Head-Mounted Device with Active Optical Foveation
First Claim
1. A head-mounted device, comprising:
- a head-mounted support structure;
a display that is supported by the head-mounted support structure and that is configured to display an image;
a camera module comprising an image sensor that is configured to capture the image based on incident light from real-world objects and an optical component that is interposed in an optical path of the incident light;
a gaze-tracking system that is configured to obtain point of gaze information; and
control circuitry that is configured to position the optical component based on the point of gaze information.
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Abstract
A pass-through camera in a head-mounted device may capture image data for displaying on a display in the head-mounted device. However, only low-resolution image data may be needed to display low-resolution images in the periphery of the user'"'"'s field of view on the display. Therefore, the pass-through camera may only capture high-resolution images that correspond to the portion of the user'"'"'s field-of-view that is being directly viewed and may capture lower resolution image data that corresponds to the real-world objects in the user'"'"'s peripheral vision. To enable the camera module to selectively capture high-resolution images, the pass-through camera may include an image sensor with two or more pixel densities, a distortion lens, and/or one or more planar or curved mirrors. Any of the components in the camera module may be adjusted to change which portion of a scene is captured with high-resolution image data.
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20 Claims
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1. A head-mounted device, comprising:
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a head-mounted support structure; a display that is supported by the head-mounted support structure and that is configured to display an image; a camera module comprising an image sensor that is configured to capture the image based on incident light from real-world objects and an optical component that is interposed in an optical path of the incident light; a gaze-tracking system that is configured to obtain point of gaze information; and control circuitry that is configured to position the optical component based on the point of gaze information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A head-mounted device, comprising:
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a head-mounted support structure; a camera module comprising an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is configured to generate first image data with a first resolution and second image data with a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution based on incident light from real-world objects; a gaze-tracking system that is configured to obtain point of gaze information; and positioning equipment that is configured to adjust the position of the image sensor based on the point of gaze information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A head-mounted device, comprising:
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a head-mounted support structure; a camera module configured to capture an image of a real-world scene, wherein the image of the real-world scene has a first-resolution portion and a second-resolution portion that has a higher resolution than the first-resolution portion; a display that is supported by the head-mounted support structure, wherein the display is configured to display the image of the real-world scene; a gaze-tracking system that is supported by the head-mounted support structure and that obtains point of gaze information; and positioning equipment that is configured to adjust a component in the camera module based on the point of gaze information, wherein adjusting the component adjusts which portion of the real-world scene corresponds to the second-resolution portion of the image of the real-world scene. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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