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US 12,717,147 B2Granted
Stray light suppression for head worn computing
AssigneeMentor Acquisition One, LLC
InventorsRalph F. Osterhout, John N. Border, Edward H. Nortrup
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a computer display stray-light suppression system for a head-worn computer comprising an eye cover including a flexible material with a perimeter, wherein the perimeter is formed to substantially encapsulate an eye of a person, and the eye cover including an attachment system adapted to removably and replaceably attach to a perimeter of the head-worn computer to suppress light emitted from a computer display in the head-worn computer.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a display;
- an eyeglasses frame coupled to the display;
- and
- a magnetic attachment configured to physically couple to the eyeglasses frame, wherein:
- the magnetic attachment is configured to decouple from the eyeglasses frame by disengaging a magnetic connection,
- the display is configured to communicate with the one or more processors, and
- the one or more processors are configured to perform a method comprising:
- determining whether the magnetic attachment is physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame;
- in accordance with a determination that the magnetic attachment is physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame:
- presenting first content, via the display, to a first eye of a user in a first display mode;
- and
- presenting, via the display, second content to a second eye of the user in a second display mode different from the first display mode;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the magnetic attachment is not physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame:
- presenting the first content, via the display, to the first eye of the user in the second display mode;
- and
- presenting, via the display, the second content to the second eye of the user in the second display mode.
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A method comprising:
- determining whether a magnetic attachment is physically coupled to an eyeglasses frame, wherein:
- the magnetic attachment is configured to decouple from the eyeglasses frame by disengaging a magnetic connection, and
- the eyeglasses frame is coupled to a display;
- in accordance with a determination that the magnetic attachment is physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame:
- presenting first content, via the display, to a first eye of a user in a first display mode;
- and
- presenting, via the display, second content to a second eye of the user in a second display mode different from the first display mode;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the magnetic attachment is not physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame:
- presenting the first content, via the display, to the first eye of the user in the second display mode;
- and
- presenting, via the display, the second content to the second eye of the user in the second display mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.