US 11,698,533 B2
Tiled waveguide display with a wide field-of-view
Pasi Saarikko, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/329,507.
Application 17/329,507 is a division of application No. 16/548,802, filed on Aug. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,048,090.
Application 16/548,802 is a continuation of application No. 15/721,074, filed on Sep. 29, 2017, granted, now 10,429,652, issued on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/432,828, filed on Dec. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0278676 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0016 (2013.01); G02B 6/0035 (2013.01); G02B 6/0078 (2013.01); G02B 27/0081 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0125 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A source waveguide assembly comprising:
a waveguide body;
a first entrance area configured to in-couple a first image light corresponding to a first portion of an image from a first light source into the waveguide body;
a second entrance area configured to in-couple a second image light corresponding to a second portion of the image from a second light source into the waveguide body, the second portion of the image different than the first portion of the image;
a first exit area configured to output expanded first image light, the expanded first image light being the first image light expanded along two opposite directions; and
a second exit area configured to output expanded second image light, the expanded second image light being the second image light expanded along the two opposite directions.