See-through computer display systems

• US 9,753,288 B2
• Filed: 09/22/2015
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC (Magic Leap, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Osterhout Design Group
• Inventors: Lohse, Robert Michael, Osterhout, Ralph F.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOI, WILLIAM C
• Application Number:
  US14/861,496
• Publication Number:
  US 20160116745A1
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 359630, 345 7- 9
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0112 comprising device for genereting colour display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0116 comprising devices for correcting chromatic aberration
• 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 2027/0156 with optionally usable elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0169 Supporting or connecting means other than the external walls
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0181 Adaptation to the pilot/driver
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0172 characterised by optical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0176 characterised by mechanical features
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/008 with means for compensating for changes in temperature or for controlling the temperature; thermal stabilisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 : Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/105 : Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2460/07 : Use of position data from wide-area or local-area positioning systems in hearing devices, e.g. program or information selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/033 : Headphones for stereophonic communication details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10

Abstract

Embodiments include an eye cover adapted to be removeably mounted on a head-worn computer with a see-through computer display where the eye cover includes a flexible audio headset mounted to the eye cover. The flexibility of the audio headset provides the user of the head-worn computer with a mechanism to align the audio headset with an ear of the user.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an eye cover adapted to be removably mounted on a head-worn computer with a see-through computer display; and

a flexible audio headset mounted to the eye cover, wherein the flexibility provides the user of the head-worn computer with a mechanism to align the audio headset with an ear of the user;

wherein the flexible audio headset is mounted to the eye cover with a magnetic connection.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flexible audio headset includes an audio wire connected to a connector on the eye cover, the eye cover connector adapted to removably mate with a connector on the head-worn computer.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flexible audio headset is adapted to receive audio signals from the head-worn computer through a wireless connection.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the head-worn computer has a removable and replaceable front lens.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the eye cover includes a battery to power systems internal to the eye cover.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the eye cover includes a battery to power systems internal to the head-worn computer.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the eye cover includes a fan adapted to exchange air between an internal space, defined in part by the user'"'"'s face, and an external environment to cool the air in the internal space.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the audio headset includes a vibratory system adapted to provide the user with a haptic feedback coordinated with digital content presented in the see-through computer display.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the head-worn computer includes a vibratory system adapted to provide the user with a haptic feedback coordinated with digital content presented in the see-through computer display.