WO2007056072A2 - Head mounted display with eye accommodation - Google Patents

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WO2007056072A2
WO2007056072A2 PCT/US2006/042832 US2006042832W WO2007056072A2 WO 2007056072 A2 WO2007056072 A2 WO 2007056072A2 US 2006042832 W US2006042832 W US 2006042832W WO 2007056072 A2 WO2007056072 A2 WO 2007056072A2
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Qi Hong
Ruibo Lu
Thomas Xinzhang Wu
Shin-Tson Wu
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Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
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  • the present invention relates to head mounted displays and, in particular, to apparatus, methods, systems and devices for head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices using the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array eye to produce eye accommodation information, wherein the tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array changes the diopter of the display pixels to provide the eye accommodation information.
  • the perception of three dimensional images is a visual effect created by stereoscopy, visual accommodation, perspective (apparent size dependent on distance), occlusion (objects in front hide what is behind), atmospheric effects (objects in the distance appear hazy), shading, and so on.
  • Images presented by planar displays such as CRTs, LCDs, projection displays, laser scan displays, and others, provide visual clues of a three dimensional image using perspective, occlusion, shading, and atmospheric effects at a fixed visual focal length that determined by the distance between the display screen and the audience.
  • Stereoscopic displays such as 3-dimensional LCDs and 3-dimensional head mounted displays, provide spatially distinct images to each eye so that the stereoscopy is also included in the visual clues for the perception of three dimensional images.
  • Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of the optical system in such a prior art.
  • a primary objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for producing eye accommodation information using the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array for head mounted stereoscopic 3-dimensional displays.
  • a secondary objective is to provide s to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices using tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array to change the diopter of the display pixel to provide eye accommodation information.
  • a third objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for producing light weight head mounted visual displays with eye accommodation information.
  • a fourth objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for a compact size head mounted visual displays for displaying three dimensional images with visual accommodation.
  • a fifth objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for the head mounted visual display to display three dimensional images with visual accommodation with a high resolution.
  • a sixth objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for head mounted visual displays with large field of view.
  • a seventh objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for displaying three dimensional images with visual accommodation at a low cost.
  • a first preferred embodiment of the invention is to provide an improved method and device for producing eye accommodation information by alternating the diopter of display pixel using the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array wherein the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices.
  • the display device comprises planar display screen, planar tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array, planar black mask, and bias lens.
  • the display device comprises planar display screen, planar tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array, planar black mask, and bias micro-lens array.
  • the display device comprises curved display screen, curved tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array, and curved black mask.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a prior art head mounted 3-D display device with fixed focus length.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a head mounted 3-dimensional display device comprising planar display screen and tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and bias lens according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 3b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar emissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 3a.
  • FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 4b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar transmissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 4a.
  • Fig. 5a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 5b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 5a.
  • FIG. 6a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 6b shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 6a.
  • FIG. 6c is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 6d shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 6c.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a head mounted 3 -dimensional display device having a planar display screen, tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and bias micro-lens array according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 8a is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical components according to a second embodiment.
  • FIG. 8b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar emissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 8a.
  • Fig. 9a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 9b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar transmissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 9a.
  • FIG. 10a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 10b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 1 Ia is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 Ib shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 11a.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a head mounted 3-dimensional display device comprising curved display screen and tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array according to a third embodiment.
  • FIG. 13a is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 13b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the curved emissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 14a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 14b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the curved transmissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 15a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 15b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the curved reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 16a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 16b shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the curved reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 16b.
  • FIG. 16c is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 16d shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the curved reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 16c.
  • planar display screens 302 planar black mask
  • planar transmissive LC display 1001 planar reflective LC display screen screen 1101 image proj ector
  • the method, system apparatus and device of the present invention provides a new device structure for producing eye accommodation information using a tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array within a head mounted display devices.
  • Fig. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays for use in head mounted display devices of the presented invention.
  • the head mounted display includes, for each of the left eye and the right eye, planar display screen 201, black mask 202, tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 203 and a bias lens 204.
  • Planar display screens 201 display the stereoscopic images that are seen by the eyes 205 of the viewer.
  • the planar display screens 201 can be emissive displays, such as OLEDs, transmissive displays, such as transmissive liquid crystal displays, reflective displays, such as reflective liquid crystal displays, or an alternative planar display.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 are disposed in front of each display screen 201 between the display screen 201 and the corresponding eye 205.
  • the individual liquid crystal lenses 206 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 are aligned with the display pixels of the display screen 201.
  • Black masks 202 are disposed adjacent to the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 and bias lens 204.
  • the black masks 202 have apertures that are aligned with the individual liquid crystal lenses 206 so that only the light from the display screens passes through the liquid crystal lenses 206. While the black masks 202 are shown between the display screen 201 and the liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203, the black mask 202 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203.
  • the liquid crystal micro-lenses of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 alternates the convergence of the light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the planar display screens 201.
