Adjusting pixels to compensate for spacing in augmented or virtual reality systems
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1. A method of operation in a virtual image presentation system, the method comprising:
- detecting, at one or more sensors of a head-mount virtual or augmented image presentation system, an indication that indicates a first resolution in a first portion of a frame in a sequence of frames will differ from a second resolution in a second portion of the frame, whereinthe first resolution corresponds to a first spacing between first adjacent pixels in a first set of pixels in the first portion, and the second resolution corresponds to a second spacing between second adjacent pixels in the second set of pixels in the second portion;
selecting the first set of pixels of the frame for which the first spacing is to be modified based in part or in whole upon a directional characteristic pertaining to the indication, whereinthe first set of pixels of the frame is selected based in part or in whole on a direction of head movement of a user detected by one or more transducers, anda direction of the first set of pixels is the same as the direction of the head movement;
adjusting, based at least in part on the indication, a resolution represented by the first set of pixels in the first portion to generate the first resolution represented by an adjusted first set of pixels in the first portion at least by modifying, at one or more modulation subsystems in the virtual image presentation system, respective radial characteristics of a drive signal that drives pixels in the first set of pixels into respective modified radial characteristics of a modified drive signal for a subsequent frame after the frame in the sequence of frames, without affecting a number of coils or loops of the scan pattern; and
presenting the subsequent frame including one or more virtual objects to a user using at least the scan pattern at least by starting a presentation of the frame, interrupting the presentation before completion of the presentation, increasing an intensity of the first set of pixels for the subsequent frame in response to the head movement, and replacing the first set of pixels that represents the first portion with the adjusted first set of pixels to at least render the first portion with the first resolution and the second portion in the frame with the second resolution.
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Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a user display device comprising a housing frame mountable on the head of the user, a lens mountable on the housing frame and a projection sub system coupled to the housing frame to determine a location of appearance of a display object in a field of view of the user based at least in part on at least one of a detection of a head movement of the user and a prediction of a head movement of the user, and to project the display object to the user based on the determined location of appearance of the display object.
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1. A method of operation in a virtual image presentation system, the method comprising:
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detecting, at one or more sensors of a head-mount virtual or augmented image presentation system, an indication that indicates a first resolution in a first portion of a frame in a sequence of frames will differ from a second resolution in a second portion of the frame, wherein the first resolution corresponds to a first spacing between first adjacent pixels in a first set of pixels in the first portion, and the second resolution corresponds to a second spacing between second adjacent pixels in the second set of pixels in the second portion; selecting the first set of pixels of the frame for which the first spacing is to be modified based in part or in whole upon a directional characteristic pertaining to the indication, wherein the first set of pixels of the frame is selected based in part or in whole on a direction of head movement of a user detected by one or more transducers, and a direction of the first set of pixels is the same as the direction of the head movement; adjusting, based at least in part on the indication, a resolution represented by the first set of pixels in the first portion to generate the first resolution represented by an adjusted first set of pixels in the first portion at least by modifying, at one or more modulation subsystems in the virtual image presentation system, respective radial characteristics of a drive signal that drives pixels in the first set of pixels into respective modified radial characteristics of a modified drive signal for a subsequent frame after the frame in the sequence of frames, without affecting a number of coils or loops of the scan pattern; and presenting the subsequent frame including one or more virtual objects to a user using at least the scan pattern at least by starting a presentation of the frame, interrupting the presentation before completion of the presentation, increasing an intensity of the first set of pixels for the subsequent frame in response to the head movement, and replacing the first set of pixels that represents the first portion with the adjusted first set of pixels to at least render the first portion with the first resolution and the second portion in the frame with the second resolution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A virtual or augmented image presentation system for presenting virtual contents, comprising:
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one or more sensors configured to detect an indication that indicates a first resolution corresponding to a first spacing between first adjacent pixels in a first set of pixels in a first portion of a frame in a sequence of frames will differ from a second resolution corresponding to a different spacing between second adjacent pixels in a second set of pixels in a second portion of the frame, wherein the first set of pixels of the frame is selected based in part or in whole on a direction of head movement of a user detected by one or more transducers, and a direction of the first set of pixels is the same as the direction of the head movement; the virtual or augmented image presentation system configured to select the first set of pixels of the frame based in part or in whole upon a directional characteristic pertaining to the indication; one or more modulation subsystems comprising a projection subsystem and at least one processor in a virtual or augmented image presentation system operatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to adjust, based at least in part on the indication, a resolution represented by the first set of pixels in the first portion to generate the first resolution represented by an adjusted first set of pixels in the first portion at least by modifying respective radial characteristics of a drive signal that drives pixels in the first set of pixels into respective modified radial characteristics of a modified drive signal for a subsequent frame after the frame in the sequence of frames, without affecting a number of coils or loops of the scan pattern; and a head-mount display including one or more projectors operatively coupled to the one or more modulation subsystems and configured to present the subsequent frame including one or more virtual objects to a user at least by starting a presentation of the frame, interrupting the presentation before completion of the presentation, increasing an intensity of the first set of pixels for the subsequent frame in response to the head movement, and replacing the first set of pixels that represents the first portion with the adjusted first set of pixels to at least render the first portion with the first resolution and the second portion in the frame with the second resolution. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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