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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:
Mar. 28, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Olegovic Andreev, Kirkland, WA (US);

Gang Li, Bothell, WA (US);

Changwon Jang, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01); G03H 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 40/19 (2022.01); G02B 5/1861 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); G03H 1/0248 (2013.01); G03H 2260/10 (2013.01); G03H 2260/12 (2013.01); G03H 2260/14 (2013.01); G03H 2260/16 (2013.01); G03H 2260/54 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and method for eye tracking are provided. In some embodiments, the eye tracking system includes a light source configured to generate light and project the light toward an object in a field of view, a detector configured to receive reflected portions of the light from the field of view in order to image the object, and a combiner including a volume grating configured to direct light reflected from different points in a field of view to the light detector. The volume grating includes a plurality of portions along a first area and each of the portions comprising a unique k-vector that is dependent on a respective portion of the field of view.


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