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Methods that integrate visible light eye tracking in scanning laser projection displays

  • US 10,180,578 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2017
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a laser projector to project an image to an eye of a user and to track the eye of the user, the method comprising:

  • outputting visible laser light by a laser module, wherein the laser module includes at least a first laser diode and a second laser diode, and outputting visible laser light by the laser module includes outputting a first visible laser light in a first narrow waveband from the first laser diode of the laser module and outputting a second visible laser light in a second narrow waveband from the second laser diode, the second narrow waveband different from the first narrow waveband, wherein the first visible laser light is representative of at least a first portion of a displayed image and the second visible laser light is representative of at least a second portion of the displayed image;

    controllably and reflectively scanning the first visible laser light and the second visible laser light by a scan mirror;

    redirecting the visible laser light towards the eye of the user by a wavelength-multiplexed HOE comprising a first hologram that is responsive to light in the first narrow waveband and unresponsive to light that is outside the first narrow waveband and a second hologram that is responsive to light in the second narrow waveband and unresponsive to light that is outside the second narrow waveband, wherein redirecting the visible laser light towards the eye of the user by the wavelength-multiplexed HOE includes redirecting the first portion of the displayed image towards the eye of the user by the first hologram of the wavelength-multiplexed HOE and redirecting the second portion of the displayed image towards the eye of the user by the second hologram of the wavelength-multiplexed HOE, and wherein the wavelength-multiplexed HOE is substantially transparent to environmental light;

    detecting a reflection of at least a portion of the visible laser light from the eye of the user by at least a first narrow waveband photodetector and a second narrow waveband photodetector, wherein the first narrow waveband photodetector is responsive to light in the first narrow waveband and substantially unresponsive to light that is outside of the first narrow waveband, the second narrow waveband photodetector is responsive to light in the second narrow waveband and substantially unresponsive to light that is outside of the second narrow waveband, and wherein detecting a reflection of the at least a portion of the visible laser light from the eye of the user by at least a first narrow waveband photodetector and a second narrow waveband photodetector includes detecting a reflection of the first portion of the displayed image by the first narrow waveband photodetector and detecting a reflection of the second portion of the displayed image from the eye of the user by the second narrow waveband photodetector; and

    determining a position of at least one feature of the eye based on at least the reflection of the first portion of the displayed image from the eye of the user detected by the first narrow waveband photodetector and the reflection of the second portion of the displayed image from the eye of the user detected by the second narrow waveband photodetector.

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