Magic Leap, Inc.

Lionel Ernest Edwin

Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh

Samuel A Miller

Ivan L Yeoh

William Hudson Welch

Brian T Schowengerdt

Hui-Chuan Cheng

Michael Anthony Klug

John Graham Macnamara

Vaibhav Mathur

Clinton Carlisle

David Tinch

Edwin Joseph Selker

Zachary C Nienstedt

Jahja I Trisnadi

Adam Charles Carlson

Xiaoyang Zhang

Bjorn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp

Chulwoo Oh

Robert Dale Tekolste

Paul M Greco

Barak Freedman

Jeffrey Scott Sommers

Bradley Vincent Stuart

Daniel Farmer

Lomesh Agarwal

Yonatan Munk

Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin

Kevin R Curtis

Mathew David Watson

Yan Xu

Jordan Alexander Cazamias

Eric C Browy

Timothy Mark Dalrymple

David Manly

Aaron Mark Schuelke

Ron Liraz Lidji

Philip Premysler

Wenyi Zhao

Pierre St Hilaire

Zhiheng Jia

Etienne Gregoire Grossmann

Michael Robert Johnson

Nukul Sanjay Shah

Po-Kang Huang

Brian Christopher Clark

Ivan Li-Chuen Yeoh

Nicole Elizabeth Samec

Andrew Ian Russell

Ravi Kumar Komanduri

Nastasja U Robaina

Robert Blake Taylor

Jason A Schaefer

Hyunsun Chung

Erik Fonseka

Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag

Shiuli Das

Howard Russell Cohen

Brian Schwab

Evgeni Poliakov

Randall E Hand

Philip O'Connor

Björn Nicolaas Servatius Vlaskamp

Aaron M Clarke

Spencer Lindsay

Kevin Richard Curtis

Viabhav Mathur

Sam Miller

Ivan Li Yeoh

Philip O'connor

A display system includes a head-mounted display configured to project light, having different amounts of wavefront divergence, to an eye of a user to display virtual image content appearing to be disposed at different depth planes. The wavefront divergence may be changed in discrete steps, with the change in steps being triggered based upon whether the user is fixating on a particular depth plane. The display system may be calibrated for switching depth planes for a main user. Upon determining that a guest user is utilizing the system, rather than undergoing a full calibration, the display system may be configured to switch depth planes based on a rough determination of the virtual content that the user is looking at. The virtual content may have an associated depth plane and the display system may be configured to switch to the depth plane of that virtual content.

Depth plane selection for multi-depth plane display systems by user categorization

Systems and methods are disclosed for operating a head-mounted display system based on user perceptibility. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes by presenting the content with different amounts of wavefront divergence. Some embodiments include obtaining an image captured by an imaging device of the display system. Whether a threshold measure or more of motion blur is determined to be exhibited in one or more regions of the image. Based on a determination that the threshold measure or more of motion blur is exhibited in one or more regions of the image, one or more operating parameters of the wearable display are adjusted. Example operating parameter adjustments comprise adjusting the depth plane on which content is presented (e.g., by switching from a first depth plane to a second depth plane), adjusting a rendering quality, and adjusting power characteristics of the system.

Systems and methods for operating a display system based on user perceptibility

A wearable display device suitable for use in an augmented reality environment is disclosed. The wearable display device can include a projector configured to project light through diffractive optical elements that then distributed the light to multiple display regions. Each of the display regions can be arranged to project light out of the wearable display device towards an eye of a user. Since each of the display regions are positioned in different locations with respect to an eye of a user, the result is that each display region directs light in a different direction. In this way the apparent field of view for a user of the wearable display can be substantially increased.

Wearable display device utilizing a composite field of view

A display system may include a head-mounted display (HMD) for rendering a three-dimensional virtual object which appears to be located in an ambient environment of a user of the display. One or more eyes of the user may not be in desired positions, relative to the HMD, to receive, or register, image information outputted by the HMD and/or to view an external environment. For example, the HMD-to-eye alignment may vary for different users and/or may change over time (e.g., as the HMD is displaced). The display system may determine a relative position or alignment between the HMD and the user's eyes. Based on the relative positions, the wearable device may determine if it is properly fitted to the user, may provide feedback on the quality of the fit to the user, and/or may take actions to reduce or minimize effects of any misalignment.

Display systems and methods for determining registration between a display and a user's eyes

A head-mounted display system is configured to project light to an eye of a user wearing the head-mounted display system to display content in a vision field of said user. The head-mounted display system comprises at least one diffusive optical element, at least one out-coupling optical element, at least one mask comprising at least one mask opening, at least one illumination in-coupling optical element configured to in-couple light from at least one illumination source into a light-guiding component, an image projector configured to in-couple an image and an at least one illumination source is configured to in-couple light into at least one illumination in-coupling optical element, an eyepiece, a curved light-guiding component, a light-guiding component comprising a portion of a frame, and/or two light-guiding components disposed on opposite sides of at least one out-coupling optical element.

Waveguide-based illumination for head mounted display system

Techniques for operating an optical system are disclosed. World light may be linearly polarized along a first axis. When the optical system is operating in accordance with a first state, a polarization of the world light may be rotated by 90 degrees, the world light may be linearly polarized along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and zero net optical power may be applied to the world light. When the optical system is operating in accordance with a second state, virtual image light may be projected onto an eyepiece of the optical system, the world light and the virtual image light may be linearly polarized along the second axis, a polarization of the virtual image light may be rotated by 90 degrees, and non-zero net optical power may be applied to the virtual image light.

