| US 7,460,305 B2 | ||
| Scanned-beam heads-up display and related systems and methods | ||
| Karlton D. Powell, Lake Stevens, Wash. (US); Hakan Ürey, Istanbul (Turkey); Amjad Malik, Bothell, Wash. (US); and Russell J. Hannigan, Sammamish, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microvision, Inc., Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 04, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/499,396. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0103747 A1, May 10, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 27/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 359—630 [359/13; 359/900] | 17 Claims |
| 1. A heads-up display, comprising:
a scanner assembly operable to generate an image by sweeping a beam of electromagnetic energy in at least one dimension; and
a projection assembly operable to direct the image into a predetermined viewing space having a substantially uniform intensity
profile in a cross section having a region that is substantially normal to a viewing dimension, wherein the projection assembly
comprises an exit-pupil expander, and wherein the scanner is operable to generate the image by sweeping the beam in two dimensions
onto the exit-pupil expander.
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