Augmented Reality Light Guide Display
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured in a hand-held form factor;
one or more sensors configured to detect a position and orientation of the housing in three dimensions in a physical environment of the housing;
a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing;
a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide; and
one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware, the one or more modules configured to calculate a position and orientation of an augmentation and cause the light engine to output the augmentation for display using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide.
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Abstract
Augmented reality light guide display techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a housing configured in a hand-held form factor, one or more sensors configured to detect a position and orientation of the housing in three dimensions in a physical environment of the housing, a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing, a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide, and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to calculate a position and orientation of an augmentation and cause the light engine to output the augmentation for display using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing configured in a hand-held form factor; one or more sensors configured to detect a position and orientation of the housing in three dimensions in a physical environment of the housing; a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing; a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide; and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware, the one or more modules configured to calculate a position and orientation of an augmentation and cause the light engine to output the augmentation for display using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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capturing one or more images of a user using one or more cameras of a handheld device that is held by a user; calculating a location of the user'"'"'s pupils in three dimensional space from the captured one or more images by the handheld device; and displaying an augmentation on a transparent display of the handheld device based on the calculated location of the user'"'"'s pupils that is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of a physical surroundings of the handheld device that is viewable through the transparent display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing configured in a hand-held form factor; one or more cameras positioned in the housing to track one or more eyes of a user; a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing; a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide; and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware, the one or more modules configured to calculate a position of one or more pupils of the user in three-dimensional space and cause the light engine to output an augmentation for display based on the calculated position using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification