RELEASABLY ATTACHABLE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR EYEWEAR

• US 20180348524A1
• Filed: 06/14/2018
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pogotec, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Pogotec, Inc.
• Inventors: Blum, Ronald, Gupta, Ami, Graham, Mark, Schoenbart, Josh, Kokonaski, William
• Granted Patent: US 10,466,487 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/828 Transparent cathodes, e.g. comprising thin metal layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/84 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/858 comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/86 Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/879 comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/8791 Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light

Abstract

An Augmented Reality apparatus is provided, whereby the apparatus utilizes existing eyewear as an attachment platform, and the apparatus is attachable to and detachable from a plurality of different eyewear having different shapes and sizes, whereby a portion of the apparatus rests on the top of the eyewear, and whereby the apparatus provides fully or mostly unobstructed vision when the wearer is looking straight ahead.

Claims

1. A see-through OLED display, wherein the see-through OLED display acts as an optical combiner and a virtual image light source for one of an augmented reality system and/or a mixed reality system.

2. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display optically communicates with a micro-lens array.

3. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, further comprising a micro-lens array.

4. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, further comprising an optical shutter.

5. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display optically communicates with an optical shutter.

6. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is curved.

7. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is flat.

8. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the optical combiner is curved to approximate a curve of a spectacle lens base curve.

9. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is curved to approximate a front surface curvature of a lens in eyewear to which the see-through OLED display is in optical communication with.

10. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is semi-transparent.

11. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is transparent.

12. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is flexible.

13. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is coupled to a rigid substrate.

14. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is coupled to a flexible substrate.

15. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display provides a dynamic moving eye box.

16. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display provides a static eye box.

17. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is of a size that is 99 square mm or less.

18. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is of a size that is within the range of 99 square mm to 299 square mm.

19. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is of a size that is 299 square mm or greater.

20. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, further comprising a micro-lens array and an optical shutter.

21. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the optical combiner is positioned at or above the top edge of a pupil of an eye of a wearer when the wearer is looking straight ahead with normal gaze.

22. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the optical combiner is positioned in front of a pupil of an eye of a wearer when the wearer is looking straight ahead with normal gaze.

23. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the see-through OLED display is an optical combiner and a light engine.

24. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the transparency of the see-through OLED display is 70% or greater.

25. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the transparency of the see-through OLED display is 75% or greater.

26. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the optical combiner provides for a monocular eye box providing up to 40 degrees of eye movement.

27. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the optical combiner provides for a monocular eye box providing up to 60 degrees of eye movement.

28. The see-through OLED display of claim 1, wherein the optical combiner is part of or attached to eyewear, an optic, a lens, and/or a headset.