Patent ID: 11867903
Assignee: nan
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus for viewing an image generated by a signal or information processing system or a computer,
the apparatus comprising either one display and optics assembly for one eye or two display and optics assemblies, one of them dedicated to each eye of a user,
the display and optics assemblies each being characterized by consisting of:
(a) a display,

the display from a front surface of which, which is facing away from the eye, light can be emitted or reflected as an areal light pattern representing an image,
the display surface having a shape being at least partly part of a cylindrical or elliptical shape curved around the eye,
the display being at least partially transparent, allowing to see through it from its back side which is facing toward the eye; and
(b) the optics assembly consisting of a single non-transparent or semi-transparent mirror,

a mirror back reflecting and focusing toward the eye the areal light pattern emanating from the display and thereby allowing the image to be viewed through a back side of the display,
the mirror having an optical shape being form-invariant and part of uniformly continuous shape curved around the eye,
the mirror providing to the eye the image as a virtual image.