Patent ID: 11940629
Assignee: MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A wearable device comprising:
a field lens;
a reflective display;
a quarter-wave plate;
a reflective polarizer configured to reflect light having a first polarization state and further configured to transmit light having a second polarization state;
a light source configured to transmit source light to the reflective polarizer, wherein:
the reflective polarizer is configured to reflect the source light toward the reflective display via the quarter-wave plate, and
the reflective display is configured to receive the source light and, in response to receiving the source light, transmit image light via the quarter-wave plate to the field lens and to the reflective polarizer; and

a beam splitter configured to:
receive the image light via the field lens, and
present an image to a user of the wearable device, the image comprising the image light.