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US 2023/0400696 A1Published application
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 light source;
- a see-through display configured to present a view of an environment of a user of a wearable head device;
- an eyeglasses frame coupled to the see-through display;
- and
- an eye cover configured to removably couple to the eyeglasses frame, wherein:
- the eye cover comprises a magnetic attachment element and an opening,
- the eye cover is removable from the eyeglasses frame by disengaging the magnetic attachment element from the eyeglasses frame, and
- the see-through display is configured to present the view of the environment via the opening of the eye cover,
- wherein the wearable head device is configured to communicate with the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform a method comprising:
- determining whether the eye cover is physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame;
- in accordance with a determination that the eye cover is physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame, presenting light, via the light source, to the user via the see-through display in a first display mode;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the eye cover is not physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame, presenting light, via the light source, to the user via the see-through display in a second display mode different from the first display mode.
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A method comprising:
- determining whether an eye cover of a wearable head device comprising a light source and a see-through display is physically coupled to an eyeglasses frame of the wearable head device, wherein the see-through display is configured to present a view of an environment of a user of the wearable head device;
- in accordance with a determination that the eye cover is physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame, presenting light, via the light source, to the user via the see-through display in a first display mode;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the eye cover is not physically coupled to the eyeglasses frame, presenting light, via the light source, to the user via the see-through display in a second display mode different from the first display mode, wherein:
- the eyeglasses frame is coupled to the see-through display,
- the eye cover is configured to removably couple to the eyeglasses frame,
- the eye cover comprises a magnetic attachment element and an opening,
- the eye cover is removable from the eyeglasses frame by disengaging the magnetic attachment element from the eyeglasses frame, and
- the see-through display is configured to present the view of the environment via the opening of the eye cover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.