  • the bias lenses 204 are disposed between the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 and the corresponding eye 205. The bias lenses 204 converges the light into the pupil of the adjacent eye 205 so that all portions of the displayed image visible even though the field of view is large and/or the viewer moves the eye 205.
  • FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of the tunable focus liquid crystal
  • Fig. 3b shows an example of an image displayed on the planar emissive display screen 301 being transmitted to the viewer's eye using the configuration shown in Fig. 3a.
  • the device is described for one eye although there is a duplicate device for the other eye.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3-dimensional display devices comprise planar emissive display screens 301, planar black masks 302, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 303 and bias lenses 304 as previously described in regard to Fig. 2.
  • the each planar emissive display screen 301 displays one of the stereoscopic images to be seen by the corresponding eye of the viewer.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed in front of the display screen between the planar emissive display screen 301 and the viewer's eye 315.
  • the individual liquid crystal micro-lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar emissive liquid crystal display screen 301.
  • Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screens 301 passes through the liquid crystal micro- lenses 306 as shown in Fig. 3b.
  • the black mask 302 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the liquid crystal micro-lens array 303.
  • the liquid crystal micro-lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 alternates, from pixel 1 to pixel 2 and vice versa, for convergence of light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the planar emissive liquid crystal display screen 301.
  • a virtual object 311 of display pixel 1 passes through the liquid crystal micro micro-lens 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 to the bias lens 304 which converges the virtual image 311 onto the pupil of the eye to provide retinal image 313 of display pixel 1.
  • the bias lens 304 is configured as shown in Fig. 3 a to converge light into the pupils so that approximately all portions of the displayed image are visible even though the field of view is large and/or the viewer moves the eye.
  • Figs. 4a and 4b shows the configuration of the optical components and Fig.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3- dimensional display devices includes a planar transmissive liquid crystal display screens 401. Operationally, one of the stereoscopic images is shown on the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 401.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the display screen 401 and the eye 315. the individual liquid crystal lenses 306 and 308 in the tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 401.
  • Black mask 302 with apertures corresponding to the liquid crystal lenses 306 and 308 is disposed adjacent to the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only the light from the display screen pixel 1 and pixel 2, alternately, pass through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 106 as shown in Fig. 4b.
  • the black mask 302 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the liquid crystal micro-lens array 303.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes planar reflective liquid crystal display screens 501 in combination with the planar black mask 302, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 303 and bias lenses 304 as previously described.
  • the light reflected from the planar reflective liquid crystal display screen 501 is already collimated.
  • One of the stereoscopic images is shown on the planar reflective liquid crystal display panel 501.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the planar reflective display screen 501 and the eye 315.
  • the individual liquid crystal lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar reflective liquid crystal display panel 501.
  • Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screen passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 303 as shown in Fig. 5b.
  • Figs. 6a and 6b Another example is shown in Figs. 6a and 6b.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes image projector 601, planar reflective display screens 602 in combination with the planar black mask 302, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 303 and bias lenses 304 as previously described.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the planar reflective display screen 602 and the eye 315. As previously described, the individual liquid crystal micro-lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar reflective display panel 602. Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screen passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 303 as shown in Fig. 6b.
  • Figs. 6c and 6d An alternate disposition of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 for this example is illustrated in Figs. 6c and 6d.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the image projector 601 and the planar reflective display screen 602.
  • Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screen passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 303 as shown in Fig. 6b.
  • Fig. 7 show an alternative example of a tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array configuration of the present invention.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes planar display screens 701, planar black masks 703, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 and bias micro-lens arrays 704.
  • planar display screens 701 planar black masks 703
  • planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702
  • the bias lenses in Fig. 2 are replaced by the bias micro-lens arrays 704 having individual bias lenses 708 that are aligned with the liquid crystal micro-lenses 706 of the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702.
  • the planar black masks 703 is located between the bias micro-lens arrays 704 and the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 although the planar black mask 703 can alternatively be located on the opposite side or on both sides of the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens arrays 702.
  • the planar display screens 701 can be emissive displays, such as OLEDs, transmissive displays, such as transmissive liquid crystal displays, reflective displays, such as reflective liquid crystal displays, or other planar displays.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 are disposed in front of each display screen between the display screen and the eyes 315.
  • the liquid crystal micro-lenses 706 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 and bias lenses 708 of the bias micro-lens arrays 704 are aligned with one another and with the display pixels of the display screen 701.
  • Figs. 8a and 8b show another example of the present invention using the configuration shown in Fig. 7.
  • Fig. 8a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components and
  • Fig. 8b shows an example of a virtual image 811 and 812 displayed on the planar emissive display screen as pixels 1 and 2 being transmitted to the viewer's eye 815 as a retinal image 813 and 814, respectively, using the configuration shown in Fig. 8a.
  • the planar display screens are planar emissive liquid crystal display screens 801. As described in regard to Fig.
  • planar display screen is an emissive display screen 801
  • head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes planar emissive liquid crystal display screen 801, planar black masks 803, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens arrays 802 and bias micro-lens arrays 804.
