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公开(公告)号:US20250020940A1
公开(公告)日:2025-01-16
申请号:US18900077
申请日:2024-09-27
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt , Mathew D. Watson
Abstract: A wearable display system includes a fiber scanner including an optical fiber and a scanning mechanism configured to scan a tip of the optical fiber along an emission trajectory defining an optical axis. The wearable display system also includes an eyepiece positioned in front of the tip of the optical fiber and including a planar waveguide, an incoupling diffractive optical element (DOE) coupled to the planar waveguide, and an outcoupling DOE coupled to the planar waveguide. The wearable display system further includes a collimating optical element configured to receive light reflected by the incoupling DOE and collimate and reflect light toward the eyepiece.
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公开(公告)号:US12078804B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US17211770
申请日:2021-03-24
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Charles David Melville , Brian T. Schowengerdt , Mathew D. Watson
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B6/0006 , G02B6/001 , G02B26/0833 , G02B26/101 , G02B27/30
Abstract: A display assembly suitable for use with a virtual or augmented reality headset is described and includes the following: an input coupling grating; a scanning mirror configured to rotate about two or more different axes of rotation; an optical element; and optical fibers, each of which have a light emitting end disposed between the input coupling grating and the scanning mirror and oriented such that light emitted from the light emitting end is refracted through at least a portion of the optical element, reflected off the scanning mirror, refracted back through the optical element and into the input coupling grating. The scanning mirror can be built upon a MEMS type architecture.
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公开(公告)号:US12007573B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17093784
申请日:2020-11-10
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc
Inventor: Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh , Lionel Ernest Edwin , Brian T. Schowengerdt , Michael Anthony Klug , Jahja I. Trisnadi
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.
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公开(公告)号:US12001021B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-04
申请号:US17942634
申请日:2022-09-12
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt , Hong Hua , Hui-Chuan Cheng , Christophe Peroz
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B5/18 , G02B6/0035 , G02B6/0076 , G06T5/70 , G06T19/006 , G06V40/19 , G06V40/193 , G02B2027/0112 , G02B2027/0125 , G02B2027/0127 , G02B2027/0132 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0178
Abstract: In a display system configured to display images at multiple depth planes, images perceived to be substantially full color or multi-colored may be formed using component color images that are distributed in unequal numbers across a plurality of depth planes. The distribution of component color images across the depth planes may vary based on color. In some embodiments, a display system includes a stack of waveguides that each output light of a particular color, with some colors having fewer numbers of associated waveguides than other colors. The stack of waveguides may include multiple pluralities of different numbers of waveguides, each plurality configured to produce an image by outputting light corresponding to a particular color. A display controller can introduce blur and/or change pixel size for images to be presented for at least one depth plane, based on the contents of images.
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公开(公告)号:US11714291B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US17555640
申请日:2021-12-20
Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt
IPC: G02B27/42 , H04N5/21 , G06T15/50 , G06T5/00 , H04N13/117 , H04N13/286 , H04N13/341 , H04N13/344 , H04N13/361 , H04N13/366 , H04N13/383 , G02B27/01 , G06T7/73 , H04N13/363 , H04N13/239 , G06T7/50 , G02B30/24 , G02F1/17 , G06V40/18 , H04N23/00 , G02B6/00 , G06T19/00 , G02B5/00 , G02F1/01 , G02B3/00 , G06T19/20 , G06F3/01 , G09G5/00 , H04N5/74 , G09G5/10 , G09G5/02 , G02B5/18 , G02B26/08 , G02B6/02 , G02B27/00 , G02B6/06 , G02B5/20 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/29 , G06T13/40 , G02B6/34 , G02B6/40 , G02B6/32 , G02B17/08 , G06T15/10 , G06T17/10 , G09G5/18 , G06F3/14 , G06T15/00 , G02C7/04 , G02C7/10 , G06T5/50 , G02F1/31 , H04N13/00
CPC classification number: G02B27/4205 , G02B3/0006 , G02B3/0037 , G02B5/005 , G02B5/1814 , G02B5/1828 , G02B5/20 , G02B6/00 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/06 , G02B6/32 , G02B6/34 , G02B6/40 , G02B17/08 , G02B26/0808 , G02B27/0087 , G02B27/0093 , G02B27/01 , G02B27/017 , G02B27/0172 , G02B27/0176 , G02B30/24 , G02C7/049 , G02C7/104 , G02F1/0105 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/17 , G02F1/29 , G02F1/292 , G02F1/31 , G06F3/011 , G06F3/013 , G06F3/017 , G06F3/1423 , G06T5/002 , G06T5/003 , G06T5/50 , G06T7/50 , G06T7/73 , G06T13/40 , G06T15/00 , G06T15/10 , G06T15/506 , G06T17/10 , G06T19/003 , G06T19/006 , G06T19/20 , G06V40/193 , G09G5/003 , G09G5/02 , G09G5/10 , G09G5/18 , H04N5/21 , H04N5/74 , H04N13/117 , H04N13/239 , H04N13/286 , H04N13/341 , H04N13/344 , H04N13/361 , H04N13/363 , H04N13/366 , H04N13/383 , H04N23/00 , G02B2006/0098 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0118 , G02B2027/0123 , G02B2027/0125 , G02B2027/0134 , G02B2027/0163 , G02B2027/0178 , G02C2202/16 , G02F1/294 , G06T2207/10021 , G06T2207/30201 , G06T2213/08 , H04N2013/0085
Abstract: A method for displaying virtual content to a user, the method includes determining an accommodation of the user's eyes. The method also includes delivering, through a first waveguide of a stack of waveguides, light rays having a first wavefront curvature based at least in part on the determined accommodation, wherein the first wavefront curvature corresponds to a focal distance of the determined accommodation. The method further includes delivering, through a second waveguide of the stack of waveguides, light rays having a second wavefront curvature, the second wavefront curvature associated with a predetermined margin of the focal distance of the determined accommodation.
