Electrochromic systems for head-worn computer systems
AssigneeMentor Acquisition One, LLC
InventorRalph F. Osterhout
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Abstract
A removable lens for glasses includes an electrochromic layer adapted to transition between at least two states of a transparency level dependent on an electrical condition applied to the electrochromatic layer and an electrical connection element physically adapted to make an electrical connection with the electrochromic layer, wherein the electrical connection element is positioned to align with a variable-power electrode mounted on the glasses such that, when the removable lens is mounted on the glasses, the variable-power electrode and the electrical connection element make the electrical connection between the variable-power electrode and an electrically conductive layer of the electrochromic layer.
Claims20
A wearable device, comprising:
- a head-mountable frame having a front portion;
- a first surface fixed with respect to the front portion of the head-mountable frame and configured to rest in front of a user's face;
- a transmissive display disposed below the first surface and fixed with respect to the front portion of the head-mountable frame, the transmissive display configured to adjust a transparency of the transmissive display based on a control signal in response to receiving the control signal;
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- one or more processors configured to communicate, via one or more electrochromic connectors of the wearable device, the control signal to the transmissive display.
A method comprising:
- communicating a control signal to a transmissive display of a wearable device, the transmissive display configured to adjust a transparency of the transmissive display based on the control signal in response to receiving the control signal, wherein:
- communicating the control signal to the transmissive display comprises communicating the control signal via one or more electrochromic connectors of the wearable device;
- the wearable device comprises a head-mountable frame having a front portion, and
- the transmissive display is disposed below a first surface of the wearable device, the first surface fixed with respect to the front portion of the head-mountable frame and configured to rest in front of a user's face.
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 comprising:
- communicating a control signal to a transmissive display of a wearable device, the transmissive display configured to adjust a transparency of the transmissive display based on the control signal in response to receiving the control signal, wherein:
- communicating the control signal to the transmissive display comprises communicating the control signal via one or more electrochromic connectors of the wearable device;
- the wearable device comprises a head-mountable frame having a front portion, and
- the transmissive display is disposed below a first surface of the wearable device, the first surface fixed with respect to the front portion of the head-mountable frame and configured to rest in front of a user's face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.