  • the bias micro-lenses 808 of the bias micro- lens array 804 are aligned with the liquid crystal micro-lenses 806 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802.
  • the device reflects images from the planar emissive liquid crystal display 801 screen in the same manner as described in regard to Fig. 3b.
  • FIGs. 9a and 9b Another example of the present invention is shown in Figs. 9a and 9b.
  • the planar display screen is alternatively a planar transmissive display screen 901.
  • the images are displayed on the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 901 are transmitted to the viewer in the same manner described in regard to Fig. 4b.
  • Figs. 10a and 10b show yet another example of the present invention.
  • the planar display screen is a planar reflective liquid crystal display screen 1001 wherein the light reflected from the display screen 1001 is already collimated as described in regard to the example shown in Fig. 5b.
  • the difference between this example and the example shown in Fig. 5b is plural bias micro-lenses 808 in the bias micro-lens array 804 which are aligned with the plural liquid crystal micro-lenses 806 in the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802.
  • Figs. 11a and 1 Ib show another example of the present invention.
  • the planar display screen is a planar reflective screen 1102 wherein the light produced from the image projector 1101 is reflected from the display screen 1102.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802 is disposed between the planar reflective display screen 1102 and the eye 815.
  • the difference between this example and the example shown in Fig. 6(b) is plural bias micro-lenses 808 in the bias micro-lens array 804 which are aligned with the plural liquid crystal lenses 806 in the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display device includes curved display screens 1201, curved black masks 1202 and curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203. Another difference between the configurations shown in Figs. 2 and 8 and the configuration shown in Fig. 12, the device does not include a bias lens or a bias micro-lens arrays.
  • the curved display screens 1201 can be emissive displays, such as OLEDs 3 transmissive displays, such as transmissive liquid crystal displays, reflective displays, or other curved displays.
  • the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203 are disposed between the display screens 1201 and the viewer's eye 1205.
  • the plural liquid crystal micro-lenses 1206 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203 are aligned with the display pixels of the display screen 1201 so that the convergent light passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 1206 as described in the previous examples.
  • Curved black masks 1202 are disposed adjacent to the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203 so that the light from the display screens only passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 1203.
  • the curved black masks 1202 can be disposed on either side or both sides of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203.
  • FIG. 13a shows the optical components and their placement with respect to one another and Fig. 13b shows the focusing of the virtual images 1311 and 1312 corresponding to a first and second display pixel to the viewer' s eye 1315 to produce retinal images 1313 and 1314, respectively.
  • the optical components shown in Fig. 13a are curved as described for the example shown in Fig. 12 with an alternative number of apertures in the curved black masks 1302 and the liquid crystal lenses 1306 of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1303.
  • the curved black masks 1302 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1303.
  • the liquid crystal lenses 1306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 alternate the convergence of the light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the curved emissive display screen 1301 as shown in Fig. 13b so that the corresponding eye acclimates itself to the variations in the diopter of display pixels to enhance the experience of three dimensional visual effects as described in regard to Figs. 3b and 8b.
  • the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes the curved planar transmissive display screen 1401, curved black mask 1202 and curved tunable focus liquid crystal lens array 1203 as shown in Figs. 12a and 12b.
  • the planar transmissive display screen is a curved transmissive display screen 1401
  • the stereoscopic images are shown on the curved transmissive liquid crystal display panel 1401.
  • the liquid crystal micro- lenses of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1203 alternate the convergence of the light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 1401 as shown in Fig. 14b to change the diopter of display pixels so that the eye accommodation information is provided.
  • Figs. 15a and 15b show yet another example of the present invention.
  • the display screen is a curved reflective liquid crystal display screen 1501 wherein the light reflected from the curved reflective liquid crystal display screen 1501 is already collimated as described in regard to the example shown in Figs. 5b and 10b.
  • Figs. 16a and 16b show yet another example of the present invention.
  • the light produced from the image projector 1601 is reflected by the curved reflective display screen 1602.
  • the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 is disposed between the curved reflective display screen 1602 and the eye 1315 as described in regard to the example shown in Figs. 6b and 1 Ib.
  • Figs. 16c and 16d show an alternate arrangement of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 and the curved black mask 1302.
  • the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 is disposed between the image projector 1601 and the curved reflective display screen 1602 in the same configurations as described in regard to the example shown in Figs. 6d. As previously described, the difference between the configuration shown in Fig.
  • Fig. 16d is the bias micro-lens array shown in Fig. 6d. While there is a difference in the configuration, the operation of the head mounted display shown in Fig. 16d is the same as described in regard to Fig. 6d.

Abstract

A light-weight, headmounted display includes a display screen (201), a black mask (202), a tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array (203), and a bias lens (204). The tunable liquid crystal microlens array enables three-dimensional display by altering the micro-lens focal distance.

