See-through computer display systems

• US 10,062,182 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Issued: 08/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Haddick, John D., Border, John N., Shams, Nima L.
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Yingchun
• Application Number:
  US14/659,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20160240008A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,260 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 17/08 Catadioptric systems used in non-imaging applications G02B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0118 comprising devices for improving the contrast of the display / brillance control visibility
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0179 Display position adjusting means not related to the information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to providing see-through computer display optics with improved content presentation.

Claims

1. A method for providing improved alignment of a displayed image to a see-through view of a surrounding environment in a head-worn display that provides a displayed image overlaid onto the see-through view of the surrounding environment, wherein the head-worn display comprises an eye camera for imaging of an eye of a user and an externally facing camera for imaging the surrounding environment, comprising:

capturing an image of the surrounding environment with the externally facing camera;

displaying the image of the surrounding environment to the user in the head-worn display so the user simultaneously sees the displayed image of the surrounding environment overlaid onto the see-through view of the surrounding environment;

using the eye camera to gather control input indicative of a degree of alignment between the displayed image of the surrounding environment and the see-through view of the surrounding environment from the user to adjust the positioning of the displayed image to improve an alignment of the displayed image of the surrounding environment with the see-through view of the surrounding environment wherein the control input is provided by the user for a purpose of indicating the degree of alignment; and

using the adjusted positioning of the displayed image to improve the alignment of a second displayed image to the see-through view of the surrounding environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second displayed image comprises an augmented reality image.