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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

May. 23, 2018
Applicant:

Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Byron Taylor, Redmond, WA (US);

Sharvil Shailesh Talati, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0018 (2013.01); G02B 27/4205 (2013.01); G02B 2027/012 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract

A waveguide display is used for presenting media to a user. The waveguide display is part of a Near Eye Device (NED), and an output of the waveguide display is a light field directed to a user's eye that extends across the surface of an exit pupil. Light traveling in total internal reflection (TIR) is selectively interrupted through frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR). FTIR coupling between waveguides produces multiple expansions of an input light field. The coupling locations of FTIR are dynamic, allowing for adjustment of the location and size of the exit pupil.


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