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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018

Filed:

May. 03, 2016
Applicant:

Thalmic Labs Inc., Kitchener, CA;

Inventors:

Matthew Bailey, Kitchener, CA;

Stefan Alexander, Elmira, CA;

Vance R. Morrison, Kitchener, CA;

Thomas Mahon, Guelph, CA;

Lloyd Frederick Holland, Kitchener, CA;

Jaehong Choi, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

THALMIC LABS INC., Kitchener, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/32 (2006.01); G03H 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G03H 1/02 (2006.01); G03H 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 5/32 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G03H 1/0252 (2013.01); G03H 1/265 (2013.01); G03H 1/2645 (2013.01); G02B 2027/015 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0123 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0125 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G03H 2001/266 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods for combined angle- and wavelength multiplexing in holographic optical elements ('HOE') are described. An angle- and wavelength-multiplexed HOE includes multiple angle-multiplexed sets of wavelength-multiplexed holograms. Each set of wavelength-multiplexed holograms includes at least two holograms that are each responsive to a different wavelength of light. Each angle-multiplexed set of wavelength-multiplexed holograms includes a respective set of wavelength-multiplexed holograms that are all responsive to light that is incident thereon with and angle of incidence that is within a particular range. An example application is described in which an angle- and wavelength-multiplexed HOE is used as a holographic combiner in a wearable heads-up display, where angle-multiplexing provides multiple spatially-separated exit pupils in the eyebox of the display and wavelength-multiplexing provides multiple colors to each respective exit pupil.


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