IP Library Granted Patent US 10,359,631
Granted Patent B2
US 10,359,631 · App. 15/269,667 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Augmented reality display systems and methods for re-rendering the world

Inventors: Nicole Elizabeth Samec (Fort Lauderdale, FL); John Graham Macnamara (Plantation, FL); Christopher M. Harrises (Nashua, NH); Brian T. Schowengerdt (Seattle, WA); Rony Abovitz (Hollywood, FL); Mark Baerenrodt (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,359,631
App. No.
15/269,667
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Configurations are disclosed for a health system to be used in various healthcare applications, e.g., for patient diagnostics, monitoring, and/or therapy. The health system may comprise a light generation module to transmit light or an image to a user, one or more sensors to detect a physiological parameter of the user's body, including their eyes, and processing circuitry to analyze an input received in response to the presented images to determine one or more health conditions or defects.

Claims (24)

1. A wearable augmented reality display system comprising:

a head-mounted augmented reality display comprising:

a waveguide stack comprising a plurality of waveguides, wherein each waveguide of the plurality of waveguides comprises:

in-coupling diffractive optical elements configured to in-couple light, and

out-coupling diffractive optical elements configured to out-couple light to an eye of a wearer of the head-mounted augmented reality display,

wherein one or more waveguides of the plurality of waveguides are configured to output light with a different amount of wavefront divergence than one or more other waveguides of the plurality of waveguides, wherein the different amounts of wavefront divergence correspond to different depth planes; and

at least one outward looking camera configured to capture an image of at least a portion of the world around the wearer,

wherein the display system is configured to:

process the image;

re-render the image; and

project the re-rendered image from the waveguide stack of the head-mounted display to the eye of the wearer.

2. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world based at least in part on an ophthalmic condition of the wearer.

3. The display system of claim 2 , wherein the display system is configured to treat a known ophthalmic condition of the wearer by re-rendering the image.

4. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by modifying a hue of at least a portion of the image.

5. The display system of claim 4 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by shifting a color of at least a portion of the image.

6. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by modifying an intensity of at least a portion of the image.

7. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by altering portions of the image based on a distribution of healthy and unhealthy cells in a retina of the wearer.

8. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by modifying a wavefront of at least a portion of the image.

9. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by magnifying at least a portion of the image.

10. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by modifying the saturation of at least a portion of the image.

11. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the display system is configured to re-render the image of the at least a portion of the world by modifying a spatial frequency of at least a portion of the image.

12. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the head-mounted display comprises a light field display.

13. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the head-mounted augmented reality display is configured to pass light from the world into the eye of the wearer.

14. The display system of claim 1 , wherein the head-mounted augmented reality display further comprises a light source configured to direct light into the eye of the wearer to form an image in the eye, and wherein the in-coupling diffractive optical elements are configured to in-couple light from the light source.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Nov 7, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: CITIBANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050967/0138 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Aug 22, 2019
From: MAGIC LEAP, INC.; MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC
To: JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 050138/0287 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2019
From: SAMEC, NICOLE ELIZABETH; MACNAMARA, JOHN GRAHAM; HARRISES, CHRISTOPHER M.; SCHOWENGERDT, BRIAN T.; ABOVITZ, RONY; BAERENRODT, MARK; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
Reel/Frame 049584/0749 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15072290 · Mar 16, 2016
Provisional Application 62133870 · Mar 16, 2015
Related Publication 20170010469A1 · Jan 12, 2017
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