Multi-Domain Energy Waveguide Design for Seamless Light Field Displays

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies fail to create a compelling, interactive virtual world that stimulates human sensory receptors across multiple domains, including visual, auditory, somatosensory, gustatory, and vestibular systems, due to limitations in light field and holographic display resolution, energy propagation, and manufacturing feasibility.

Innovation Solution

The development of energy relays and waveguides that utilize ordered material distributions and engineered structures to efficiently transport and propagate energy across multiple domains, enabling bi-directional energy propagation and high-resolution light field displays that can stimulate human sensory receptors without seams or gaps, using principles like Transverse Anderson Localization and Ordered Energy Localization.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If current light field and holographic display technologies are used, then virtual world visualization is achieved, but the resolution and quality are insufficient to create a compelling interactive experience

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay resolutionVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the energy transport function into multiple independent waveguide modules, each handling specific energy domains. This segmentation allows for optimized design of individual modules while achieving high overall resolution through their combination, resolving the contradiction between display resolution and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs composite engineered structures within waveguides that combine multiple materials with different energy transport properties. These composite structures enable simultaneous transport of multiple energy domains with high efficiency, achieving superior display resolution without proportionally increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #40Composite materials

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple energy domains are transported through separate systems, then comprehensive sensory stimulation is achieved, but the system becomes overly complex and difficult to manufacture

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemulti-domain energy transportVSAvoidmanufacturing feasibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple energy domain transport functions into a single integrated waveguide structure. Different component engineered structures within the same waveguide handle different energy domains simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate systems and greatly simplifying manufacturing while maintaining multi-domain versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The waveguide structure is designed as a universal platform that can transport multiple types of energy domains through its component engineered structures. This multi-functional design allows a single device to stimulate various sensory receptors without requiring separate specialized systems, improving ease of manufacture.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Manufacturing precision

If high-resolution light field displays are implemented, then sensory receptor stimulation is improved, but energy propagation efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelight field display resolutionVSAvoidenergy propagation efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The waveguide incorporates component engineered structures with locally optimized properties tailored to specific energy domains. Each local region of the waveguide is designed with materials and geometries that maximize energy transport efficiency for the intended energy type, allowing high resolution display without overall energy loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach enables the creation of seamless energy surfaces that can fool human sensory receptors into perceiving a real, interactive virtual environment, exceeding current resolution and quality standards in light field and holographic displays, and allows for large-scale, seamless energy surface systems that can be used in immersive environments.

Implementation Method 1

systems and methods for transverse localization of energy in energy relays using ordered material distributions

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectTransverse Anderson Localization:

Implementation Method 2

Energy relays and energy waveguides are disclosed for directing multiple energy domains... utilizing ordered material distributions and engineered structures

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectOrdered Energy Localization:

Data Source

PatentUS10884251B2Systems and methods for directing multiple 4D energy fields

Publication Date: 2021.01.05 PACIFIC LIGHT & HOLOGRAM INC

AI summary

Disclosed are systems and methods for manufacturing energy directing systems for directing energy of multiple energy domains. Energy relays and energy waveguides are disclosed for directing energy of multiple energy domains, including electromagnetic energy, acoustic energy, and haptic energy. Systems are disclosed for projecting and sensing 4D energy-fields comprising multiple energy domains.