To provide a ghost image mitigation in a see-through display with a
pixel array.SOLUTION: A head-mounted apparatus includes an
eyepiece that includes a variable dimming
assembly and a frame mounting the
eyepiece so that a user side of the
eyepiece faces toward a user and a world side of the eyepiece opposite to the first side faces away from the user. A dynamic dimming
assembly selectively modulates the intensity of light transmitted parallel to an
optical axis from the world side to the user side during operation. The dynamic dimming
assembly includes a variable
birefringence cell having a plurality of pixels each having an independently variable
birefringence, a first linear
polarizer arranged on the user side of the variable
birefringence cell, the first linear
polarizer being configured to transmit light propagating parallel to the
optical axis linearly polarized along a pass axis of the first linear
polarizer orthogonal to the
optical axis, and a 1 / 4
wavelength plate arranged between the variable birefringence
cell and the first linear polarizer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7A