Description

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY WITH EYE ACCOMMODATION
FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to head mounted displays and, in particular, to apparatus, methods, systems and devices for head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices using the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array eye to produce eye accommodation information, wherein the tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array changes the diopter of the display pixels to provide the eye accommodation information.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART
The perception of three dimensional images is a visual effect created by stereoscopy, visual accommodation, perspective (apparent size dependent on distance), occlusion (objects in front hide what is behind), atmospheric effects (objects in the distance appear hazy), shading, and so on. Images presented by planar displays, such as CRTs, LCDs, projection displays, laser scan displays, and others, provide visual clues of a three dimensional image using perspective, occlusion, shading, and atmospheric effects at a fixed visual focal length that determined by the distance between the display screen and the audience. Stereoscopic displays, such as 3-dimensional LCDs and 3-dimensional head mounted displays, provide spatially distinct images to each eye so that the stereoscopy is also included in the visual clues for the perception of three dimensional images.
Although some 3-dimensional head mounted displays are superior to 3-dimensional LCDs in providing better stereoscopy images, the displayed images are still at a fixed visual focal length while the stereoscopy and visual accommodation are inherently related in the perception of a three dimensional image. Furthermore, because high power lenses are required to provide visible image on a screen adjacent to the eye, bulky configuration and heavy weight are the common problems in the optical system of conventional head mounted displays, especially when the field of view is increased. Fig. 1 shows the schematic diagram of the optical system in such a prior art. According to U.S. Patent Nos. 4,130,832 issued to Sher on December 19, 1978, and 5,355,181 issued to Ashizaki et al on October 11, 1994 and U.S. Publication No. 2004/0130783 Al published on July 8, 2004, inventions about 3-D head mounted displays using variable focal length elements to modulate scanning light beam provided a solution to relating visual accommodation with the stereoscopy.
However, the high cost, complex configuration, high requirements of components arrangement accuracy are significant problems. According to prior art publications include Ren, Hongwen, Tunable microlens arrays using polymer network liquid crystal, Optics Communication, vol. 230 (2004), p. 267-271, and Lin, Yi-Hsin et al., Tunable-focus cylindrical liquid crystal lenses, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 44 (2005), p. 243, and Ren, Hongwen, Tunable-focus flat liquid crystal spherical lens, Applied Physics Letter, vol. 84 (2004), p. 4789, several tunable focus liquid crystal lens were described.
Therefore, a need exists for a low cost method and device of head mounted display providing stereoscopy images with visual accommodation and the presented device is slim and light weight.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A primary objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for producing eye accommodation information using the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array for head mounted stereoscopic 3-dimensional displays. A secondary objective is to provide s to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices using tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array to change the diopter of the display pixel to provide eye accommodation information.
A third objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for producing light weight head mounted visual displays with eye accommodation information.
A fourth objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for a compact size head mounted visual displays for displaying three dimensional images with visual accommodation.
A fifth objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for the head mounted visual display to display three dimensional images with visual accommodation with a high resolution.
A sixth objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for head mounted visual displays with large field of view.
A seventh objective is to provide apparatus, methods, systems and devices for displaying three dimensional images with visual accommodation at a low cost.
A first preferred embodiment of the invention is to provide an improved method and device for producing eye accommodation information by alternating the diopter of display pixel using the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array wherein the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices. In a first embodiment, the display device comprises planar display screen, planar tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array, planar black mask, and bias lens. hi a second embodiment of the invention, the display device comprises planar display screen, planar tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array, planar black mask, and bias micro-lens array. In a third embodiment of the invention, the display device comprises curved display screen, curved tunable liquid crystal micro-lens array, and curved black mask.
Further objectives, features, and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following detailed descriptions of the presently preferred embodiments that are illustrated schematically in the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a prior art head mounted 3-D display device with fixed focus length. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a head mounted 3-dimensional display device comprising planar display screen and tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and bias lens according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3a is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar emissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 3a.
FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 4b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar transmissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 4a.
Fig. 5a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 5b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 5a. FIG. 6a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6b shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 6a. FIG. 6c is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6d shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 6c.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a head mounted 3 -dimensional display device having a planar display screen, tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and bias micro-lens array according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8a is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical components according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 8b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar emissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 8a.
Fig. 9a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 9b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar transmissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 9a. FIG. 10a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 10b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
10a. FIG. 1 Ia is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 1 Ib shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the planar reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 11a.
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a head mounted 3-dimensional display device comprising curved display screen and tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 13a is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 13b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the curved emissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
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FIG. 14a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 14b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the curved transmissive display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
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FIG. 15a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 15b shows an example of a virtual image displayed on the curved reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG.
15a. FIG. 16a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 16b shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the curved reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 16b.
FIG. 16c is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 16d shows another example of a virtual image displayed on the curved reflective display screen being provided to the user as a retinal image using the configuration shown in FIG. 16c.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Before explaining the disclosed embodiments of the present invention in detail it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of the particular arrangements shown since the invention is capable of other embodiments. Also, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.
