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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:
Sep. 22, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Wanli Chi, Sammamish, WA (US);

Sihui He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ying Geng, Bellevue, WA (US);

Maxwell Parsons, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0938 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02B 6/0016 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device includes a light source configured to output a first beam, and a light guide coupled with an in-coupling element and an out-coupling element. The device includes a display panel and a lens assembly disposed at opposite sides of the light guide. The in-coupling element is configured to couple the first beam into the light guide as a second beam. The out-coupling element is configured to couple a first portion of the second beam out of the light guide as a third beam propagating toward the display panel to illuminate the display panel, and couple a second portion of the second beam out of the light guide as a fourth beam propagating toward the lens assembly. A normal of a surface of the light guide where the out-coupling element is disposed is tilted by a predetermined angle with respect to an axis of the display panel.


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