A display system comprises an optical waveguide, an actuator and a light engine. The light engine generates multiple input beams which form a virtual image. An incoupling grating of the optical waveguide couples each beam into an intermediate grating of the waveguide, in which that beam is guided on
A display system comprises an optical waveguide, an actuator and a light engine. The light engine generates multiple input beams which form a virtual image. An incoupling grating of the optical waveguide couples each beam into an intermediate grating of the waveguide, in which that beam is guided onto multiple splitting regions. The intermediate grating splits that beam at the splitting regions to provide multiple substantially parallel versions of that beam. Those multiple versions are coupled into an exit grating of the waveguide, in which the multiple versions are guided onto multiple exit regions. The exit grating diffracts the multiple versions of that beam outwardly. The multiple input beams thus cause multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image. The actuator is coupled to the waveguide and is arranged to generate acoustic waves, which are incident on, and propagate through, the optical waveguide.
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1. A display system comprising: an optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating;an actuator coupled to the optical waveguide arranged to generate acoustic waves, wherein the generated acoustic waves are incident on, and propagate through, the optical wa
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A display system comprising: an optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating;an actuator coupled to the optical waveguide arranged to generate acoustic waves, wherein the generated acoustic waves are incident on, and propagate through, the optical waveguide; anda light engine configured to generate multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction, whereby the multiple input beams form a virtual image;wherein the intermediate and exit grating have widths substantially larger than the beams' diameters;wherein the intermediate grating has a height that increases from an inner edge of the optical waveguide to an outer edge of the optical waveguide in a lateral direction along its width;wherein the incoupling grating is arranged to couple each beam into the intermediate grating, in which that beam is guided onto multiple splitting regions of the intermediate grating in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating;wherein the intermediate grating is arranged to split that beam at the splitting regions to provide multiple substantially parallel versions of that beam which are coupled into the exit grating, in which the multiple versions are guided onto multiple exit regions of the exit grating, the exit regions lying in a direction along the width of the exit grating; andwherein the exit grating is arranged to diffract the multiple versions of that beam outwardly, the multiple input beams thus causing multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image. 2. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the actuator comprises a piezo-electric element that is configured to generate the acoustic waves and transmit the generated acoustic waves into the optical waveguide in response to a voltage being applied to the piezo-electric element. 3. A display system according to claim 2, wherein the piezo-electric element is made of a ceramic material. 4. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the generated acoustic waves are one of: (i) longitudinal acoustic waves, (ii) transversal acoustic waves, and (iii) surface acoustic waves. 5. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the generated acoustic waves are ultrasound waves. 6. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the optical waveguide is substantially flat so as to outwardly diffract the multiple versions of each beam substantially in parallel to one another and in an outward direction which substantially matches the unique inward direction in which that beam was incoupled. 7. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the optical waveguide is curved so as to form the version of the virtual image a finite distance from the waveguide. 8. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the multiple splitting regions are on a first surface of the optical waveguide. 9. A display system according to claim 8, wherein the actuator is coupled to said first surface of the optical waveguide. 10. A display system according to claim 8, wherein the optical waveguide comprises a second surface opposing the first surface, and the actuator is coupled to said second surface of the optical waveguide. 11. A display system according to claim 1, wherein the height of the intermediate grating increases in a direction away from the incoupling grating. 12. A display system according to claim 1, which is wearable by a user. 13. A display system according to claim 12, embodied in a wearable headpiece, the exit grating positioned forward of an eye of the user when worn to make the image visible to the user. 14. A display system according to claim 13 comprising two such optical waveguides, each of which provides image light to a different eye of the user. 15. An optical waveguide for a display system, the optical waveguide coupled to an actuator arranged to generate acoustic waves, wherein the generated acoustic waves are incident on, and propagate through, the optical waveguide; the optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating, the incoupling grating arranged to receive multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction whereby the multiple input beams form a virtual image;wherein the intermediate and exit grating have widths substantially larger than the beams' diameters;wherein the intermediate grating has a height that increases from an inner edge of the optical waveguide to an outer edge of the optical waveguide in a lateral direction along its width;wherein the incoupling grating is arranged to couple each beam into the intermediate grating, in which that beam is guided onto multiple splitting regions of the intermediate grating in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating;wherein the intermediate grating is arranged to split that beam at the splitting regions to provide multiple substantially parallel versions of that beam which are coupled into the exit grating, in which the multiple versions are guided onto multiple exit regions of the exit grating, the exit regions lying in a direction along the width of the exit grating;wherein the exit grating is arranged to diffract the multiple versions of that beam outwardly, the multiple input beams thus causing multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image. 16. A wearable headset comprising: a headpiece;an optical waveguide having an incoupling grating, an intermediate grating and an exit grating;an actuator coupled to the optical waveguide arranged to generate acoustic waves, wherein the generated acoustic waves are incident on, and propagate through, the optical waveguide; anda light engine mounted to the headpiece, the light engine configured to generate multiple input beams, each beam being substantially collimated and directed to the incoupling grating in a unique inward direction, whereby the multiple input beams form a virtual image;wherein the intermediate and exit grating have widths substantially larger than the beams' diameters;wherein the intermediate grating has a height that increases from an inner edge of the optical waveguide to an outer edge of the optical waveguide in a lateral direction along its width;wherein the incoupling grating is arranged to couple each beam into the intermediate grating, in which that beam is guided onto multiple splitting regions of the intermediate grating in a direction along the width of the intermediate grating;wherein the intermediate grating is arranged to split that beam at the splitting regions to provide multiple substantially parallel versions of that beam which are coupled into the exit grating, in which the multiple versions are guided onto multiple exit regions of the exit grating, the exit regions lying in a direction along the width of the exit grating; andwherein the exit grating is arranged to diffract the multiple versions of that beam outwardly, the multiple input beams thus causing multiple exit beams to exit the waveguide which form a version of the virtual image. 17. A wearable headset according to claim 16, wherein the actuator comprises a piezo-electric element that is configured to generate the acoustic waves and transmit the generated acoustic waves into the optical waveguide in response to a voltage being applied to the piezo-electric element. 18. A wearable headset according to claim 17, wherein the piezo-electric element is made of a ceramic material. 19. A wearable headset according to claim 16, wherein the generated acoustic waves are one of: (i) longitudinal acoustic waves, (ii) transversal acoustic waves, and (iii) surface acoustic waves. 20. A wearable headset according to claim 16, wherein the generated acoustic waves are ultrasound waves.
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