New Patent MVIS with NASA

Note that this patent was Filed in 2012.... it was published today. The NASA reference is interesting. There is a lot going on behind the scenes at this company -- that will eventually reach us in the public.

At US Patent Office

Scanned image projection system employing intermediate image plane 

Abstract

In imaging system (100), a spatial light modulator (101) is configured to produce images (102) by scanning a plurality light beams (104,105,106). A first optical element (107) is configured to cause the plurality of light beams to converge along an optical path (114) defined between the first optical element and the spatial light modulator. A second optical element (115) is disposed between the spatial light modulator and a waveguide (1401). The first optical element and the spatial light modulator are arranged such that an image plane (117) is created between the spatial light modulator and the second optical element. The second optical element is configured to collect the diverging light (118) from the image plane and collimate it. The second optical element then delivers the collimated light to a pupil (120) at an input of the waveguide.

Inventors:	DeJong; Christian Dean (Sammamish, WA), Hudman; Joshua M. (Issaquah, WA)
Applicant:	Name City State Country Type DeJong; Christian Dean Hudman; Joshua M. Sammamish Issaquah  WA WA  US US
Assignee:	Microvision, Inc. (Redmond, WA)
Family ID:	1000000720089
Appl. No.:	13/466,798
Filed:	May 8, 2012

Government Interests

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STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 

This invention was made with government support under Contract Number NNX11CG59P awarded by NASA. The government has certain rights in the invention.