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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Connor Spencer Blue Worley, San Diego, CA (US);
John Aaron Zarraga, San Francisco, CA (US);
Oliver Huy Doan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tomer Moscovich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/22 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/225 (2013.01); G09G 3/36 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01);
Abstract
Control of head-mounted display (HMD) systems is described. One method displays at least one image on a first display layer of a HMD system. While displaying the at least one image, the method adjust a transparency setting of a second display layer from a first value to a second value to cause the second display layer to be opaque to limit an amount of light that passes through the lens for viewing the at least one image on the first display layer.