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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Joshua T. Wiersma, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nicholas William Melena, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
Optical display engines with reduced size and/or increased efficiency for Augmented Reality (AR) and near-eye devices that incorporate LED, microLED, and/or OLED displays. Example optical systems provide different light paths for polarized (or split unpolarized) light, with recombining oppositely polarized light corresponding to different image portions/channels, in a compact system using polarized beam splitters, quarter wave plates, half wave plates, and reflective elements such as curved mirrors or reflective lenses, resulting in high optical power. Images and/or portions thereof are presented at multiple observation planes to project a more realistic synthetic image, and at different angular resolutions to enable creation of a large composite field of view with high apparent resolution from a single small and efficient display.