Patent classifications
G02B2027/0112
Exit pupil expander
An exit pupil expander (EPE) has entrance and exit pupils, a back surface adjacent to the entrance pupil, and an opposed front surface. In one embodiment the EPE is geometrically configured such that light defining a center wavelength that enters at the entrance pupil perpendicular to the back surface experiences angularly varying total internal reflection between the front and back surfaces such that the light exiting the optical channel perpendicular to the exit pupil is at a wavelength shifted from the center wavelength. In another embodiment a first distance at the entrance pupil between the front and back surfaces is different from a second distance at the exit pupil between the front and back surfaces. The EPE may be deployed in a head-wearable imaging device (e.g., virtual or augmented reality) where the entrance pupil in-couples light from a micro display and the exit pupil out-couples light from the EPE.
Display module and display device
A display module includes an image light generation device configured to generate image light, a first reflection section configured to reflect the image light from the image light generation device, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the image light entering a first incident surface, a second reflection section configured to reflect the image light from the first diffraction element, and a second diffraction element configured to diffract the image light entering a second incident surface, thereby forming an exit pupil. When viewed from a normal line direction of a virtual plane including a normal line of the first incident surface and a normal line of the second incident surface, an optical axis of the image light from the image light generation device toward the first reflection section and an optical axis of the image light from the first diffraction element toward the second reflection section intersect each other.
Privacy preserving expression generation for augmented or virtual reality client applications
Wearable systems for privacy preserving expression generation for augmented or virtual reality client applications. An example method includes receiving, by an expression manager configured to communicate expression information to client applications, a request from a client application for access to the expression information. The expression information reflects information derived from one or more sensors of the wearable system, with the client application being configured to present virtual content including an avatar rendered based on the expression information. A user interface is output for presentation which requests user authorization for the client application to access the expression information. In response to receiving user input indicating user authorization, enabling access to the expression information is enabled. The client application obtains periodic updates to the expression information, and the avatar is rendered based on the periodic updates.
Burn-in compensation scheme for light-emitting diode based displays
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a pixel circuit with a burn-in compensation. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting diode (LED), a first driving transistor between a voltage source and the LED, a switching transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the first driving transistor, and a second driving transistor connected between the voltage source and the LED. The first driving transistor provides first current from the voltage source to the LED according to a gate voltage of the first driving transistor. The switching transistor is turned on after receiving an enable signal. The second driving transistor provides second current from the voltage source to the LED according to a version of the gate voltage of the first driving transistor received at a gate of the second driving transistor via the switching transistor.
VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS
A virtual or augmented reality display system that controls power inputs to the display system as a function of image data. Image data itself is made of a plurality of image data frames, each with constituent color components of, and depth planes for displaying on, rendered content. Light sources or spatial light modulators to relay illumination from the light sources may receive signals from a display controlled to adjust a power setting to the light source or spatial light modulator based on control information embedded in an image data frame.
META-OPTICAL DEVICE FOR COLLIMATING AND DEFLECTING LIGHT BEAM
A meta-optical device for collimating and deflecting a light beam is provided to include a substrate assembly and at least one meta-optical array that is formed on the substrate assembly and that is disposed to receive at least one light beam. The at least one meta-optical array includes a plurality of nanostructures that are made in such a way that the at least one light beam is collimated and deflected after passing through the at least one meta-optical array.
Head-up display device and transportation device
A head-up display device and a transportation device are provided. The head-up display device includes a light source, a scanner configured to scan light emitted from the light source to form scanned light, an angle adjuster configured to change an exit angle of the scanned light, a display unit configured to form an image according to the scanned light from the angle adjuster, and a projection assembly configured to project the image formed on the display component to a selected area.
CUSTOMIZED POLYMER/GLASS DIFFRACTIVE WAVEGUIDE STACKS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY/MIXED REALITY APPLICATIONS
A diffractive waveguide stack includes first, second, and third diffractive waveguides for guiding light in first, second, and third visible wavelength ranges, respectively. The first diffractive waveguide includes a first material having first refractive index at a selected wavelength and a first target refractive index at a midpoint of the first visible wavelength range. The second diffractive waveguide includes a second material having a second refractive index at the selected wavelength and a second target refractive index at a midpoint of the second visible wavelength range. The third diffractive waveguide includes a third material having a third refractive index at the selected wavelength and a third target refractive index at a midpoint of the third visible wavelength range. A difference between any two of the first target refractive index, the second target refractive index, and the third target refractive index is less than 0.005 at the selected wavelength.
Systems and methods for mask-based temporal dithering
In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a target grayscale value associated with a target image to be represented by a plurality of subframes. The system may determine grayscale ranges based on the target grayscale value. Each grayscale range may correspond to a combination of zero or more subframes of the plurality of subframes. The system may select dot subsets from a dithering mask based on the grayscale ranges. Each of the dot subsets may correspond to a grayscale range. The system may generate the subframes based on (1) the selected dot subsets and (2) respective combinations of zero or more subframes. The subframes may have a smaller number of bits per color than the target frame. The system may display the subframes sequentially in time domain on a display to represent the target image.
DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE BEAM EXPANSION FOR MULTIPLE LASERS
Display systems, such as near eye display systems or wearable heads up displays, may include a laser projection system having an optical engine and an optical scanner. Light output by the optical engine may be directed into the optical scanner as two angularly separated laser light beams. The angularly separated laser light beams typically have different angles of incidence on a second scan mirror of the optical scanner. Respectively different levels of magnification are applied to the beam diameter of each of the angularly separated laser light beams in a first dimension, such that the angularly separated laser light beams have respectively different beam diameters upon incidence at the second scan mirror. In some embodiments, the different beam diameters of the angularly separated laser light beams result in regions of incidence of each of the angularly separated laser light beams on the second scan mirror being equal or substantially similar.