Abstract:
Provided is a device configured to enlarge an exit pupil area of a visual optical apparatus, the device including a diffraction grating configured to output a plurality of diffracted light beams of a plurality of diffraction orders by diffracting an incident light beam, and a waveguide provided on the diffraction grating and configured to form an exit pupil based on a first diffracted light beam among the plurality of diffracted light beams output from the diffraction grating and to form exit pupil orders based on a second diffracted light beam among the plurality of diffracted light beams output from the diffraction grating.
Abstract:
Provided is a display apparatus including an image forming device configured to form an image, an optical system configured to provide an output image by combining light containing an outside landscape with the image formed by the image forming device, and a driving device configured to adjust a distance between the image forming device and the optical system, wherein the driving device includes a fixed frame, a movable frame which faces the fixed frame and is movable, an actuator configured to change a distance between the fixed frame and the movable frame, and a fixing member configured to fix the distance between the fixed frame and the movable frame, wherein the image forming device is fixed to the movable frame.
Abstract:
A see-through display device includes an optical coupler that couples first light input from a first direction and second light input from a second direction that is different from the first direction, the optical coupler transferring coupled light including the first light and the second light to an observer, and a shading member disposed in front of the optical coupler, the shading member transferring the second light to the optical coupler by reducing a light amount of the second light. The see-through display device limits a reflection phenomenon occurring between the optical coupler and the shading member.
Abstract:
A directional backlight unit and a three-dimensional (3D) image display device including the directional backlight unit are provided. The directional backlight unit includes: a light guide plate, a light source configured to irradiate an incident surface of the light guide plate with a plurality of color lights, and a grating that includes a sub-grating configured to react to all of the plurality of color lights. The directional backlight unit may further include a color filter that corresponds to a plurality of color lights emitted from each sub-grating.
Abstract:
A directional backlight unit is provided, including a light guide plate, a light source, and a grating that is formed on a light-emitting surface of the light guide plate. The grating is configured such that an intensity of one ray of light, of the light irradiated by the light source and diffracted and emitted by the grating, is greater than a sum of intensities of all other rays of light, of the light irradiated by the light source and diffracted and emitted by the grating.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a master mold includes forming a plurality of replica resin layers using a mold; forming a replica template by bonding the plurality of replica resin layers on a template; forming a replica mold layer having a pattern corresponding to a pattern of the plurality of replica resin layers using the replica template; forming a flexible stamp having a pattern formed on a surface thereof using the replica mold layer; transferring the pattern formed on the surface of the flexible stamp to a mold resin; and forming a large area master mold by etching a surface of a substrate based on a pattern shape of the mold resin.
Abstract:
A liquid crystal display includes a light source unit, a first substrate provided on the light source unit, an electrode layer provided on the first substrate, a second substrate separate from the electrode layer, a polarizing plate provided on a surface of the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the electrode layer and the second substrate, a reflecting unit provided on a surface of the first substrate; and a wire grid polarizer provided on an opposite surface of the first substrate.
Abstract:
A display apparatus providing an expanded eye box including: an image forming apparatus including a plurality of sub-areas respectively forming a plurality of different images; and a plurality of holographic optical elements corresponding to the plurality of sub-areas one-to-one, and collimating images emitted from the plurality of sub-areas to parallel beams having different emission directions, respectively.
Abstract:
A driving device includes a first driving element and a first flexible structure. The first driving element includes a first wire extending in a first direction and includes a shape memory alloy. The first flexible structure has a certain width in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and when the first wire contracts in the first direction, the first flexible structure has a height increasing in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction. The driving device further includes a second driving element including a second wire and a second flexible structure, the second wire extending in the first direction and including a shape memory alloy. The second flexible structure has a certain width in the second direction, and when the second wire contracts in the first direction, the second flexible structure has a height increasing in the third direction.
Abstract:
A see-through display device includes an image generation unit configured to emit a virtual image light, a light combining unit configured to combine the virtual image light with an actual image light, and a driving unit including a deformation unit and a bridge unit disposed between the deformation unit and the image generation unit, and configured to control a distance between the image generation unit and the light combining unit through the deformation unit and the bridge unit.