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公开(公告)号:US20190285899A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-19
申请号:US16422645
申请日:2019-05-24
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor: Tapani Levola , Pasi Saarikko , Steven John Robbins , Yarn Chee Poon , Lena Adele Wolfe , Erica Lee Towle
Abstract: A wearable image display system includes a headpiece, a first and a second light engine, and a first and a second optical component. The first and second light engines generate a first and a second set of beams respectively, each beam substantially collimated so that the first and second set form a first and a second virtual image respectively. Each optical component is located to project an image onto a first and a second eye of a wearer respectively. The first and second sets of beams are directed to incoupling structures of the first and second optical components respectively. Exit structures of the first and second optical components guide the first and second sets of beams onto the first and second eyes respectively. The optical components are located between the light engines and the eyes. Both of the light engines are mounted to a central portion of the headpiece.
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公开(公告)号:US11075503B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-27
申请号:US16460718
申请日:2019-07-02
Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Yarn Chee Poon , Gambhir Ranjit
IPC: H01S5/40 , H01S5/0683 , H01S5/042
Abstract: A multi-section laser device is configured with a gain section and an integrated photodetector section. The photodetector section, rather than being a separate component, is integrated directly into the body of the laser. The integrated photodetector section absorbs photons generated by the gain section and creates a photocurrent that is proportional to the output of the multi-section laser device. The measured photocurrent is usable to calculate power output of the multi-section laser device and to identify any adjustments that may be needed to be made to the laser in order to achieve desired laser light output.
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公开(公告)号:US20200285848A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16291256
申请日:2019-03-04
Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Yarn Chee Poon , Rachel N. Ulanch , Rashelle Kay Yee
Abstract: An improved iris recognition illumination system is disclosed. The system includes (i) an RGB laser device that is associated with a first collimating optic and (ii) an IR illumination device that is associated with a second collimating optic. The system also includes a DMA that has a MEMS mirror system. The DMA optically combines IR light and RGB light to generate combined light. The combined light is then directed towards a user's iris via a transport medium (e.g., a waveguide). One or more photodetector(s) are positioned to capture reflected light that is reflected off of the user's iris. The photodetectors include an IR detector configured to detect reflected IR light off of the user's iris in order to perform iris recognition.
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公开(公告)号:US10747313B1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-18
申请号:US16291260
申请日:2019-03-04
Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Yarn Chee Poon , Rachel N. Ulanch , Rashelle Kay Yee
Abstract: An improved eye tracking illumination system is disclosed. The system includes (i) an RGB laser device that is associated with a first collimating optic and (ii) an IR illumination device that is associated with a second collimating optic. The system also includes a DMA that has a MEMS mirror system. The DMA optically combines IR light and RGB light to generate combined light. The combined light is then directed towards a user's eye via a transport medium (e.g., a waveguide). One or more photodetector(s) are positioned to capture reflected light that is reflected off of the user's eye. The photodetectors include an IR detector configured to detect reflected IR light off of the user's eye in order to perform eye tracking.
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公开(公告)号:US09726891B2
公开(公告)日:2017-08-08
申请号:US14845195
申请日:2015-09-03
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor: James Randolph Webster , Jeb Wu , Richard James , Steven John Robbins , Yarn Chee Poon , KengHui Lin , Chienchih Hsiung
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B5/30 , G02B5/3058 , G02B6/00 , G02B6/0008 , G02B27/26 , G02B27/283 , G02B2027/0125 , G02B2027/0134
Abstract: A display engine assembly comprises a first imager and a second imager to generate a left image and a right image, respectively, in a head-mounted display device. The left and right images are left and right components, respectively, of a single stereoscopic image. The display engine further comprises an optical waveguide optically coupled to the first imager and the second imager. The optical waveguide is part of a first optical path to convey the left image to a left eye of a user of the head-mounted display device and is also part of a second optical path to convey the right image to a right eye of the user of the head-mounted display device.
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公开(公告)号:US11624906B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US16291252
申请日:2019-03-04
Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Yarn Chee Poon , Rachel N. Ulanch , Rashelle Kay Yee
Abstract: An illumination system having a reduced z-dimensional profile, which is achieved by reflecting light out of plane relative to a light source that generated the light, is disclosed herein. This illumination system includes an IR illumination device, a collimating optic, a turning optic, and a waveguide. The turning optic is specially configured to receive IR light from the IR illumination device and to reflect the IR light out of plane relative to the emission orientation of the IR illumination device. The reflected IR light is reflected towards the collimating optic. The waveguide is positioned in a fixed position relative to the collimating optic and includes an input port or grating to receive the collimated IR light. By reflecting light out of the plane, the size of the illumination system can be beneficially reduced in the z-direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11233980B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-25
申请号:US16440597
申请日:2019-06-13
Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Yarn Chee Poon , Fei Chen
Abstract: Techniques for improving laser image quality are disclosed herein. An ultra-compact illumination module includes multiple illuminators, photodetectors, and color filters. The illuminators each emit a different spectrum of light. Because of the compact nature of the module and the positioning of the illuminators relative to one another, the different spectrums of light overlap one another prior to being detected by the photodetectors. Each of the photodetectors is associated with a corresponding one of the illuminators, and each of the color filters is associated with a corresponding one of the photodetectors. Each color filter is positioned in-between its corresponding illuminator and photodetector and passes a particular spectrum of light while filtering out other spectrums of light. Consequently, the photodetectors each receive spectrally filtered light having passed through at least one of the color filters. The power output of the illuminators can also be corrected based on output from the photodetectors.
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公开(公告)号:US10162181B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-25
申请号:US14958751
申请日:2015-12-03
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor: James Randolph Webster , Jeb Wu , Steven John Robbins , Tuomas Heikki Sakari Vallius , Yarn Chee Poon
Abstract: Introduced here is a display device that comprises a light emitter and a diffractive optical element (DOE) that is optically coupled to receive light from the light emitter and to convey the light along an optical path. The DOE may have an input surface and an output surface parallel to the input surface, where the input surface and the output surface each have a central region and a peripheral region. The DOE further may have optical characteristics such that light exiting the DOE in the peripheral region of the output surface has greater brightness than light exiting the DOE in the central region of the output surface.
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公开(公告)号:US10147235B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-04
申请号:US14964996
申请日:2015-12-10
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor: Cynthia S. Bell , Drew Steedly , Yarn Chee Poon , Joachim Pehserl
IPC: G09G5/00 , G06T19/00 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/344
Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for use in a virtual reality environment including a head mounted display device and a processing unit. In examples, the processing unit adjusts an amount by which left and right displayed images overlap each other at a given distance, such as the focal distance, from the head mounted display device.
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公开(公告)号:US10958032B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US16290666
申请日:2019-03-01
Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor: Raymond Kirk Price , Novela Kristim Auparay , Yarn Chee Poon
Abstract: Techniques are provided for increasing a laser light's spectral linewidth while simultaneously improving how a laser is controlled by causing the laser to operate at higher power levels. An illumination energy value for a pixel and an illumination time period for the pixel are both determined. A number of laser pulses that are to be emitted by the laser assembly to illuminate the pixel during the illumination time period is also determined. This number is based on the illumination energy value for the pixel. Then, within the illumination time period and in accordance with the determined number of laser pulses, the pixel is illuminated by causing the laser assembly to emit one or more laser pulses that cause the pixel to be illuminated at the illumination energy value.
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