The following is a list of the designators used in the drawings and the detailed specification to identify components, wherein like components assigned like designators:
101 display screens 25 205 eyes
102 image lenses 206 liquid crystal micro-lens 103 eyes 301 planar emissive LC display screen
201 planar display screens 302 planar black mask
202 planar black masks 303 planar tunable focus LC lens array
203 planar tunable focus LC lens arrays 30 304 bias lens
204 planar bias lens 306 liquid crystal micro-lens 308 liquid crystal micro-lens 25 812 virtual obj ect of display pixel 2
311 virtual obj ect of display pixel 1 813 retinal image of the display pixel 1
312 virtual obj ect of display pixel 2 814 retinal image of the display pixel 2
313 retinal image of the display pixel 1 815 eye 5 314 retinal image of the display pixel 2 901 planar transmissive LC display
315 eye 30 screen
401 planar transmissive LC display 1001 planar reflective LC display screen screen 1101 image proj ector
501 planar reflective LC display screen 1102 planar reflective LC display screen
10 601 image projector 1201 curved display screens
602 planar reflective display screen 35 1202 curved black masks
701 planar display screens 1203 curved tunable focus LC lens
702 planar tunable focus LC lens arrays arrays
703 planar black masks 1205 eye 15 704 bias micro-lens arrays 1206 liquid crystal micro-lens
706 liquid crystal micro-lens 40 1301 curved emissive LC display screen
708 bias lens 1302 curved black mask
801 planar emissive LC display screen 1303 curved tunable focus LC lens array
802 planar tunable focus LC lens array 1306 liquid crystal micro-lens 20 803 planar black mask 1311 virtual obj ect of display pixel 1
804 bias micro-lens array 45 1312 virtual obj ect of display pixel 2
806 liquid crystal micro-lens 1313 retinal image of the display pixel 1
808 bias micro-lens 1314 retinal image of the display pixel 2
811 virtual obj ect of display pixel 1 1315 eye 1401 curved transmissive LC display 1501 curved reflective LC display screen screen 1601 image projector
5 1602 curved reflective display screen
The method, system apparatus and device of the present invention provides a new device structure for producing eye accommodation information using a tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array within a head mounted display devices.
Fig. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays for use in head mounted display devices of the presented invention. The head mounted display includes, for each of the left eye and the right eye, planar display screen 201, black mask 202, tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 203 and a bias lens 204. Planar display screens 201 display the stereoscopic images that are seen by the eyes 205 of the viewer. The planar display screens 201 can be emissive displays, such as OLEDs, transmissive displays, such as transmissive liquid crystal displays, reflective displays, such as reflective liquid crystal displays, or an alternative planar display.
The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 are disposed in front of each display screen 201 between the display screen 201 and the corresponding eye 205. The individual liquid crystal lenses 206 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 are aligned with the display pixels of the display screen 201. Black masks 202 are disposed adjacent to the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 and bias lens 204. The black masks 202 have apertures that are aligned with the individual liquid crystal lenses 206 so that only the light from the display screens passes through the liquid crystal lenses 206. While the black masks 202 are shown between the display screen 201 and the liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203, the black mask 202 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203.
When control signals are applied, the liquid crystal micro-lenses of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 alternates the convergence of the light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the planar display screens 201. Thus, the viewer's eye acclimates to variations in the diopter of the display pixels to enhance the experience of three dimensional visual effects. The bias lenses 204 are disposed between the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 203 and the corresponding eye 205. The bias lenses 204 converges the light into the pupil of the adjacent eye 205 so that all portions of the displayed image visible even though the field of view is large and/or the viewer moves the eye 205.
A more specific example of the first embodiment is shown in Figs. 3a and 3b. Fig. 3a is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of the tunable focus liquid crystal and Fig. 3b shows an example of an image displayed on the planar emissive display screen 301 being transmitted to the viewer's eye using the configuration shown in Fig. 3a. For purpose of illustration and discussion, the device is described for one eye although there is a duplicate device for the other eye.
As shown in Fig. 3b, the head mounted stereoscopic 3-dimensional display devices comprise planar emissive display screens 301, planar black masks 302, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 303 and bias lenses 304 as previously described in regard to Fig. 2. The each planar emissive display screen 301 displays one of the stereoscopic images to be seen by the corresponding eye of the viewer.
The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed in front of the display screen between the planar emissive display screen 301 and the viewer's eye 315. The individual liquid crystal micro-lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar emissive liquid crystal display screen 301. Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screens 301 passes through the liquid crystal micro- lenses 306 as shown in Fig. 3b. As previously described, the black mask 302 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the liquid crystal micro-lens array 303.
