IP Library Granted Patent US 11,650,421
Granted Patent B1
US 11,650,421 · App. 16/421,076 · Granted May 16, 2023

Wearable display solutions for presbyopic ametropia

Inventors: Ian Erkelens (Kirkland, WA); Larry Richard Moore, Jr. (Redmond, WA); Kevin James MacKenzie (Sammamish, WA)
Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
G02B27/0172G06F3/012G06F3/013G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138G02B2027/0147G02B2027/0178
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Patent No.
US 11,650,421
App. No.
16/421,076
Granted
May 16, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method may include identifying, by one or more processors, an object in a field of view of a wearable display, where the object is identified for a presbyopic compensation. The presbyopic compensation is performed by the one or more processors on image data of the object to generate compensated image data of the object. The one or more processors render an image in response to the compensated image data of the object on a display of the wearable display.

Claims (36)

1. A method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, an object in a field of view of a wearable display from image data of the field of view detected by one or more sensors, wherein identifying the object comprises:

identifying a range of focal distance of the object using the image data detected by the one or more sensors; and

identifying the object for a presbyopic compensation based on the range of focal distance being associated with a presbyopic condition, wherein the range being associated with the presbyopic condition is determined based on information regarding a user stored in a user profile, wherein the user profile comprises a predicted characteristic of an eye as a function of action and the user's age;

performing, by the one or more processors, the presbyopic compensation on the image data of the object to generate compensated image data of the object; and

rendering, by the one or more processors, an image in response to the compensated image data of the object on a display of the wearable display;

wherein the object comprises a text object, wherein the text object is identified for the presbyopic compensation based on a spatial frequency of the text object and the predicted characteristic of the user profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of objects are identified based on spectral decomposition of an image of the object.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of objects are further identified based on a range of the objects.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the one or more processors, the image data of the object from one of the one or more sensors or a camera of the wearable display.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presbyopic compensation comprises rendering the image of the object in the field of view at a first optical distance to the user in response to the compensated image data, the first optical distance being different than a real world optical distance.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the object comprises text of a first color and the text is rendered on a background of a second color.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the text is rendered to change the first color to a third color.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the image of the object is rendered in response to the compensated image data in a world locked or gaze locked mode.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is identified by gaze sensing a depth of view of the object and determining the depth of view is within the range associated with presbyopic ametropia of the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is identified by sensing an eye parameter, the eye parameter being associated with one of reading or attempting to focus at a depth associated with presbyopic ametropia of the user, or is identified by hand tracking and identifying hand gestures.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compensated image data provides the object at a larger size than a real world view of the object.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the presbyopic compensation includes resizing the text object based on the range of the text object.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object is identified using one or more physiological reactions comprising at least one of squinting, pupil changes, or read eye movements.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

capture an image of an augmented reality environment comprising an object in a range of focal distance associated with presbyopic ametropia of a user, wherein the range of focal distance associated with presbyopic ametropia is determined based on information in a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile comprises a predicted characteristic of an eye as a function of action and a user's age;

identify the object in the image of the augmented reality environment; and

render an image of the object on an augmented reality display with one of an enhanced image contrast or at a focal distance outside of the range;

wherein the object comprises a text object, wherein the text object is identified for presbyopic compensation based on a spatial frequency of the text object and the predicted characteristic of the user profile.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the enhanced image contrast comprises dimming a background of the augmented reality display locally or globally.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the range is defined in the user profile for the augmented reality display.

17. A system, comprising:

a camera of a wearable display configured to capture first image data associated with a first image of an environment; and

one or more processors configured to:

identify an object and a range of focal distance of the object in the image for presbyopic compensation based on the range of the object being associated with a presbyopic condition, wherein the range of the object being associated with the presbyopic condition is determined based on information in a user profile for a user, wherein the user profile comprises a predicted characteristic of an eye as a function of action and the user's age; and

render a second image on the wearable display, wherein the second image comprises a rendering of the object with the presbyopic compensation;

wherein the object comprises a text object, wherein the text object is identified for the presbyopic compensation based on a spatial frequency of the text object and the predicted characteristic of the user profile.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the rendering uses a first optical distance to the user for the object in a field of view, the first optical distance being farther than a real world optical distance to the user.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the rendering provides enhanced contrast for the object compared to a contrast in the environment.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the rendering provides high spatial frequency compensation for the object.

21. The system of claim 17 , wherein the wearable display comprises one of electronic glasses or a head mounted display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2022
From: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060816/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2019
From: ERKELENS, IAN; MOORE, LARRY RICHARD; MACKENZIE, KEVIN JAMES
To: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 050407/0532 →
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