公开(公告)号：US20180284460A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15928015

申请日：2018-03-21

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Hui-Chuan Cheng ,  Chulwoo Oh ,  Clinton Carlisle ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  William Molteni

IPC: G02B27/09 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: Illuminations systems that separate different colors into laterally displaced beams may be used to direct different color image content into an eyepiece for displaying images in the eye. Such an eyepiece may be used, for example, for an augmented reality head mounted display. Illumination systems may be provided that utilize one or more waveguides to direct light from a light source towards a spatial light modulator. Light from the spatial light modulator may be directed towards an eyepiece. Some aspects of the invention provide for light of different colors to be outcoupled at different angles from the one or more waveguides and directed along different beam paths.

公开(公告)号：US20170082858A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US15271802

申请日：2016-09-21

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Anthony Klug ,  Adrian Kaehler

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  A61B3/10 ,  G02C11/00

CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 ,  A61B3/10 ,  A61B3/113 ,  A61B3/12 ,  A61B3/14 ,  A61B5/1122 ,  A61B5/117 ,  A61B5/163 ,  A61B5/742 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/0178

Abstract: Examples of an imaging system for use with a head mounted display (HMD) are disclosed. The imaging system can include a forward-facing imaging camera and a surface of a display of the HMD can include an off-axis diffractive optical element (DOE) or hot mirror configured to reflect light to the imaging camera. The DOE or hot mirror can be segmented. The imaging system can be used for eye tracking, biometric identification, multiscopic reconstruction of the three-dimensional shape of the eye, etc.

公开(公告)号：US12181676B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-31

申请号：US18241772

申请日：2023-09-01

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Dale Tekolste ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  Brian T. Schowengerdt

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/42

Abstract: Architectures are provided for selectively outputting light for forming images, the light having different wavelengths and being outputted with low levels of crosstalk. In some embodiments, light is incoupled into a waveguide and deflected to propagate in different directions, depending on wavelength. The incoupled light then outcoupled by outcoupling optical elements that outcouple light based on the direction of propagation of the light. In some other embodiments, color filters are between a waveguide and outcoupling elements. The color filters limit the wavelengths of light that interact with and are outcoupled by the outcoupling elements. In yet other embodiments, a different waveguide is provided for each range of wavelengths to be outputted. Incoupling optical elements selectively incouple light of the appropriate range of wavelengths into a corresponding waveguide, from which the light is outcoupled.

公开(公告)号：US20240308162A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-19

申请号：US18671622

申请日：2024-05-22

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Chieh Chang ,  Christophe Peroz ,  Sharad D. Bhagat ,  Roy Matthew Patterson ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  Charles Scott Carden

IPC: B29D11/00 ,  B29C35/08 ,  B29C39/02 ,  B29C39/26 ,  B29C39/38 ,  B29C71/02

CPC classification number: B29D11/00663 ,  B29C35/08 ,  B29C35/0888 ,  B29C39/026 ,  B29C39/265 ,  B29C39/38 ,  B29C71/02 ,  B29C2035/0822 ,  B29C2035/0827 ,  B29C2071/022

Abstract: An example system for molding a photocurable material into a planar object includes a first mold structure having a first mold surface, a second mold structure having a second mold surface, and one or more protrusions disposed along at least one of the first mold surface or the second mold surface. During operation, the system is configured to position the first and second mold structures such that the first and second mold surfaces face each other with the one or more protrusions contacting the opposite mold surface, and a volume having a total thickness variation (TTV) of 500 nm or less is defined between the first and second mold surfaces. The system is further configured to receive the photocurable material in the volume, and direct radiation at the one or more wavelengths into the volume.

公开(公告)号：US20240280827A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18650003

申请日：2024-04-29

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh ,  Lionel Ernest Edwin ,  Brian T. Schowengerdt ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  Jahja I. Trisnadi

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G02B26/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T5/80 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: G02B27/0179 ,  G02B3/14 ,  G02B6/005 ,  G02B26/004 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06T5/80 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G02B6/0038 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B2027/0123 ,  G02B2027/0127 ,  G02B2027/0185 ,  G02B2027/0187

Abstract: An augmented reality (AR) device is described with a display system configured to adjust an apparent distance between a user of the AR device and virtual content presented by the AR device. The AR device includes a first tunable lens that change shape in order to affect the position of the virtual content. Distortion of real-world content on account of the changes made to the first tunable lens is prevented by a second tunable lens that changes shape to stay substantially complementary to the optical configuration of the first tunable lens. In this way, the virtual content can be positioned at almost any distance relative to the user without degrading the view of the outside world or adding extensive bulk to the AR device. The augmented reality device can also include tunable lenses for expanding a field of view of the augmented reality device.

公开(公告)号：US12019233B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17262535

申请日：2019-07-22

Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.

