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US 9,538,915 B2Granted
Eye imaging in head worn computing
AssigneeOsterhout Group, Inc.
InventorsJohn N. Border, John Haddick, Joseph Bietry
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for imaging, recognizing, and tracking of a user's eye that is wearing a HWC. Aspects further relate to the processing of images reflected from the user's eye and controlling displayed content in accordance therewith. Aspects further relate to determining health conditions of the user based on eye imaging technologies.
Claims13
A head-mounted computer system that includes an eye-imaging system, comprising:
- a display system adapted to provide image light to a user's eye, the display system including a see-through computer display that provides the user with a view of the surrounding environment;
- a camera system to capture eye-image light that originates as one or more reflections from an eye of a user;
- the camera system adapted to capture both visible light and IR light;
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- an IR light source positioned in the head-worn computer such that it irradiates the eye of the user with IR light to produce at least a portion of the one or more reflections from the eye of the user;
- wherein the camera system and the display system have a common optical axis at the user's eye.
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