Upon application of control signals, the liquid crystal micro-lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 alternates, from pixel 1 to pixel 2 and vice versa, for convergence of light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the planar emissive liquid crystal display screen 301. For example, a virtual object 311 of display pixel 1 passes through the liquid crystal micro micro-lens 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 to the bias lens 304 which converges the virtual image 311 onto the pupil of the eye to provide retinal image 313 of display pixel 1. Similarly, virtual object 312 of display pixel 2 passes through liquid crystal micro-lens 308 to bias lens 304 which converges the virtual image 312 on the eye 315 to provide the retinal image 314 of pixel 2. Thus, the eye 315 of the viewer acclimates itself to the variations in the diopter of the display pixels to enhance the experience of three dimensional visual effects, hi this example, the bias lens 304 is configured as shown in Fig. 3 a to converge light into the pupils so that approximately all portions of the displayed image are visible even though the field of view is large and/or the viewer moves the eye. Another example is shown in Figs. 4a and 4b. Fig. 4a shows the configuration of the optical components and Fig. 4b shows a virtual image 311, 312 from the transmissive display device 401 being transmitted to the user as retinal images 313, 314 using the optical configuration shown in Fig. 4a. In this example, the head mounted stereoscopic 3- dimensional display devices includes a planar transmissive liquid crystal display screens 401. Operationally, one of the stereoscopic images is shown on the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 401. As described in the previous example, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the display screen 401 and the eye 315. the individual liquid crystal lenses 306 and 308 in the tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 401. Black mask 302 with apertures corresponding to the liquid crystal lenses 306 and 308 is disposed adjacent to the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only the light from the display screen pixel 1 and pixel 2, alternately, pass through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 106 as shown in Fig. 4b. As in the previous example, the black mask 302 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the liquid crystal micro-lens array 303.
Another example is shown in Figs. 5a and 5b. In this example the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes planar reflective liquid crystal display screens 501 in combination with the planar black mask 302, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 303 and bias lenses 304 as previously described. In this alternative example, the light reflected from the planar reflective liquid crystal display screen 501 is already collimated. One of the stereoscopic images is shown on the planar reflective liquid crystal display panel 501. The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the planar reflective display screen 501 and the eye 315. As previously described, the individual liquid crystal lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar reflective liquid crystal display panel 501. Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screen passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 303 as shown in Fig. 5b. Another example is shown in Figs. 6a and 6b. In this example the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes image projector 601, planar reflective display screens 602 in combination with the planar black mask 302, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 303 and bias lenses 304 as previously described. One of the stereoscopic images is produced from the image projector 601 and reflected from the planar reflective display screen 602. In this alternative example, the light produced from the image projector is already collimated. The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the planar reflective display screen 602 and the eye 315. As previously described, the individual liquid crystal micro-lenses 306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 are aligned with the display pixels of the planar reflective display panel 602. Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screen passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 303 as shown in Fig. 6b.
An alternate disposition of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 for this example is illustrated in Figs. 6c and 6d. The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 is disposed between the image projector 601 and the planar reflective display screen 602. Black mask 302 is disposed adjacent to, and aligned with, the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 303 so that only light from the display screen passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 303 as shown in Fig. 6b. Fig. 7 show an alternative example of a tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array configuration of the present invention. In this example, the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes planar display screens 701, planar black masks 703, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 and bias micro-lens arrays 704. Referring back to Fig. 2, since the display screens of the head mounted displays are arranged at a distance very close to the eyes of the viewer, the power of the bias lenses 204 is large enough to cover the planar tunable focus liquid crystal lens array 203.
To further reduce the weight and the thickness of the head mounted display devices, the bias lenses in Fig. 2 are replaced by the bias micro-lens arrays 704 having individual bias lenses 708 that are aligned with the liquid crystal micro-lenses 706 of the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702. In the example shown in Fig. 7, the planar black masks 703 is located between the bias micro-lens arrays 704 and the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 although the planar black mask 703 can alternatively be located on the opposite side or on both sides of the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens arrays 702.
The planar display screens 701 can be emissive displays, such as OLEDs, transmissive displays, such as transmissive liquid crystal displays, reflective displays, such as reflective liquid crystal displays, or other planar displays. The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 are disposed in front of each display screen between the display screen and the eyes 315. The liquid crystal micro-lenses 706 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 702 and bias lenses 708 of the bias micro-lens arrays 704 are aligned with one another and with the display pixels of the display screen 701.
Figs. 8a and 8b show another example of the present invention using the configuration shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 8a is a schematic diagram showing another example of the configuration of the optical components and Fig. 8b shows an example of a virtual image 811 and 812 displayed on the planar emissive display screen as pixels 1 and 2 being transmitted to the viewer's eye 815 as a retinal image 813 and 814, respectively, using the configuration shown in Fig. 8a. In this example the planar display screens are planar emissive liquid crystal display screens 801. As described in regard to Fig. 3, when the planar display screen is an emissive display screen 801, head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes planar emissive liquid crystal display screen 801, planar black masks 803, planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens arrays 802 and bias micro-lens arrays 804. The bias micro-lenses 808 of the bias micro- lens array 804 are aligned with the liquid crystal micro-lenses 806 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802. Operationally, the device reflects images from the planar emissive liquid crystal display 801 screen in the same manner as described in regard to Fig. 3b.
Another example of the present invention is shown in Figs. 9a and 9b. Like the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display device previously described in regard to Fig. 4b, the planar display screen is alternatively a planar transmissive display screen 901. The images are displayed on the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 901 are transmitted to the viewer in the same manner described in regard to Fig. 4b.
