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Method for producing optical elements displaying virtual images

A virtual image and object display technology, applied in the direction of optical components, optical, electrical components, etc., can solve time-consuming, expensive and other problems

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-08-24
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
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[0085] Example 1. Photomask generation using calculated VI flux patterns

[0086] A bitmap file consisting of modeled or computed elemental image features is generated using the algorithm described above. The features in this file are grayscale and are first converted to binary in order to generate a lithography mask. take advantage of CS3 (from Adobe Systems) converted the bitmap to grayscale, and the image resolution was set to match the calculated resolution of the model output (5000 pixels / cm in this case). The model output uses a pixel size of 2µm (5000 pixels / cm) to help manage file size during conversion. Images were resampled to a final resolution of 10,000 pixels / cm using a bicubic smoothing algorithm. A Gaussian Blur filter with a value between 0.7-1.5 pixels can then be applied. For VIs with high complexity, use the Unsharp Mask filter routine (40%, 3-5 pixels) to produce sharper lines: set the value to 150-200 (the actual value is determined by the image com...

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[0088] Example 2: Making a VI Replication Tool Using a Photomask Master

[0089] A 10 μm thick layer of SU-810 photoresist (from MicroChem, Newton, MA) was spin-coated onto a hexamethyldisilazane- (HMDS)-treated silicon wafer. Both HMDS and SU-8 were first spin-coated at 500 rpm for 5 seconds, followed by 3000 rpm for 30 seconds. The coated wafers were soft baked at 65°C for 2 minutes followed by a soft bake at 95°C for 6 minutes.

[0090] The photoresist was contacted with the photomask from Example 1 on a Quintel 7500 UV mask aligner. Make SU-8 at 21mW / cm 2 The irradiance was exposed for 6.7 seconds. The wafer was then post-exposure baked at 95°C for 2 minutes. After 45 seconds in SU-8 developer (also available from MicroChem Corporation) and deionized water rinse solution, Figure 7 The pattern shown appears on the developed wafer, which can now be used as a master replication tool.

[0091] The master tool can be nickel plated to create a hard sub-tool, or it can b...

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[0092] Example 3: Manufacture of High Contrast VI Substrate

[0093] Instead of the photomask used to make the master tool in Example 2 above, which itself can be used as a replication master, reference will now be made to Figure 8A -C for description. The initial substrate 802 was a 5 mil (125 μm) thick sheet of polyester (PET) film coated with a 10 nm thick layer of titanium 804 followed by a 75 nm layer of aluminum 806 . The substrate was then coated with 1.3 μm thick MICROPOSIT by spin coating at 4000 rpm for 40 s TM S1813 photoresist (available from Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials (Philadelphia, PA)) layer 808 . As in Example 2, HMDS can also be used as an adhesion promoter. After coating, the PET substrate was soft baked at 95°C for approximately 30 minutes.

[0094] After baking, the substrate was inserted into a Quintel 7500 UV mask aligner, and the S1813 resist was brought into contact with the photomask described in Example 1. Apply photoresist at 21mW / cm...

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Abstract

A virtual image (VI) device displays an image that appears to lie above or below the plane of the device. A method of fabricating a VI display device includes calculating an initial VI flux pattern based on an object and then fabricating a substrate having a VI array pattern based on the initial VI flux pattern. Multiple lenses can then be applied to the VI array pattern. The VI substrate can be static or dynamic and can display gray scale information. In the fabrication of the VI substrate, a photomask can be used as an intermediate element or can be used as the VI substrate itself. A method of generating an initial VI flux pattern comprises virtually mapping rays originating from different points on the object onto an image plane and ii) summing the rays originating from the different points. The light can be mapped by the lens array.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to optical devices that use a substrate and provide one or more composite images perceptible to a viewer suspended in space relative to the substrate, where the perspective of the composite image varies with viewing angle, and methods of making such devices. Variety. Background technique [0002] Sheets with graphic images or other indicia have been used extensively, especially as labels for identifying items or documents. For example, sheets such as those described in U.S. Pat. . Other uses include graphic applications such as on police cars, fire trucks or other emergency vehicles for identification purposes, as unique labels on advertising and promotional displays to provide brand enhancement. [0003] Another form of imaging sheeting disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 4,200,875 discloses the use of a plurality of transparent glass microspheres partially embedded in and partially exposed on the adhesive layer, while the pl...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G02B27/22
CPCB42D2035/20B42D2035/44B42D25/00B42D25/29G02B27/022G02B30/56H04N13/305Y10T29/49Y10T29/49764B42D15/0006
Inventor 布拉因·J·盖茨查尔斯·A·马蒂拉特拉维斯·L·波茨瑟奇·韦策尔斯
Owner 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO