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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.

Patent No.:

US 12242055 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2022

Separated pupil optical systems for virtual and augmented reality and methods for displaying images using same

Applicant:

Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US);

Inventors:

Michael Anthony Klug, Austin, TX (US);

Scott C. Cahall, Fairport, NY (US);

Hyunsun Chung, Weston, FL (US);

Assignee:

Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US);

Attorney:

KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP

Primary Examiner:

Audrey Y Chang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/42 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 30/24 (2020.01); G03H 1/22 (2006.01); H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G03H 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0988 (2013.01); G02B 27/4205 (2013.01); G02B 30/24 (2020.01); G03H 1/2249 (2013.01); H04N 9/3102 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G02B 2027/0105 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0125 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0127 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0134 (2013.01); G02B 27/1006 (2013.01); G02B 27/141 (2013.01); G03H 2001/2226 (2013.01); G03H 2001/2255 (2013.01); G03H 2001/2615 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating an AR system to display an image viewable by a user's eyes includes tracking, by an eye-tracking subsystem, a position of the user's eyes and determining, based on the position, a focus depth of the user's eyes. The method also includes selecting, from a plurality of light-guiding optical elements, a subset of light-guiding optical elements configured to focus light at a depth plane corresponding to the focus depth of the user's eyes, producing a plurality of light beams using a subset of sub-light sources of a plurality of sub-light sources, the subset of sub-light sources being configured to illuminate the subset of light-guiding optical elements, and imaging the plurality of light beams through an imaging system and onto the subset of light-guiding optical elements such that the image is generated at the depth plane corresponding to the focus depth of the user's eyes.

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