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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:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Oscar Martinez, Mountain View, CA (US);

Yi Qin, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jerome Carollo, Mountain View, CA (US);

Xinda Hu, Mountain View, CA (US);

Serge Bierhuizen, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G02B 27/288 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01);
Abstract

A near-eye display system includes an optical system facing a display panel. The optical system includes an input filter, and output filter, and a variable-power catadioptric lens assembly disposed between the input and output filters. The input and output filters are configured, along with the catadioptric lens assembly to fold a path of display light from the display panel to a user's eye. The catadioptric lens assembly includes two or more lens elements disposed along an optical axis, each lens element having at least one surface with a freeform curvature. One of the lens elements is configured to be laterally translated relative to the other lens elements so as to change an optical power of the catadioptric lens assembly.


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