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US 11,994,683 B2Granted
Mixed reality eyewear with deformable beam combiner
AssigneeInnovega, Inc.
InventorsJay P. Marsh, Jerome A. Legerton
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Abstract
In general, one aspect disclosed features a mixed reality eyewear, comprising: a frame configured to be worn by a wearer; a lens attached to the frame and aligned with an eye of the wearer; a display panel attached to the frame and configured to render an image not aligned with an eye of the wearer; and a deformable beam combiner attached to the frame between the lens and an eye of the wearer and configured to reflect the rendered image toward the eye of the wearer.
Claims20
Mixed reality eyewear, comprising:
- a frame configured to be worn by a wearer;
- a lens attached to the frame and aligned with an eye of the wearer;
- a display panel attached to the frame and configured to render an image, wherein light produced by the display panel is not aligned with a straight ahead gaze of an eye of the wearer;
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- a deformable beam combiner attached to the frame between the lens and an eye of the wearer and configured to reflect the rendered image toward the eye of the wearer, wherein the deformable beam combiner comprises:
- a deformable reflective film, and
- one or more wires attached to the deformable reflective film configured to tension the film into a flat surface, and attached to the frame at an attachment point.
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A system, comprising:
- a contact lens configured to be worn by a wearer, the contact lens comprising:
- a central portion having a first polarization, and
- an outer portion surrounding the central portion and having a second polarization, wherein the second polarization is different from the first polarization;
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- mixed reality eyewear, comprising:
- a frame configured to be worn by the wearer;
- a lens attached to the frame and aligned with an eye of the wearer, wherein the lens has the second polarization;
- a display panel attached to the frame and configured to render light representing an image, wherein light rendered by the display panel is not aligned with a straight ahead gaze of an eye of the wearer;
- a deformable beam combiner attached to the frame between the lens and an eye of the wearer and configured to reflect the rendered image toward the eye of the wearer, wherein the deformable beam combiner comprises:
- a deformable reflective film, and
- one or more wires attached to the deformable reflective film configured to tension the film into a flat surface, and attached to the frame at an attachment point;
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- a polarizer disposed between the display panel and the deformable beam combiner, wherein the polarizer is configured to polarize the light representing the rendered image with the first polarization.
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A system, comprising:
- a contact lens configured to be worn by a wearer, the contact lens comprising:
- a central portion having a first polarization, and
- an outer portion surrounding the central portion and having a second polarization, wherein the second polarization is different from the first polarization;
- and
- mixed reality eyewear, comprising:
- a frame configured to be worn by the wearer;
- a lens attached to the frame and aligned with an eye of the wearer, wherein the lens has the second polarization;
- a display panel attached to the frame and configured to render an image, wherein light produced by the display panel is not aligned with a straight ahead gaze of an eye of the wearer;
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- a deformable beam combiner attached to the frame between the lens and an eye of the wearer and configured to reflect the rendered image toward the eye of the wearer, wherein the deformable beam combiner is polarizing such that a reflection of the rendered image is polarized with the first polarization, and wherein the deformable beam combiner comprises:
- a deformable reflective film, and
- one or more wires attached to the deformable reflective film configured to tension the film into a flat surface, and attached to the frame at an attachment point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.