Osterhout Group, Inc.

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Monument Peak Ventures, LLC

Mounument Peak Ventures, LLC

Eastman Kodal Company

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

Frances C Williams

Brent J Bollman

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

Peter O Stubler

Graham Butler Myhre

Sajjad Ali Khan

Kevin Michael Gobeyn

Tyler G Anderson

Weibo Cheng

Efrain Orlando Morales

Donald E Olson

Victoria C Chan

Wei-Liang Hsu

Kei Edgardo Yamamoto Kohatsu

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

Kathleen M Costello

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

Richard B Wheeler

Qiong Huang

Lawrence A Rowley

Paul O McLaughlin

Branko Petljanski

Robert Mark Boysel

Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki

Robert J Parada

Di Liu

Daniel F Hurley

Francois R Jacob

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 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.

See-through computer display systems

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.

Optical configurations for head-worn see-through displays

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.

Eye imaging 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.

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.

Providing enhanced images for navigation

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.

Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and devices for receiving and presenting content. In an example method, content is received, the content to be delivered to a plurality of recipients. Each recipient of the plurality of recipients has a preference for a respective first physical location at which the content is to be presented on a display of a wearable head device associated with the recipient. A sender of the content has a preference for a second physical location at which the content is to be presented to the respective recipient of the plurality of recipients. A respective final physical location for the presentation of the content for the respective recipient of the plurality of recipients is identified. The respective final physical location is based on the respective recipient's preference and the sender's preference. It is determined whether the respective recipient is proximate to a zone associated with the respective final physical location. In accordance with a determination that the respective recipient is proximate to the zone, an alert is generated on the wearable head device, the alert associated with the respective final physical location. It is determined whether the respective recipient is in the zone associated with the respective final physical location. In accordance with a determination that the respective recipient is in the zone, the content is caused to be presented to the respective recipient of the plurality of recipients.

A system and method for providing assisted safety to an operator of a vehicle using a head-mounted display that provides displayed content and a see-through view of a surrounding environment, includes determining whether the operator is looking through the windshield of the vehicle or is not looking through the windshield, if the user is looking through the windshield, preventing displayed content from being provided within a display field of view of the head-mounted display, thereby providing an unencumbered see-through view of the surrounding environment, if the user is not looking through the windshield, providing displayed content for viewing by the user within the display field of view, and if important information relating to the safety of the vehicle is detected by a system associated with the vehicle while the user is looking not looking through the windshield, interrupting the displayed content and providing an alert to the operator.

System for assisted operator safety using an HMD

A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system that are supported by a housing. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. In one example, the optical system includes a single lens element and a retarder that is coated on a curved surface of the lens element. The retarder may be coated on an aspheric concave surface of the lens element. In another example the retarder may be coated on an aspheric convex surface of the lens element. One or more components of the optical system may be formed using a direct printing technique. This may allow for one or more adhesive layers and one or more hard coatings to be omitted from the optical system. A lens element may be directly printed on the display system to improve alignment between the optical system and the display system.

Optical system for head-mounted display

A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective mirror may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.

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