# US 11,443,493 B2 · Modification of peripheral content in world-locked see-through computer display systems > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,493 B2 - Document ID: US11443493B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/468,494 - Filed: 2021-09-07 - Published: 2022-03-03 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-24 - Assignees: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC - Applicants: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC - Inventors: John D. Haddick; Ralph F. Osterhout - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443493B2 ## CPC - G06T 19/006: {Mixed reality (object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00)} - G02B 5/30: Polarising elements (light-modulating devices with active elements G02F1/00) - G02B 27/017: {Head mounted} - G02B 27/0172: {characterised by optical features} - G06F 1/163: {Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt} - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/013: {Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence)} - G06F 3/0304: {Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means (constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042)} - G06F 5/10: having a sequence of storage locations each being individually accessible for both enqueue and dequeue operations, e.g. using random access memory {(G06F5/065 takes precedence)} - G06T 19/20: Editing of three-dimensional [3D] images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts - G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] - G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G02B 3/0006: {Arrays (G02B3/02, G02B5/188 take precedence)} - G02B 2027/0118: {comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility} - G02B 2027/0123: {comprising devices increasing the field of view} - G02B 2027/0138: {comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera} - G02B 2027/014: {comprising information/image processing systems} - G02B 2027/0147: {comprising a device modifying the resolution of the displayed image} - G02B 2027/0178: {Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C)} - G09G 2340/0471: Vertical positioning - G09G 2340/0478: Horizontal positioning - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the see-through computer display systems with an extended field of view. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wearable device, comprising: a display having a field of view having an edge region and a center region; a processor adapted to present image content to a user of the wearable device via the display; a main image content optic for projecting a first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view; an extended image content optic for projecting the first portion of the image content in the edge region of the field of view; a combiner for presenting image content to the user; and a collimating partial mirror, wherein: the combiner is configured to reflect image light toward an eye of the user via the collimating partial mirror, and the combiner is further configured to receive the image light via one or more of the main image content optic and the extended image content optic. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein presenting the image content comprises, in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view, presenting the first portion with a first visibility. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The wearable device of claim 2, wherein presenting the image content further comprises: in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion in the edge region of the field of view: in accordance with a determination that the first portion comprises world-locked content, presenting the first portion with a second visibility, the second visibility lower than the first visibility; and in accordance with a determination that the first portion does not comprise world-locked content, presenting the first portion with the first visibility. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wearable device of claim 3, wherein presenting the image content further comprises: in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion in a region of the display disposed between the center region and the edge region: in accordance with a determination that the first portion comprises world-locked content, presenting the first portion with a third visibility, the third visibility lower than the first visibility and greater than the second visibility; and in accordance with a determination that the first portion does not comprise world-locked content, presenting the first portion with the first visibility. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, further comprising: one or more optical folds configured to transmit the first portion of the image content from one or more of the main image content optic and the extended image content optic, wherein the combiner is configured to reflect the first portion of the image content transmitted via the one or more optical folds. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein: the extended image content optic is disposed directly above the combiner with respect to the user, and the extended image content optic is configured to directly project to the combiner the first portion of the image content in the edge region of the field of view. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to present a transition of world-locked content that moves from the center region of the field of view to the edge region of the field of view. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the extended image content optic comprises at least one selected from an OLED, an LCD display, and an array of LEDs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the extended image content optic comprises a geometry selected from at least one of linear, two-dimensional, or curved. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the extended image content optic is configured to generate a lighting effect corresponding to the image content. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wearable device of claim 1, wherein the extended image content optic includes a lens system configured to modify the projecting the first portion of the image content in the edge region of the field of view. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wearable device of claim 11, wherein the lens system includes an array of micro lenses. ### Claim 13 A method of presenting image content to a user of a wearable device, the method comprising: presenting image content to the user of the wearable device via a display, the display having a field of view having an edge region and a center region, wherein presenting the image content comprises: in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting a first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view, projecting, by a main image content optic, the first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view, and in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion in the edge region of the field of view, projecting, by an extended image content optic, the first portion of the image content in the edge region of the field of view; receiving image light, at a combiner, via one or more of the main image content optic and the extended image content optic; and reflecting, by the combiner, image light to an eye of the user via a collimating partial mirror. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein presenting the image content further comprises: in accordance with the determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view: presenting the first portion with a first visibility; and in accordance with the determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion in the edge region of the field of view: in accordance with a determination that the first portion comprises world-locked content, presenting the first portion with a second visibility, the second visibility lower than the first visibility; and in accordance with a determination that the first portion does not comprise world-locked content, presenting the first portion with the first visibility. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein presenting the image content further comprises: in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion in a region of the display disposed between the center region and the edge region: in accordance with a determination that the first portion comprises world-locked content, presenting the first portion with a third visibility, the third visibility lower than the first visibility and greater than the second visibility; and in accordance with a determination that the first portion does not comprise world-locked content, presenting the first portion with the first visibility. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: transmitting, via one or more optical folds, the first portion of the image content from one or more of the main image content optic and the extended image content optic; and reflecting the first portion of the image content transmitted via the one or more optical folds. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising presenting a transition of world-locked content that moves from the center region of the field of view to the edge region of the field of view. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising modifying the projecting the first portion of the image content in the edge region of the field of view. ### Claim 19 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising: presenting image content to a user of a wearable device via a display, the display having a field of view having an edge region and a center region, wherein presenting the image content comprises: in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting a first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view, projecting, via a main image content optic, the first portion of the image content in the center region of the field of view, and in accordance with a determination that presenting the image content comprises presenting the first portion in the edge region of the field of view, projecting, by an extended image content optic, the first portion of the image content in the edge region of the field of view; receiving image light, at a combiner, via one or more of the main image content optic and the extended image content optic; and reflecting, by the combiner, image light to an eye of the user via a collimating partial mirror. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the wearable device comprises the one or more processors.