Inventor： Wendong Xing ,  Vikramjit Singh ,  Neal Paul Ricks ,  Jeffrey Dean Schmulen ,  Emory D. Carroll ,  K. Brent Binkley ,  Frank Y. Xu ,  Thomas Mercier ,  William Hudson Welch ,  Michael Anthony Klug

IPC: G02B25/00 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/00

CPC classification number: G02B25/001 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/0006 ,  G02B27/0081

Abstract: An optical device, such as an eyepiece, including multiple layers of waveguides. The optical device can include an edge sealant for reducing light contamination, a lamination dam to restrict the wicking of the edge sealant between layers of the optical device, and venting gap(s) in the sealant and dam to allow air flow between the exterior and interior of the eyepiece. The gap(s) allow outgassing from the interior of the eyepiece of unreacted polymer and/or accumulated moisture, to prevent defect accumulation caused by chemical reaction of outgassed chemicals with the (e.g., ionic, acidic, etc.) surface of the eyepiece layers. The gap(s) also prevent pressure differences which may physically deform the eyepiece over time.

公开(公告)号：US11982813B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17437722

申请日：2020-03-11

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Vikramjit Singh ,  Kang Luo ,  Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn ,  Samarth Bhargava ,  Shuqiang Yang ,  Michael Nevin Miller ,  Frank Y. Xu ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  Kevin Messer ,  Robert D. Tekolste ,  Xiaopei Deng ,  Xiao Li

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B6/34

CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 ,  G02B6/0016 ,  G02B6/0036 ,  G02B6/0076 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02B2027/0118 ,  G02B2027/0125

Abstract: Waveguides comprising materials with refractive index greater than or equal to 1.8 and methods of patterning waveguides are disclosed. Patterned waveguides comprising materials with refractive index greater than or equal to 1.8 can be incorporated in display devices, such as, for example wearable display devices to project virtual images to a viewer.

公开(公告)号：US20240126090A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-18

申请号：US18493429

申请日：2023-10-24

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Asif Sinay ,  Barak Freedman ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  Chulwoo Oh ,  Nizan Meitav

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/28 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T19/00

CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0081 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B27/283 ,  G06F3/013 ,  G06T19/006 ,  G02B2027/0125 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G02B2027/0178 ,  G02B2027/0185

Abstract: Head mounted display systems configured to project light to an eye of a user to display augmented reality image content in a vision field of the user are disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes a frame configured to be supported on a head of the user, an image projector configured to project images into the user's eye, a camera coupled to the frame, a waveguide optically coupled to the camera, an optical coupling optical element me, an out-coupling element configured to direct light emitted from the waveguide to the camera, and a first light source configured to direct light to the user's eye through the waveguide. Electronics control the camera to capture images periodically and farther control the first light source to pulse in time with the camera such that light emitted by the light source has a reduced intensity when the camera is not capturing images.

公开(公告)号：US11935206B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US18296141

申请日：2023-04-05

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Brian T. Schowengerdt ,  Mathew D. Watson ,  David Tinch ,  Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh ,  John Graham Macnamara ,  Lionel Ernest Edwin ,  Michael Anthony Klug ,  William Hudson Welch

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/09 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B6/12

CPC classification number: G06T19/006 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G02B26/08 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0944 ,  G02B27/0955 ,  G02B27/0972 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02B27/106 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B2006/1215 ,  G02B2027/0123 ,  G02B2027/0178

Abstract: A virtual image generation system comprises a planar optical waveguide having opposing first and second faces, an in-coupling (IC) element configured for optically coupling a collimated light beam from an image projection assembly into the planar optical waveguide as an in-coupled light beam, a first orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the first face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a first set of orthogonal light beamlets, a second orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the second face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a second set of orthogonal light beamlets, and an exit pupil expansion (EPE) element associated with the planar optical waveguide for splitting the first and second sets of orthogonal light beamlets into an array of out-coupled light beamlets that exit the planar optical waveguide.

公开(公告)号：US20230384499A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18449268

申请日：2023-08-14

Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.

Inventor： Michael Anthony Klug ,  Brian T. Schowengerdt ,  Michael Nevin Miller ,  Vikramjit Singh ,  Christophe Peroz ,  Pierre St. Hilaire ,  Jie Sun

IPC: G02B5/30 ,  G02B27/01 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B5/18 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/10 ,  G02F1/13 ,  G02B1/00 ,  G02B27/28

CPC classification number: G02B5/3016 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B6/004 ,  G02B5/1809 ,  G02B5/1833 ,  G02B26/103 ,  G02B27/4272 ,  G02B27/0081 ,  G02B27/1006 ,  G02F1/1326 ,  G02B1/002 ,  G02B6/0016 ,  G02B6/0076 ,  G02B27/283 ,  G02F1/1303 ,  G02B2027/0125 ,  G02B2027/0185 ,  G02B2027/0112

Abstract: Architectures are provided for selectively incoupling one or more streams of light from a multiplexed light stream into a waveguide. The multiplexed light stream can have light with different characteristics (e.g., different wavelengths and/or different polarizations). The waveguide can comprise in-coupling elements that can selectively couple one or more streams of light from the multiplexed light stream into the waveguide while transmitting one or more other streams of light from the multiplexed light stream.