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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Steven T. Awiszus, Woodbury, MN (US);
Kiran S. Kanukurthy, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Eric C. Lobner, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert J. Quintero, St. Paul, MN (US);
Micayla A. Johnson, Farmington, MN (US);
Milo G. Oien-Rochat, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Neeraj Sharma, Woodbury, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a system includes a head-mounted device, a visor that includes a reflective object that is substantially transparent in a visible light spectrum and embodied at a physical surface of the visor, at least one visor attachment assembly that couples the visor to the head-mounted device; at least one optical sensor; and at least one computing device communicatively coupled to the at least one optical sensor, the at least one computing device comprising a memory and one or more computer processors that: receive, from the optical sensor, an indication of light outside of a visible light spectrum that is reflected from the reflective object; determine, based at least in part on the light outside of a visible light spectrum that is reflected from the reflective object, a position of the visor; and perform, based at least in part on the position of the visor, at least one operation.