Patent ID: 8488246

Claim:
A system, comprising: an interactive head-mounted eyepiece worn by a user, wherein the eyepiece includes an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment combined with displayed content, an integrated processor for handling content for display to the user, and an integrated image source for introducing the content to the optical assembly; and a light source that directs light to a single curved polarizing film of the optical assembly, the single curved polarizing film comprising at least one layer that first reflects a portion of the light to illuminate a reflective image display of the optical assembly, and then transmits the reflected illuminating light through the single curved polarizing film of the optical assembly to provide image light, wherein the optical assembly further comprises an optically flat film, disposed at an angle in front of a user's eye, that reflects a portion of the image light from the reflective image display to a curved partially reflecting mirror, wherein the curved partially reflecting mirror reflects a portion of the image light and transmits a portion of the scene light from a see-through view of the surrounding environment, so that a combined image comprised of portions of the reflected image light and the transmitted scene light is transmitted through the optically flat film and provided to the user's eye.