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US 2022/0019085 A1Published application
See-through computer display systems
AssigneeMentor Acquisition One, LLC
InventorsRalph F. OSTERHOUT, John N. BORDER, Robert Michael LOHSE, John D. HADDICK, Nima L. SHAMS
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics.
Claims21
(canceled)
A wearable head device comprising:
- an optics module comprising:
- a polarized light source configured to provide an illumination light;
- a reflective image source configured to form an image light based on the illumination light;
- and
- a partial reflector configured to transmit the illumination light toward the reflective image source, receive the image light from the reflective image source, and transmit the image light toward a first lens configured to converge the image light;
- a combiner configured to transmit the converged image light, along with an environment light from a surrounding environment, toward a user's eye concurrently with the user wearing the wearable head device;
- and
- a frame configured to hold a second lens,
- wherein:
- the second lens comprises a first region having a first transmissivity configured to occlude viewing of the optics module through the first region of the second lens, and
- the second lens further comprises a second region having a second transmissivity configured to transmit the environment light toward the user's eye concurrently with the user wearing the wearable head device.
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A method comprising:
- providing, via a polarized light source of an optics module of a wearable head device, an illumination light;
- transmitting, via a partial reflector of the optics module, the illumination light toward a reflective image source of the optics module;
- forming, via the reflective image source, an image light based on the illumination light;
- receiving, via the partial reflector, the image light from the reflective image source;
- transmitting, via the partial reflector, the image light toward a first lens of the wearable head device;
- converging the image light via the first lens;
- and
- concurrently transmitting, toward a user's eye via a combiner of the wearable head device, the converged image light and an environment light from a surrounding environment, wherein:
- the wearable head device comprises a frame configured to hold a second lens,
- the second lens comprises a first region having a first transmissivity configured to occlude viewing of the optics module through the first region of the second lens, and
- the second lens further comprises a second region having a second transmissivity configured to transmit the environment light toward the user's eye.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.