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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:
Jul. 30, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 09, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vikrant Bhakta, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Guolin Peng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hyungryul Choi, San Jose, CA (US);

Scott M. DeLapp, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/32 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 5/32 (2013.01); G02B 6/0018 (2013.01); G02B 6/0025 (2013.01); G02B 6/0031 (2013.01); G02B 6/005 (2013.01); G02B 26/0858 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 27/1006 (2013.01); G02B 27/148 (2013.01); G02F 1/0045 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0174 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device may provide foveated images at an eye box. The device may have a first display module that produces a low resolution portion of the image and a second display module that produces a high resolution portion of the image. A reflective input coupling prism may be mounted to a waveguide. A steering mirror may overlap the prism. The mirror may receive the high resolution portion through the waveguide and the prism. The mirror may reflect the high resolution portion back into the waveguide and may be adjusted to shift a location of the high resolution portion within the image. For example, the steering mirror may adjust the position of the high resolution portion to align with the gaze direction at the eye box. A reflective surface of the prism may reflect the low resolution portion of the image into the waveguide.


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