Time-multiplexed display of virtual content at various depths

A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system used by an end user, comprises first and second waveguide apparatuses, first and second projection subassemblies configured for introducing first and second light beams respectively into the first and second waveguide apparatuses, such that at least a first light ray and at least a second light ray respectively exit the first and second waveguide apparatuses to display first and second monocular images as a binocular image to the end user, and a light sensing assembly configured for detecting at least one parameter indicative of a mismatch between the displayed first and second monocular images as the binocular image.

Systems and methods for display binocular deformation compensation

Examples of a light field metrology system for use with a display are disclosed. The light field metrology may capture images of a projected light field, and determine focus depths (or lateral focus positions) for various regions of the light field using the captured images. The determined focus depths (or lateral positions) may then be compared with intended focus depths (or lateral positions), to quantify the imperfections of the display. Based on the measured imperfections, an appropriate error correction may be performed on the light field to correct for the measured imperfections. The display can be an optical display element in a head mounted display, for example, an optical display element capable of generating multiple depth planes or a light field display.

Light field display metrology

A virtual image generation system comprises a planar optical waveguide having opposing first and second faces, an in-coupling (IC) element configured for optically coupling a collimated light beam from an image projection assembly into the planar optical waveguide as an in-coupled light beam, a first orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the first face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a first set of orthogonal light beamlets, a second orthogonal pupil expansion (OPE) element associated with the second face of the planar optical waveguide for splitting the in-coupled light beam into a second set of orthogonal light beamlets, and an exit pupil expansion (EPE) element associated with the planar optical waveguide for splitting the first and second sets of orthogonal light beamlets into an array of out-coupled light beamlets that exit the planar optical waveguide.

Systems and methods for mixed reality

A method and system for increasing dynamic digitized wavefront resolution, i.e., the density of output beamlets, can include receiving a single collimated source light beam and producing multiple output beamlets spatially offset when out-coupled from a waveguide. The multiple output beamlets can be obtained by offsetting and replicating a collimated source light beam. Alternatively, the multiple output beamlets can be obtained by using a collimated incoming source light beam having multiple input beams with different wavelengths in the vicinity of the nominal wavelength of a particular color. The collimated incoming source light beam can be in-coupled into the eyepiece designed for the nominal wavelength. The input beams with multiple wavelengths take different paths when they undergo total internal reflection in the waveguide, which produces multiple output beamlets.

Method and system for high resolution digitized display

A wearable device may include a head-mounted display (HMD) for rendering a three-dimensional (3D) virtual object which appears to be located in an ambient environment of a user of the display. The relative positions of the HMD and one or more eyes of the user may not be in desired positions to receive, or register, image information outputted by the HMD. For example, the HMD-to-eye alignment may vary for different users and may change over time (e.g., as a user moves around and/or the HMD slips or is otherwise displaced). The wearable device may determine a relative position or alignment between the HMD and the user's eyes. Based on the relative positions, the wearable device may determine if it is properly fitted to the user, may provide feedback on the quality of the fit to the user, and may take actions to reduce or minimize effects of any misalignment.

Methods and systems for depth-based foveated rendering in the display system are disclosed. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes using different wavefront divergence. Some embodiments include monitoring eye orientations of a user of a display system based on detected sensor information. A fixation point is determined based on the eye orientations, the fixation point representing a three-dimensional location with respect to a field of view. Location information of virtual objects to present is obtained, with the location information indicating three-dimensional positions of the virtual objects. Resolutions of at least one virtual object is adjusted based on a proximity of the at least one virtual object to the fixation point. The virtual objects are presented to a user by display system with the at least one virtual object being rendered according to the adjusted resolution.

Depth based foveated rendering for display systems

Methods and systems for depth-based foveated rendering in the display system are disclosed. The display system may be an augmented reality display system configured to provide virtual content on a plurality of depth planes using different wavefront divergence. Some embodiments include determining a fixation point of a user's eyes. Location information associated with a first virtual object to be presented to the user via a display device is obtained. A resolution-modifying parameter of the first virtual object is obtained. A particular resolution at which to render the first virtual object is identified based on the location information and the resolution-modifying parameter of the first virtual object. The particular resolution is based on a resolution distribution specifying resolutions for corresponding distances from the fixation point. The first virtual object rendered at the identified resolution is presented to the user via the display system.

The systems and methods described can include approaches to calibrate head-mounted displays for improved viewing experiences. Some methods include receiving data of a first target image associated with an undeformed state of a first eyepiece of a head-mounted display device; receiving data of a first captured image associated with deformed state of the first eyepiece of the head-mounted display device; determining a first transformation that maps the first captured image to the image; and applying the first transformation to a subsequent image for viewing on the first eyepiece of the head-mounted display device.

Compensation for deformation in head mounted display systems

A method for providing a composite field of view includes providing two or more input light beams to a scanning mirror and scanning the two or more input light beams using the scanning mirror to provide a plurality of reflected light beams at different angles. Each of the plurality of reflected light beams is configured to provide an image in a respective field of view. The method also includes receiving the plurality of reflected light beams in a waveguide and projecting a plurality of output light beams from the waveguide to form a projected image in the composite field of view. The composite field of view is larger than the respective field of view provided by each of the two or more input light beams.

Method and system for large field of view display with scanning reflector

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Plantation, FL, United States of America

Lionel Ernest Edwin