Figs. 10a and 10b show yet another example of the present invention. In this embodiment, the planar display screen is a planar reflective liquid crystal display screen 1001 wherein the light reflected from the display screen 1001 is already collimated as described in regard to the example shown in Fig. 5b. The difference between this example and the example shown in Fig. 5b is plural bias micro-lenses 808 in the bias micro-lens array 804 which are aligned with the plural liquid crystal micro-lenses 806 in the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802.
Figs. 11a and 1 Ib show another example of the present invention. In this embodiment, the planar display screen is a planar reflective screen 1102 wherein the light produced from the image projector 1101 is reflected from the display screen 1102. The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802 is disposed between the planar reflective display screen 1102 and the eye 815. The difference between this example and the example shown in Fig. 6(b) is plural bias micro-lenses 808 in the bias micro-lens array 804 which are aligned with the plural liquid crystal lenses 806 in the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 802. Fig. 12 shows yet another example of the of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens arrays components and their placement with respect to the viewer's eye 1205. In this example, the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display device includes curved display screens 1201, curved black masks 1202 and curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203. Another difference between the configurations shown in Figs. 2 and 8 and the configuration shown in Fig. 12, the device does not include a bias lens or a bias micro-lens arrays. The curved display screens 1201 can be emissive displays, such as OLEDs3 transmissive displays, such as transmissive liquid crystal displays, reflective displays, or other curved displays.
The tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203 are disposed between the display screens 1201 and the viewer's eye 1205. The plural liquid crystal micro-lenses 1206 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203 are aligned with the display pixels of the display screen 1201 so that the convergent light passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 1206 as described in the previous examples. Curved black masks 1202 are disposed adjacent to the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203 so that the light from the display screens only passes through the liquid crystal micro-lenses 1203. As with the previous examples, the curved black masks 1202 can be disposed on either side or both sides of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1203.
A more specific example is shown in Figs. 13a and 13b. Fig. 13a shows the optical components and their placement with respect to one another and Fig. 13b shows the focusing of the virtual images 1311 and 1312 corresponding to a first and second display pixel to the viewer' s eye 1315 to produce retinal images 1313 and 1314, respectively. The optical components shown in Fig. 13a are curved as described for the example shown in Fig. 12 with an alternative number of apertures in the curved black masks 1302 and the liquid crystal lenses 1306 of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1303. As in the previous embodiments, the curved black masks 1302 can be disposed on either side or on both sides of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens arrays 1303.
As previously described, when control signals are applied, the liquid crystal lenses 1306 of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 alternate the convergence of the light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the curved emissive display screen 1301 as shown in Fig. 13b so that the corresponding eye acclimates itself to the variations in the diopter of display pixels to enhance the experience of three dimensional visual effects as described in regard to Figs. 3b and 8b.
In the example shown in Figs. 14a and 14b, the head mounted stereoscopic 3-D display devices includes the curved planar transmissive display screen 1401, curved black mask 1202 and curved tunable focus liquid crystal lens array 1203 as shown in Figs. 12a and 12b. However, in this example, like the examples shown in Figs. 4b and 9b, the planar transmissive display screen is a curved transmissive display screen 1401 The stereoscopic images are shown on the curved transmissive liquid crystal display panel 1401. As previously described, when control signals are applied, the liquid crystal micro- lenses of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1203 alternate the convergence of the light emitting from the corresponding display pixels of the planar transmissive liquid crystal display panel 1401 as shown in Fig. 14b to change the diopter of display pixels so that the eye accommodation information is provided. Figs. 15a and 15b show yet another example of the present invention. In this embodiment, the display screen is a curved reflective liquid crystal display screen 1501 wherein the light reflected from the curved reflective liquid crystal display screen 1501 is already collimated as described in regard to the example shown in Figs. 5b and 10b. Figs. 16a and 16b show yet another example of the present invention. In this embodiment, the light produced from the image projector 1601 is reflected by the curved reflective display screen 1602. The curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 is disposed between the curved reflective display screen 1602 and the eye 1315 as described in regard to the example shown in Figs. 6b and 1 Ib. Figs. 16c and 16d show an alternate arrangement of the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 and the curved black mask 1302. The curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array 1303 is disposed between the image projector 1601 and the curved reflective display screen 1602 in the same configurations as described in regard to the example shown in Figs. 6d. As previously described, the difference between the configuration shown in Fig. 6d and Fig. 16d, is the bias micro-lens array shown in Fig. 6d. While there is a difference in the configuration, the operation of the head mounted display shown in Fig. 16d is the same as described in regard to Fig. 6d.
While the invention has been described, disclosed, illustrated and shown in various terms of certain embodiments or modifications which it has presumed in practice, the scope of the invention is not intended to be, nor should it be deemed to be, limited thereby and such other modifications or embodiments as may be suggested by the teachings herein are particularly reserved especially as they fall within the breadth and scope of the claims here appended.

