Patent ID: 6963379
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A head-mounted display, provided in a housing of a predetermined shape, for displaying an image to a user, the head-mounted display comprising: at least one image-forming unit that produces and emits an image; a half mirror disposed obliquely with respect to the image-forming units for reflecting some part of the image incident from the image-forming units and transmitting the remaining part; a pinhole located at a focal point of the image reflected from the half mirror for transmitting the incident image and focusing the transmitted image onto a dark space within the housing; a collimating lens disposed opposite the half mirror for converging the incident divergent image and producing a parallel image; a prism unit disposed opposite the collimating lens for guiding the path of the incident image; and a Fresnel lens disposed opposite a part of the prism unit for focusing the incident image onto an eyeball of the user, wherein the image formed in the housing through the pinhole is viewed by the user.