Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical systems with low resolution peripheral displays
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Application No.: US17474349Application Date: 2021-09-14
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Publication No.: US12298506B2Publication Date: 2025-05-13
- Inventor: Hyungryul Choi , Bradley C. Steele , Brian S. Lau , Cameron A. Harder , David A. Kalinowski , Eric J. Hansotte , Guolin Peng , Scott M. DeLapp , Vikrant Bhakta , Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons; Jinie M. Guihan
- Main IPC: G02B27/01
- IPC: G02B27/01 ; F21V8/00 ; G02B5/32 ; G02F1/137 ; G03H1/02

Abstract:
An electronic device may include an optical combiner with a waveguide. The waveguide may have an output coupler that directs high resolution light towards an eye box within a field of view. Peripheral light sources may provide low resolution peripheral light to the eye box about a periphery of the field of view. The peripheral light sources may be mounted to a frame for the waveguide, to an additional substrate mounted to the frame and overlapping the waveguide, in a low resolution projector that projects the peripheral light towards reflective structures in the additional substrate, or in a display module that produces the high resolution light. The optical combiner may overlay real world light with the high resolution light and the low resolution peripheral light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210405378A1 Optical Systems with Low Resolution Peripheral Displays Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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