an orientation angle relative to the first surface. The separation between adjacent / neighbouring louvres is such that the distal end / edge of one louvre overlaps the proximal end / edge of the adjacent / neighbouring louvre.

There is provided an optical system having a viewing window. The optical system comprises a display device arranged to spatially modulated light in accordance with a hologram displayed thereon to form a holographic wavefront. The holographic wavefront forms a holographic reconstruction of an image downstream of the display device. The optical system further comprises a waveguide arranged to receive the holographic wavefront and waveguide the holographic wavefront between a pair of reflective surfaces thereof. One surface of the pair of reflective surfaces is partially transmissive such that a plurality of replicas of the holographic wavefront are emitted therefrom. The optical system further comprises an optical component between the holographic reconstruction and the waveguide, wherein the optical component is arranged to (a) form a virtual image of the holographic reconstruction upstream of the display device and (b) form an image of the displayed hologram at infinity or downstream of the waveguide.

The invention relates to a system for a functionalized door pane through which person- and / or object-related authorization control can be performed. For person-related control, a holographically based, stereoscopic Holocam, which can be integrated into the pane, can be included. Furthermore, a holographic display, which can also be integrated into the pane, can be included. By appropriate methods, the authorization control can be performed, and a door locking mechanism and a holographic display can be controlled by the control device.

The lighting device of the present application includes a light source unit having a light emitting element; a spatial light phase modulator that performs spatial light phase modulation on incident light from the light source unit, thereby generating a plurality of reproduced images having intervals therebetween on an image surface; and a projection unit that superimposes and projects the plurality of reproduced images on a projection surface through separate projection lenses.

The invention relates to a system (1) for digital holographic imaging, comprising at least the following components: a beam splitter (2) that defines four sides with a beam splitter surface (2a), a retroreflector array (3) that is arranged on the second or the third side (22, 23) and comprises a plurality of retroreflector elements (30), and a reference mirror (4) that is arranged on an adjacent side (23, 22) to the retroreflector array (3), wherein the system (1) is configured to impress wavelength-dependent phase shifts on object light (100) for each retroreflector element (3), said phase shifts being different for a plurality of retroreflector elements (3).

An image reproduction device 6 reproduces an image including N different parameters of a wavelength range or the like, and comprises: a multiplexed hologram acquisition unit 61 for acquiring N to 2N multiplexed holograms obtained by multiplex-recording interference patterns for each parameter; a parameter selection unit 63 for selecting the parameters one by one; a hologram generation unit 64 for generating a calculation hologram including two light waves having the selected parameters from the multiplexed holograms; and a light wave restoration unit 65 for restoring one of the two light waves from the calculation hologram.

The present disclosure relates to a device for printing dual holographic, including a plurality of lasers that represents different wavelengths, a plurality of dichroic lenses and mirrors that combine beams output from the plurality of lasers into one beam and output the combined beam as a white beam, a plurality of beam splitters that separates the white beams output through the plurality of dichroic lenses and mirrors, transmit the separated white beams to a stereogram printing device, a wavefront printing device, and a reference beam, separates a beam heading to the reference beam, and transmits the separated beam to the stereogram printing device and the wavefront printing device, and a computer that controls the stereogram printing device and the wavefront printing device so that a hologram is printed with the beam transmitted through the beam splitters.

A holographic display includes a light source configured to emit incoherent light, a spatial light modulator (SLM) disposed at a Fourier plane of the light source and configured to modulate the incoherent light and emit the modulated incoherent light as diffused light, and at least one lens disposed downstream of the spatial light modulator and configured to focus the modulated incoherent light, and the spatial light modulator receives an RGB-D image signal and converts the incoherent light array incident from the light source into a first light, which is a coherently-reconstructed incoherent sum (CRIS) for implementing a 3D hologram.

One objective of the present invention is to provide a technique for measuring a sample by irradiating it with near-infrared light. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a technique for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of the measurement. [Solution] The optical measurement system 1 includes a first light source that generates near-infrared light, a silicon-based image sensor D, and an optical system including beam splitters BS1 and BS2 that split the light from the first light source into a first light and a second light. The optical system is configured to record a first hologram obtained by illuminating a sample S with the first light and modulating the resulting light with the second light, which is divergent light, using the image sensor.