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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2015
Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Gilles Jean-Baptiste Benoit, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Andrew J. Ouderkirk, St. Paul, MN (US);

Erin A. McDowell, Afton, MN (US);

Brian K. Riddle, West Lakeland, MN (US);

Kenneth Andrew Penner Meyer, White Bear Township, MN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02C 7/04 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02C 7/10 (2006.01); G02C 7/12 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 5/305 (2013.01); G02B 5/3083 (2013.01); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); G02C 7/04 (2013.01); G02C 7/105 (2013.01); G02C 7/12 (2013.01); G02C 11/10 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02C 2202/16 (2013.01); G02C 2202/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-mounted display system including a contact lens having a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, an eyewear lens having an inner surface facing the contact lens, and an illuminator configured to produce an imaged light output directed toward the inner surface of the eyewear lens. A first imaged light ray produced by the illuminator is incident on the inner surface and is reflected by the eyewear lens to the first region. The first region is configured to transmit the first imaged light ray, and the second region is configured to reflect or absorb a second imaged light ray produced by the illuminator and reflected from the eyewear lens. The eyewear lens is configured to transmit an ambient light ray to the second region and the second region is configured to transmit the ambient light ray.


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