Patent ID: 8477425

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 and 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, wherein the integrated image source directs light to a single curved polarizing film, said single curved polarizing film comprising at least one layer, that reflects a portion of the light to illuminate a reflective image display that transmits illuminating light through the single curved polarizing film to provide image light, and wherein the optical assembly comprises a partially reflective, partially transmitting optical element that reflects a portion of the image light from the integrated image source and transmits 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 provided to a user's eye.