公开(公告)号：US12276796B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US18073823

申请日：2022-12-02

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Hekun Huang ,  Xuan Wang ,  Sascha Hallstein

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B3/00 ,  G02B27/00

Abstract: A head-mounted display device employs light field directional backlighting to provide three-dimensional (3D) pupil steering without mechanical adjustment while maintaining a compact form factor and performance. An example light field directional backlighting unit includes two substantially flat components: an array of light sources and an array of modulators (e.g., a micro lens array (MLA), a stack of transmissive display elements, a pinhole array, and similar ones). By digitally modifying the illumination pattern on the array of light source and pairing to the light field directional backlighting unit to an extra transmissive display element as the main display panel and one or more viewing optical elements, a light field created by the light field directional backlighting unit is moved in three-dimensional (3D) space to correspond to pupil shift without interfering with the display content.

公开(公告)号：US20250164695A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US18785679

申请日：2024-07-26

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Prathmesh Deshmukh ,  Tingling Rao ,  Zhaoyu Nie ,  Andrew John Ouderkirk ,  Jie Li ,  Yuanrui Li ,  Jianji Yang ,  Zhenye Li ,  Sawyer Miller ,  Xuan Wang ,  Joshua Cobb ,  Hsien-Hui Cheng ,  Eugene Cho ,  Robin Sharma ,  Eric Stratton ,  Ajit Ninan ,  Zhexin Zhao ,  Xiayu Feng ,  Yun-Han Lee ,  Michael Escuti ,  Steven John Robbins ,  Babak Amirsolaimani ,  Lu Lu ,  Barry David Silverstein

IPC: G02B6/27 ,  G02B6/34 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An optical element includes a waveguide body that is configured to guide light by total internal reflection from an input end to an output end, an input coupling element located at the input end for coupling light into the waveguide body, and an output coupling element located at the output end for coupling light out of the waveguide body, where the waveguide body includes an organic solid crystal. The organic solid crystal may be a single crystal having principal axes rotated with respect to the dimensions of the waveguide body. Such an optical element may have low weight and exhibit good color uniformity while providing polarization scrambling of the guided light.

公开(公告)号：US12253428B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US18086638

申请日：2022-12-21

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Yiyang Wu ,  Hsien-Hui Cheng ,  Xuan Wang ,  Lu Lu

IPC: G01M11/02

Abstract: A system for measuring a satellite ghost efficiency of a diffractive lens is provided. The system includes a light source configured to output a first probing beam, and a beam tweaking assembly disposed between the light source and the diffractive lens, and configured to convert the first probing beam into a second probing beam that is a non-collimated beam. The diffractive lens diffracts the second probing beam into a plurality of diffracted beams including a first diffracted beam of a parent diffraction order and a second diffracted beam of a satellite ghost diffraction order. The beam tweaking assembly includes one or more optical lenses, and an adjustable optical power. The system also includes a detector configured to generate a beam spot pattern including a first beam spot corresponding to the first diffracted beam and a second beam spot corresponding to the second diffracted beam.

公开(公告)号：US20240353532A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18642484

申请日：2024-04-22

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： John Ho ,  Jiang Zhu ,  Boon Shiu ,  Paurakh Rajbhandary ,  Yuge Huang ,  Lu Lu ,  Junren Wang ,  Mengfei Wang ,  Xiayu Feng ,  Zhexin Zhao ,  Steven Alexander-Boyd Hickman ,  Tingling Rao ,  Kimberly Kay Childress ,  Amir Shariffar ,  Sadegh Aghaei ,  Zhaoyu Nie ,  Prathmesh Deshmukh ,  Zhaocheng Liu ,  Raymond Smith, II ,  Andrew John Ouderkirk ,  Sawyer Miller ,  Hsien-Hui Cheng ,  Xuan Wang ,  Ali Altaqui ,  Zhuoliang Ni

IPC: G01S7/41 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G03H1/02

CPC classification number: G01S7/412 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G01S7/415 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G03H1/0248 ,  G02B2027/0174 ,  G02B2027/0178 ,  G03H2001/026 ,  G03H2250/38

Abstract: A computer-implemented method may include (1) causing a radar component to emit one or more radar signals and (2) causing the radar component to analyze one or more return signals. Also disclosed is a method for forming a 3D liquid crystal polarization hologram optical element and a method for characterizing diffractive waveguides includes directing light onto a structure and measuring the diffracted light to capture at least one image of the structure. Lastly, disclosed is a method of pattering organic solid crystals and a method directing a beam of input light to a surface of an optical material to determine crystallographic and optical parameters of the optical material. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20230393322A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US17834760

申请日：2022-06-07

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Xiayu Feng ,  Zhexin Zhao ,  Xuan Wang ,  Hekun Huang ,  Gang Li ,  Lu Lu

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B5/32 ,  G02B27/01

CPC classification number: G02B6/0023 ,  G02B27/4222 ,  G02B6/005 ,  G02B5/32 ,  G02B27/0172

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a lightguide for conveying images to an eyebox. The lightguide includes a substrate, a diffractive optical element (DOE) configured to couple the image light into the substrate. The DOE has a spatially variable pitch configured to provide the DOE with a positive optical power. The lightguide further includes a grating out-coupler supported by the substrate for out-coupling portions of the image light from the substrate toward the eyebox.

公开(公告)号：US20240184124A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18237332

申请日：2023-08-23

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Ali Altaqui ,  Xuan Wang ,  Lu Lu ,  Michael Escuti ,  Chulwoo Oh ,  Hsien-Hui Cheng ,  Jihwan Kim ,  Yuge Huang ,  Yun-Han Lee ,  Brian Wheelwright

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02B27/09 ,  G02F1/01

CPC classification number: G02B27/0179 ,  G02B5/3083 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0922 ,  G02B27/0955 ,  G02F1/0136 ,  G02B2027/0185

Abstract: A multi-focal system includes a display pixel array, a pixelated polarization array, and a Pancharatnam-Berry phase (PBP) lens. The display pixel array includes a first display pixels generating first display light and a second display pixels generating second display light. The pixelated polarization array has first pixels and second pixels. The first pixels are aligned with the first display pixels to generate a first polarized light having a first polarization orientation. The second pixels are aligned with the second display pixels to generate a second polarized light having a second polarization orientation different from the first polarization orientation. The PBP lens is configured to focus the first polarized light having the first polarization orientation to a first focal length and focus the second polarized light having the second polarization orientation to a second focal length that is greater than the first focal length.