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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2022
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Evan Fletcher, Bellevue, WA (US);
Joshua Mark Hudman, Issaquah, WA (US);
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for tracking the position of one or more objects, such as components of a head-mounted display (HMD) system. One or more objects may carry a plurality of angle sensitive optical detectors. Each of the optical detectors may include an optical subsystem that is configured to vary at least one of phase or intensity of light imparted on the optical detector. The optical subsystem may include one or more of diffractive optical elements, lens arrays, intensity masks, phase masks, or the like. The optical detectors may include a photodetector that includes a plurality of optically active areas, such as a quadrant cell photodetector, an image sensor with an array of photodiodes, etc. Control circuitry may cause light sources to emit light, and may receive sensor data from the plurality of optical detectors. Control circuitry may process the sensor data to track a position of one or more objects.