Fixed-distance virtual and augmented reality systems and methods
AssigneeMagic Leap, Inc.
InventorsSamuel A. Miller, William Hudson Welch
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Abstract
A fixed-distance display system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes a light guiding optical element configured to propagate at least a portion of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes a first inertial measurement unit configured to measure a first value for calculating a head pose of a user. Moreover, the system includes a camera configured to capture an image for machine vision optical flow analysis. The display system is configured to display virtual images only within a tolerance range of a single predetermined optical plane.
Claims12
A display method using a fixed-distance display system, comprising:
- calculating by a processor a head pose and a body pose of the user;
- performing by the processor machine vision optical flow analysis on an image;
- displaying by the fixed-distance display system a body-centric virtual user interface in a field of view of the user based on the head pose of the user relative to the body pose of the user at a fixed distance and in a fixed position relative to the body of the user;
- displaying by the fixed-distance display system the body-centric virtual user interface at the distance and in the position relative to the head of the user that varies with movement of the head of the user such that when the head of the user moves relative to the body of the user, the body-centric virtual user interface moves in the field of view of the user;
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- displaying by the fixed-distance display system three dimensional virtual images having dimensions that do not exceed 0.2 diopters to 0.6 diopters.
A method for displaying, comprising:
- calculating a head pose and a body pose of a user;
- performing machine vision optical flow analysis based on an image;
- displaying a body-centric virtual user interface in a field of view of the user based on the head pose of the user relative to the body pose of the user at a fixed distance and in a fixed position relative to a body of the user;
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- displaying three dimensional virtual images having dimensions that do not exceed 0.2 diopters to 0.6 diopters,
- wherein the body-centric virtual user interface is displayed at a distance and in a position relative to a head of the user that varies with movement of the head of the user such that when the head of the user moves relative to the body of the user, the body-centric virtual user interface moves in the field of view of the user.
A fixed-distance display system, comprising:
- a light source configured to generate a light beam to form three dimensional virtual images;
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- a processor configured to
- calculate a head pose and a body pose of a user, and
- perform machine vision optical flow analysis based on an image,
- wherein the fixed-distance display system is configured to display a body-centric virtual user interface in a field of view of the user based on the head pose of the user relative to the body pose of the user,
- wherein the body-centric virtual user interface is displayed at a distance and in a position relative to a head of the user that varies with movement of the head of the user such that when the head of the user moves relative to the body of the user, the body-centric virtual user interface moves in the field of view of the user, and
- wherein the fixed-distance display system is configured to display the three dimensional virtual images having dimensions that do not exceed 0.2 diopters to 0.6 diopters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.