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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J Hoppe, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kaiser Electro-Optics, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ; G02F / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
349 11 ; 349176 ; 359630 ; 359631 ;
Abstract
A compact lightweight display system which can be used as a collimating eyepiece is provided. The system utilizes a cholesteric liquid crystal device in combination with an optical doublet. A partially reflective coating is at the interface between the two singlets which comprise the doublet. The design of this system reduces the number of element to air and/or element to element interfaces, thus reducing losses and ghosting while making a sturdier, more vibration tolerant display system.