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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:
Dec. 27, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 19, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Richard J. Topliss, Cambridge, GB;

Michael David Simmonds, Ashford, GB;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); H04N 5/2253 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01);
Abstract

Point to point transmission holograms are used to provide a scene camera for an augmented reality glasses display system. A glass or plastic substrate acts as spectacle style lens. A holographic medium is applied to a surface of the substrate, within which is recorded a series of point to point transmission holograms. The construction points of the holograms are arranged at the eye and at the pupil of a camera placed, ideally, to the temple side of the user's eye. The recorded transmission holograms act by diffracting a portion of the light from the scene surrounding the user that is heading for the user's eye towards the scene camera. The hologram efficiency is balanced so that the user is still able to see the surrounding scene. The perspective of the view seen by the scene camera is substantially identical to that seen by the user through the lens.


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