# US 12,601,923 B2 · Augmented reality (AR) eyewear with an environment-only viewing mode and an augmented reality viewing mode > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,923 B2 - Document ID: US12601923B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/800,091 - Filed: 2024-08-11 - Published: 2024-12-05 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-03 - Assignees: Holovisions LLC - Applicants: Robert A. Connor - Inventors: Robert A. Connor - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601923B2 ## CPC - G02B 26/0816: {by means of one or more reflecting elements} - G02B 27/0176: {characterised by mechanical features} - G02B 27/0172: {characterised by optical features} - G02C 5/146: {having special front end} - G02C 11/10: {Electronic devices other than hearing aids} - G02B 2027/0154: {with movable elements} - G02B 2027/0156: {with optionally usable elements} - G02B 2027/0159: {with mechanical means other than scaning means for positioning the whole image} - G02B 2027/0178: {Eyeglass type (eyeglass details G02C)} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G02C: SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES (trial frames for testing the eyes A61B3/04; goggles or eyeshields not having the same features as spectacles A61F9/00) ## Abstract This invention is augmented reality eyewear with a first mode which provides a clear, bright, wide-angle environment-only view when needed and a second mode which displays an augmented reality view when needed. This eyewear can have a virtual-object-display component which pivots between being on an eyewear sidepiece (e.g. temple) and being in front of a person's eye. It also includes a light emitter, wherein the virtual-object-display component reflects and/or refracts light from the light emitter toward the person's eye when the virtual-object-display component is in its second configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Augmented reality eyewear comprising: a first-side see-through optical component which is configured to be in front of a person's first-side eye, wherein there is an opening and/or gap in the first-side see-through optical component; a second-side see-through optical component which is configured to be in front of the person's second-side eye; an eyewear front piece which holds the first-side see-through optical component and the second-side see-through optical component in front of the person's first-side eye and second-side eye, respectively; a first-side eyewear sidepiece which connects the eyewear front piece to the person's first-side ear; a second-side eyewear sidepiece which connects the eyewear front piece to the person's second-side ear; and a first-side virtual-object-display component which displays a virtual object in the person's field of view; wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component has a first configuration along the first-side eyewear sidepiece and the first-side virtual-object-display component does not display a virtual object in the person's field of view; and wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component has a second configuration in which the first-side virtual-object-display is inserted into the opening and/or gap in the first-side see-through optical component and the first-side virtual-object-display component displays a virtual object in the person's field of view. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the first-side see-through optical component is a lens. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the eyewear further comprises at least one light emitter on the first-side eyewear sidepiece and wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component reflects and/or refracts light from the at least one light emitter toward the person's first-side eye when the first-side virtual-object-display component is in the second configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the eyewear further comprises at least one light emitter on the eyewear front piece and wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component reflects and/or refracts light from the at least one light emitter toward the person's first-side eye when the first-side virtual-object-display component is in the second configuration. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The eyewear in claim 4 wherein the at least one light emitter is on the eyewear front piece above the first-side eye. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component is recessed, housed, and/or inserted in an opening, housing, and/or indentation in the first-side eyewear sidepiece in the first configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component is connected to the rest of the eyewear by a hinge or joint. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component is moved from the first configuration to the second configuration by pivoting from a location on the first-side eyewear sidepiece to a location in front of the person's first-side eye. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The eyewear in claim 8 wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component is pivoted between 240 and 300 degrees from the first configuration to the second configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component is moved from the first configuration to the second configuration by first sliding out from a location on the first-side eyewear sidepiece and then pivoting to a location in front of the person's first-side eye. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the eyewear further comprises a sheath, housing, or cover, wherein the first-side virtual-object-display component is within the sheath, housing, or cover in the first configuration and comes out from the sheath, housing, or cover in the second configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein there is a reversible connection mechanism on the eyewear front piece to which the first-side virtual-object-display component is reversibly connected in the second configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The eyewear in claim 12 wherein the connection mechanism is selected from the group consisting of: latch, snap, clip, clasp, clamp, hook, pin, and magnet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The eyewear in claim 1 wherein the eyewear further comprises a second-side virtual-object-display component which is symmetric to the first-side virtual-object-display component.