US 12,416,809 B2
Head-mounted display device
Cheon Myeong Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Sang-Ho Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Soo Min Baek, Yongin-si (KR); Ju Youn Son, Yongin-si (KR); Ji Won Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Bekhyun Lim, Yongin-si (KR); and Ju Hwa Ha, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/630,027.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0065763 (KR), filed on May 22, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0393592 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 27/283 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/013 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display device comprising:
a display panel; and
an optical system positioned on a front surface of the display panel,
wherein the display panel,
sequentially includes a light emitting element unit, a retarder positioned on a front surface of the light emitting element unit, a reflective polarizer, and an absorptive polarizer,
wherein the optical system includes:
a first curved lens configured to include a first retarder positioned on an inner surface and a beam splitter positioned on an outer surface; and
a second curved lens configured to include a second retarder positioned on an inner surface and a reflective polarizer positioned on an outer surface,
wherein the first curved lens is positioned on the display panel, and the second curved lens is positioned on the first curved lens, and
wherein the absorptive polarizer of the display panel includes an open portion from which the absorptive polarizer is removed.