Systems using eye mounted displays
First Claim
1. An eye mounted display (EMD)-aware device comprising:
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an interface between the electronic device and the eye mounted display (EMD), for transmitting image data from the electronic device to the EMD, wherein the EMD is attachable to a user'"'"'s eye, and the EMD projects light onto a user'"'"'s retina to form a visual sensation of an image, the EMD comprising a plurality of sub-displays attached to the user'"'"'s eye, each sub-display projecting light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display, each such projection of light propagating through a partial corneal aperture for that retinal position, and sub-displays that project light to portions of the retina closer to the fovea project light through partial corneal apertures that are larger than the partial corneal apertures through which sub-displays project light to portions of the retina farther away from the fovea.
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Abstract
A display device is mounted on and/or inside the eye. The eye mounted display contains multiple sub-displays, each of which projects light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display. The projected light propagates through the pupil but does not fill the entire pupil. In this way, multiple sub-displays can project their light onto the relevant portion of the retina. Moving from the pupil to the cornea, the projection of the pupil onto the cornea will be referred to as the corneal aperture. The projected light propagates through less than the full corneal aperture. The sub-displays use spatial multiplexing at the corneal surface. Various electronic devices interface to the eye mounted display.
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86 Claims
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1. An eye mounted display (EMD)-aware device comprising:
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an electronic device; and an interface between the electronic device and the eye mounted display (EMD), for transmitting image data from the electronic device to the EMD, wherein the EMD is attachable to a user'"'"'s eye, and the EMD projects light onto a user'"'"'s retina to form a visual sensation of an image, the EMD comprising a plurality of sub-displays attached to the user'"'"'s eye, each sub-display projecting light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display, each such projection of light propagating through a partial corneal aperture for that retinal position, and sub-displays that project light to portions of the retina closer to the fovea project light through partial corneal apertures that are larger than the partial corneal apertures through which sub-displays project light to portions of the retina farther away from the fovea. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 86)
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33. An eye mounted display (EMD)-aware device comprising:
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an electronic device; and an interface between the electronic device and the eye mounted display (EMD), for transmitting image data from the electronic device to the EMD, wherein the EMD is attachable to a user'"'"'s eye, and the EMD projects light onto a user'"'"'s retina to form a visual sensation of an image, the EMD comprising; a plurality of sub-displays attached to the user'"'"'s eye, each sub-display projecting light to different retinal positions within a portion of the retina corresponding to the sub-display, each such projection of light propagating through a partial corneal aperture for that retinal position; a sclera contact lens mountable on the eye; and a display capsule having an anterior shell and a posterior shell and an interior, the display capsule mounted in the sclera contact lens so that the anterior shell of the display capsule is flush to an anterior surface of the sclera contact lens, the plurality of sub-displays comprising a plurality of femto projectors located in the interior of the display capsule, the femto projectors projecting light through partial corneal apertures that are substantially non-overlapping. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An eye mounted display (EMD)-aware device comprising:
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an electronic device; and an interface between the electronic device and the eye mounted display (EMD), for transmitting image data from the electronic device to the EMD, wherein the EMD is attachable to a user'"'"'s eye and is part of an eye mounted display system, the eye mounted display system further comprising; an eye tracker that tracks an orientation of the eye, a scaler coupled to the EMD and to the eye tracker, the scaler receiving video input via the interface to the electronic device and converting the video input, based in part on the orientation of the eye received from the eye tracker, to a format suitable for projection by the EMD; a headpiece worn by the user, on which is mounted a first portion of a head tracker, a first portion of the eye tracker, and a data link component communicatively coupling the scaler to the EMD, the data link component receiving the converted video input from the scaler and wirelessly transmitting the converted video input to the EMD; a second portion of the head tracker positioned in a frame of reference, the first and second portions of the head tracker cooperating to track the user'"'"'s head, the scaler converting the video input based in part on tracking of the user'"'"'s head; and the EMD containing a second portion of the eye tracker, the first and second portions of the eye tracker cooperating to track the orientation of the eye. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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