Augmented Reality (AR) Eyewear with an Environment-Only Viewing Mode and an Augmented Reality Viewing Mode
AssigneeHolovisions LLC
InventorRobert A. Connor
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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.
Claims20
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;
- 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;
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- 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 along 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.
A method for changing eyewear from a first mode with a clear, bright, wide-angle view of the environment to a second mode which displays a virtual object in a person's field of view comprising:
- pivoting a first-side virtual-object-display component from a first configuration which is on a first-side eyewear sidepiece to a second configuration which is in front of the person's first-side eye.
A method for changing eyewear from a first mode with a clear, bright, wide-angle view of the environment to a second mode which displays a virtual object in a person's field of view comprising:
- moving a first-side virtual-object-display component downward from a first configuration in a portion of an eyewear front piece which is above a person's first-side eye to a second configuration which is in front of the person's first-side eye.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.