IP Library Granted Patent US 10,866,420
Granted Patent B2
US 10,866,420 · App. 16/130,165 · Granted Dec 15, 2020

See-through computer display systems

Inventors: John N. Border (Campbell, CA); Joseph Bietry (Chili, NY); John D. Haddick (Corte Madera, CA)
Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,866,420
App. No.
16/130,165
Filed
Sep 13, 2018
Granted
Dec 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2872
USPC
359/630
Abstract

Embodiments include a head-worn display including a display panel sized and positioned to produce a field of view to present digital content to an eye of a user, and a processor adapted to present the digital content to the display panel such that the digital content is only presented in a portion of the field of view, the portion being in the middle of the field of view such that horizontally opposing edges of the field of view are blank areas. The processor is adapted to shift the digital content into one of the blank areas to adjust the convergence distance of the digital content and thereby change the perceived distance from the user to the digital content.

Claims (17)

1. A head-worn display, comprising:

a display panel configured to present digital content at a first field of view; and

a processor in communication with the display panel and adapted to communicate, to the display panel, a portion of the digital content comprising a subset of the first field of view, wherein the subset of the first field of view comprises a middle of the first field of view;

wherein presenting the digital content comprises shifting the digital content onto a blank area adjacent to the subset of the first field of view to change a perceived distance associated with the digital content.

2. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a see-through display panel and the presenting the digital content comprises presenting one or more augmented reality objects via the see-through display panel.

3. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein the perceived distance comprises a distance within arm's reach of a user of the head-worn display.

4. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein the perceived distance is adjusted in accordance with a type of the digital content.

5. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein the perceived distance is adjusted in accordance with a use case associated with the digital content.

6. The head-worn display of claim 1 , wherein the perceived distance is measurable by an eye imaging system of the head-worn display.

7. The head-worn display of claim 6 , wherein the eye imaging system images a front perspective of an eye of a user of the head-worn display.

8. A head-worn display, comprising:

a display panel configured to present digital content at a first field of view; and

a processor in communication with the display panel and adapted to communicate, to the display panel, a portion of the digital content comprising a subset of the first field of view, wherein the subset of the first field of view comprises a middle of the first field of view;

wherein presenting the digital content comprises shifting the digital content onto a first blank area adjacent to the subset of the first field of view to adjust a position of the digital content within the first field of view.

9. The head-worn display of claim 8 , wherein shifting the digital content onto a first blank area comprises decreasing a size of the first blank area and increasing a size of a second blank area such that the sum of the size of the first blank area and the size of the second blank area remains constant.

10. The head-worn display of claim 9 , wherein adjusting the position of the digital content comprises adjusting a convergence distance associated with the digital content.

11. The head-worn display of claim 9 , wherein adjusting the position of the digital content comprises adjusting an interpupillary distance associated with the digital content.

Assignments (7)
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 PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
To: MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 048945/0939 →
SECURED PARTY BILL OF SALE Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 051018/0883 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2019
From: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
To: MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC
Reel/Frame 048479/0022 →
SECURED PARTY BILL OF SALE Recorded Mar 1, 2019
From: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
To: JGB COLLATERAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 050107/0378 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2018
From: BORDER, JOHN N.; BIETRY, JOSEPH; HADDICK, JOHN D.
To: OSTERHOUT GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 047566/0233 →