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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2019
Applicant:
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erfan M. Fard, Redmond, WA (US);
Robin Sharma, Redmond, WA (US);
Karol Constantine Hatzilias, Kenmore, WA (US);
Christopher Yuan-Ting Liao, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andrew John Ouderkirk, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 17/086 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/141 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract
A near-eye optical element includes one or more infrared light sources and an optical structure. The one or more infrared light sources emit infrared beams. The optical structure includes an optically transparent material disposed over the emission aperture(s) of the infrared light source(s). The optical structure includes one or more facets that diverge the infrared beams.