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公开(公告)号:US11614626B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-28
申请号:US17461732
申请日:2021-08-30
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Samuel A. Miller , Paul M. Greco , Brian T. Schowengerdt
Abstract: An augmented reality display system includes a pair of variable focus lens elements that sandwich a waveguide stack. One of the lens elements is positioned between the waveguide stack and a user's eye to correct for refractive errors in the focusing of light projected from the waveguide stack to that eye. The lens elements may also be configured to provide appropriate optical power to place displayed virtual content on a desired depth plane. The other lens element is between the ambient environment and the waveguide stack, and is configured to provide optical power to compensate for aberrations in the transmission of ambient light through the waveguide stack and the lens element closest to the eye. In addition, an eye-tracking system monitors the vergence of the user's eyes and automatically and continuously adjusts the optical powers of the pair of lens elements based on the determined vergence of those eyes.
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公开(公告)号:US11543666B2
公开(公告)日:2023-01-03
申请号:US17326833
申请日:2021-05-21
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt
Abstract: Augmented reality and virtual reality display systems and devices are configured for efficient use of projected light. In some aspects, a display system includes a light projection system and a head-mounted display configured to project light into an eye of the user to display virtual image content. The head-mounted display includes at least one waveguide comprising a plurality of in-coupling regions each configured to receive, from the light projection system, light corresponding to a portion of the user's field of view and to in-couple the light into the waveguide; and a plurality of out-coupling regions configured to out-couple the light out of the waveguide to display the virtual content, wherein each of the out-coupling regions are configured to receive light from different ones of the in-coupling regions. In some implementations, each in-coupling region has a one-to-one correspondence with a unique corresponding out-coupling region.
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公开(公告)号:US11487106B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-01
申请号:US17327503
申请日:2021-05-21
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Abstract: A method of fabricating a multi-element fiber scanner includes providing a fiber optic cable having a cladding region and a fiber core and focusing a laser beam at a series of predetermined locations inside the cladding region of the fiber optic cable. The method also includes creating a plurality of damage sites at the predetermined locations, exposing the fiber optic cable to an etchant solution, and preferentially etching the plurality of damage sites to form a base having a base plane and a longitudinal axis orthogonal to the base plane, a retention collar disposed a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis from the base, a first fiber link including the fiber core, passing through the base plane, and joined to the retention collar, and a plurality of additional links joined to the base, extending from the base to the retention collar, and joined to the retention collar.
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公开(公告)号:US11442227B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US17076510
申请日:2020-10-21
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt , Mathew D. Watson , Charles David Melville
Abstract: A fiber optic element of a fiber scanning system includes a motion actuator having longitudinal side members, an internal orifice, a first support region, a central region, and a second support region. The fiber optic element also includes a first fiber optic cable passing through the internal orifice and having a first fiber joint as well as a second fiber optic cable passing through the internal orifice. The second fiber optic cable has a second fiber joint disposed in the central region and spliced to the first fiber joint, a second coupling region, a light delivery region, and a light emission tip. The light delivery region is characterized by a first diameter and the light emission tip is characterized by a second diameter less than the first diameter.
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公开(公告)号:US20220146834A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-12
申请号:US17581773
申请日:2022-01-21
Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
Inventor: Michael Anthony Klug , Robert Konrad , Gordon Wetzstein , Brian T. Schowengerdt , Michal Beau Dennison Vaughn
IPC: G02B27/01 , G02B30/24 , G02B30/34 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/383 , H04N13/344 , H04N13/341 , H04N13/339 , H04N13/398
Abstract: An augmented reality display system is configured to direct a plurality of parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images into a viewer's eye. The parallactically-disparate intra-pupil images provide different parallax views of a virtual object, and impinge on the pupil from different angles. In the aggregate, the wavefronts of light forming the images approximate a continuous divergent wavefront and provide selectable accommodation cues for the user, depending on the amount of parallax disparity between the intra-pupil images. The amount of parallax disparity is selected using a light source that outputs light for different images from different locations, with spatial differences in the locations of the light output providing differences in the paths that the light takes to the eye, which in turn provide different amounts of parallax disparity. Advantageously, the wavefront divergence, and the accommodation cue provided to the eye of the user, may be varied by appropriate selection of parallax disparity, which may be set by selecting the amount of spatial separation between the locations of light output.
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