Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for calibrating augmented reality headsets
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Application No.: US17741096Application Date: 2022-05-10
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Publication No.: US11798141B2Publication Date: 2023-10-24
- Inventor: Johnathon Scott Selstad , David Samuel Holz
- Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
- Current Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Agent Andrew L. Dunlap; Franklin M. Schellenberg
- Main IPC: G06T5/00
- IPC: G06T5/00 ; G06T19/20 ; G06T19/00

Abstract:
An AR calibration system for correcting AR headset distortions. A calibration image is provided to an external screen and viewable through a headset reflector, and an inverse of the calibration image is provided to a headset display, reflected off the reflector and observed by a camera of the system while it is simultaneously observing the calibration image on the external screen. One or more cameras are located to represent a user's point of view and aligned to observe the inverse calibration image projected onto the reflector. A distortion mapping transform is created using an algorithm to search through projection positions of the inverse calibration image until the inverse image observed by the camera(s) cancels out an acceptable portion of the calibration image provided to the external screen as observed through the reflector by the camera, and the transform is used by the headset, to compensate for distortions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220270218A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSETS Public/Granted day:2022-08-25
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