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1. A head mounted visual display device for producing a 3 -dimensional visual image seen by a viewer comprising: a planar display screen for displaying an image; a planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array having plural liquid crystal micro-lenses aligned with display pixels of the planar display screen, wherein the plural liquid crystal micro-lens alternates a diopter of the display pixels; a first planar black mask having apertures aligned with the plural liquid crystal micro- lenses located adjacent to the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array to prevent light from passing through the intervals between the plural liquid crystal micro-lenses of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array; and a bias lens located adjacent to the an eye of the viewer, wherein the bias lens converges light from the display pixels into a pupil of the eye so that all portions of the displayed image are visible even though the field of view is large and the viewer moves the eye.
2. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1 , wherein planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array is located between the planar display screen and the bias lens.
3. The head mounted visual display device in claim 1, wherein the first planar black mask is located between the planar display screen and the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array.
4. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1, wherein the first planar black mask is located between the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and the bias lens.
5. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1 , further comprising: a second planar black mask, wherein the first planar black mask is located between the planar display screen and the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and the second planar black mask is located between the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens array and the bias lens.
6. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1, wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar emissive liquid crystal display screen.
7. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1 , wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar transmissive liquid crystal display screen.
8. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1 , wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar reflective liquid crystal display screen.
9. The head mounted visual display device of claim 1, wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar reflective display screen.
10. The head mounted visual display device of claim 9, further comprising: an image projector for producing and projecting the image on the planar reflective display screen, wherein the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and adjacent first planar black mask are located between the planar reflective display screen and the bias lens.
11. The head mounted visual display device of claim 9, further comprising: an image proj ector for producing and proj ecting the image displayed on the planar reflective display screen, wherein the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and adjacent first planar black mask are located between the planar reflective display screen and the image projector.
12. A head mounted visual display device of claim 1 , wherein the bias lens comprises : a bias micro-lens array having plural bias micro-lenses located adjacent to the eye of the viewer for converging the light from the display pixel passing through the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array, producing a retinal image corresponding to the display pixel.
13. The head mounted visual display device of claim 12, wherein the first planar black mask is located between the planar display screen and the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array.
14. The visual device claimed in claim 12, wherein the first planar black mask is located between the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array the bias micro-lens array.
15. The visual device claimed in claim 12, further comprising: a second planar black mask, wherein the first planar black mask is located between the planar display screen and the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and the second planar black mask is located between the planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens array and the 2bias micro-lens array.
16. The head mounted visual display device of claim 12, wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar emissive liquid crystal display screen.
17. The head mounted visual display device of claim 12, wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar transmissive liquid crystal display screen.
18. The head mounted visual display device of claim 12, wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar reflective liquid crystal display screen.
19. The head mounted visual display device of claim 12, wherein the planar display screen comprises: a planar reflective display screen.
20. The head mounted visual display device of claim 19, further comprising: an image projector for producing and projecting the image displayed on the planar reflective display screen, wherein planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and adjacent first planar black mask are located between the planar reflective display screen and the bias micro-lens array.
21. The head mounted visual display device of claim 19, further comprising: an image projector for producing and projecting the image displayed on the planar reflective liquid crystal display screen, wherein planar tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and adjacent first planar black mask are located between the planar reflective display screen and the image projector.
22. A head mounted visual display system for producing a 3 -dimensional visual image for a viewer comprising: a curved display screen for displaying images; a curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array having plural liquid crystal micro-lenses aligned with display pixels of the curved display screen, wherein the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array alternates a diopter of the display pixels; and a first curved black mask having plural apertures aligned with the plural liquid crystal micro-lenses to prevent light from passing through the intervals between the plural liquid crystal micro-lenses of the tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array.
23. The head mounted visual display system of claim 22, wherein the first curved black mask is located between the curved display screen and the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array.
24. The head mounted visual display system of claim 22, wherein the first curved black mask is located between the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array the viewer.
25. The head mounted visual display system of claim 22, further comprising: a second curved black mask, wherein the curved black mask is located between the curved display screen and the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and the second curved black mask is located between the curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro- lens array and the viewer.
26. The visual display device of claim 22, wherein the curved display screen comprises: a curved emissive liquid crystal display screen.
27. The head mounted visual display system of claim 22, wherein the curved display screen comprises: a curved transmissive liquid crystal display screen.
28. The head mounted visual display system of claim 22, wherein the curved display screen comprises: a curved reflective liquid crystal display screen.
29. The head mounted visual display system of claim 22, wherein the curved display screen comprises: a curved reflective display screen.
30. The head mounted visual display system of claim 29, further comprising: an image projector for producing and projecting the image displayed on the curved reflective liquid crystal display screen, wherein curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and adjacent first curved black mask are located between the curved reflective display screen and an eye of the viewer.
31. The head mounted visual display device of claim 29, further comprising: an image projector for producing and projecting the image displayed on the curved reflective liquid crystal display screen, wherein curved tunable focus liquid crystal micro-lens array and adjacent first curved black mask are located between the curved reflective liquid crystal display screen and the image projector.
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