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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:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rory Thomas Alexander Mills, Rochester, GB;

Ian Thomas Macken, Rochester, GB;

Assignee:

SNAP INC., Santa Monica, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 17/086 (2013.01); G02B 27/0944 (2013.01); G02B 2027/013 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract

A folded optical arrangement to transmit an image from an image plane to a user's eye through a folded optical transmission path including a collimating element having a first optical element with optically powered surfaces and a second optical element with at least one optically powered surface to receive light from an image source and to collimate and output the light. The first optically powered surfaces and the second optically powered surface to define multiple interfaces along the folded optical path. A refractive index change at each interface controls a direction of light passing through each interface. One surface of the first optical element and the second optical element are adjacent to one another. The adjacent surfaces have dissimilar shapes and each defines an angle with a respective other surface of the relevant optical element at opposing ends of the adjacent surfaces. The opposing angles are not equal.


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