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John N Border

John D Haddick

Ralph F Osterhout

Robert Michael Lohse

Joseph R Bietry

Nima Lahijani Shams

Edward H Nortrup

Andrew Frederick Kurtz

Ronald S Cok

Joseph Anthony Manico

John Thomas Compton

David N Nichols

Michael R McGovern

Lynn Schilling-Benz

Bruce Harold Pillman

Russell J Palum

Amy D Enge

Brent J Bollman

Frances C Williams

Robert Dambrauskas

Craig A Sadlik

Morgan A Smith

John C Pulver

Nan Zhu

Susan H Bernegger

Michael E Miller

Christopher J White

Elena A Fedorovskaya

Graham Butler Myhre

Peter O Stubler

Sajjad Ali Khan

Kevin Michael Gobeyn

Weibo Cheng

Efrain Orlando Morales

Victoria C Chan

Donald E Olson

Wei-Liang Hsu

Kei Edgardo Yamamoto Kohatsu

Karim ElKatcha

Serhan O Isikman

Aaron Thomas Deever

Gregory David Miller

John D Griffith

Scott C Cahall

Sen Wang

Andrew C Blose

Yury Anatolievich Petrov

Amit Singhal

Yoshihiko Yokoyama

Keith A Jacoby

Cheryl J Kuberka

Kenneth Alan Parulski

John Randall Fredlund

Andrew Charles Gallagher

Marek W Kowarz

Ivan S Maric

Robert O James

J Kelly Lee

Noah Denis Bedard

Herbert J Erhardt

Wilbert F Janson, Jr

Qiong Huang

Richard B Wheeler

Lawrence A Rowley

Paul O McLaughlin

Branko Petljanski

Robert Mark Boysel

Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki

Robert J Parada

Di Liu

Francois R Jacob

Daniel F Hurley

Ran He

Cheng Kai Chen

Rui Liu

Tyler S Bushnell

Robert Michael Guidash

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Naoto Matsuyuki

James E Adams, Jr

Wey-Jiun Lin

Paul James Kane

Edward S Huo

Robert P Cloutier

Michael J Telek

Forrest C Wang

Jeffrey C Olson

Thomas F Powers

David Wallace Sandford

Dan Harel

William T Goosey, Jr

Steven M Scardato

Aleksandr N Polyakov

Jan K Quijalvo

Joseph Michael Recco

Manuel Antonio Sanchez

Todd J Anderson

Richard Dean Young

Lawrence B Landry

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for collecting an using eye heading and sight heading information in head worn computing.

Sight information collection in head worn computing

Head-worn computers with eye-imaging systems include a camera system positioned in a head-worn computer, wherein the camera system is further positioned to capture eye-image light that originates as reflections from a user's eye, wherein the camera system is further positioned to capture eye-image light as a reflection from a partially reflective surface that is positioned in front of an image display in the head-worn computer, wherein image light, from the image display, is transmitted through the partially reflective surface. A processor is adapted to cause the camera system to capture the eye-image light. The processor is further adapted to cause a comparison of the captured eye-image light with a pre-stored eye image of a known user of the head-worn computer. In the event the comparison confirms the identity of the known user, the user is granted permission to view content to be presented in a display of the head-worn computer.

Eye imaging in head worn computing

Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics. In embodiments, a wearable head device comprises a frame, a first optical module comprising a first reflecting surface, a second optical module, electronic components, and a heat sink. The electronic components may be disposed adjacent to the frame and further disposed between the first reflecting surface and the second optical module. The electronic components may comprise a processor. The electronic components may be configured to rest a first distance from the head of a user of the wearable head device. The heat sink may be disposed between the first reflecting surface and the second optical module and configured to rest a second distance from the head of the user, the second distance greater than the first distance. The heat sink may be thermally coupled to the processor.

See-through computer display systems

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for measuring and managing the brightness of digital content in a field of view of a head-worn computer.

Measuring content brightness in head worn computing

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for providing a high transmission see-through view of the environment while trapping escaping light from the display system. In embodiments, a camera system is also provided that is aligned with the display system to provide images of the environment in a viewing direction of the user.

Optical configurations for head-worn see-through displays

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to optical systems with ergonomic presentation of content for use in head-worn computing systems. A method for controlling a head-worn computer when viewing virtual images, including image content, that encourages an ergonomic head position to reduce neck pain, includes determining an angle of the head-worn computer relative to horizontal, determining an angle of a line of sight to the center of the virtual image as presented to a user's eye, determining a deviation between the determined angle of the line of sight and a predetermined ergonomic angle, and shifting the image content of the virtual image vertically as displayed to the user's eye so that a portion of the image content is not viewable, wherein the amount of shifting is in reverse correspondence to the magnitude of the determined deviation.

Optical systems for head-worn computers

Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics.

Disclosure herein concerns a method that includes illuminating a user's eye with an illumination source in a head-worn display, capturing an image of the user's eye with an eye camera in the head-worn display, wherein the image includes an eye glint produced by light from the illumination source that is reflected from a surface of the user's eye, determining a size of an eye glint in the captured image, and identifying a change in focus distance for the user's eye in correspondence with a change in the size of the eye glint.

Eye glint imaging in see-through computer display systems

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a computer display stray-light suppression system for a head-worn computer comprising an eye cover including a flexible material with a perimeter, wherein the perimeter is formed to substantially encapsulate an eye of a person, and the eye cover including an attachment system adapted to removably and replaceably attach to a perimeter of the head-worn computer to suppress light emitted from a computer display in the head-worn computer.

Stray light suppression for head worn computing

An optical system for a head-worn computer includes an upper optical module adapted to convert illumination into image light by illuminating a reflective display through a field lens, wherein the image light is transmitted back through the field lens, then through a partially reflective partially transmissive surface and into a lower optic module adapted to present the image light to an eye of a user wearing the head-worn computer and the upper optical module being positioned within a housing for the head-worn computer and having a height of less than 24 mm, as measured from the reflective display to the bottom edge of the rotationally curved partial mirror.

Aspects of the present invention relate to providing assistance to medical professionals during the performance of medical procedures through the use of technologies facilitated through a head-worn computer.

Content presentation in head worn computing

Methods and systems for presenting digital content on a see-through display are disclosed. In some embodiments, the digital content is presented based on a display attribute associated with personal information related to a user of a wearable head device comprising the see-through display. In some embodiments, the digital content is associated with a geo-spatial location of a physical structure, and presenting the digital content on the see-through display comprises indicating a spatial relationship between the digital content and the physical structure.

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for imaging, recognizing, and tracking of a user's eye that is wearing a HWC. Aspects further relate to the processing of images reflected from the user's eye and controlling displayed content in accordance therewith.

Systems and methods relating to displaying images are disclosed. In one embodiment, sensor data is received via one or more sensors of a wearable head device comprising a display, the sensor data indicative of a surrounding environment of a user of the wearable head device. An image can be determined based on the sensor data, the image corresponding to the surrounding environment. A visibility of a first portion of the image corresponding to a first portion of the surrounding environment can be enhanced. Enhancing a visibility of a second portion of the image corresponding to a second portion of the surrounding environment can be forgone. The enhanced first portion of the image and a view of the second portion of the surrounding environment can be presented concurrently via the display of the wearable head device.

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