IP Library Granted Patent US 11,442,270
Granted Patent B2
US 11,442,270 · App. 16/511,353 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Virtual reality head-mounted apparatus with a partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge

Inventor: Hong Zhang (Hangzhou, CN)
Assignee: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G02B27/0172G06F3/013G02B27/0955G02B27/141G02B2027/014G02B2027/0138
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Patent No.
US 11,442,270
App. No.
16/511,353
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted apparatus are provided. One of the apparatus includes a convex lens, a camera and a partial-reflection partial-transmission lens. The partial-reflection partial-transmission lens is located on a side of the convex lens towards a user when the user wears the VR head-mounted apparatus, and a lens surface of the partial-reflection partial-transmission lens is disposed obliquely to reflect an infrared image of an eye of the user to the camera. The VR head-mounted apparatus improves the acquisition accuracy for an infrared image of an eye of the user.

Claims (40)

1. A virtual reality (VR) head-mounted apparatus, comprising:

a convex lens;

a first camera located at a top of the VR head-mounted apparatus;

a second camera located at a bottom of the VR head-mounted apparatus; and

a partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge for reflecting infrared light, wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge is located on a side of the convex lens towards a user when the user wears the VR head-mounted apparatus,

wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge comprises an upper structure and a lower structure connected at a joint of the upper structure and the lower structure, the upper structure and the lower structure contacting the convex lens,

the upper structure having an upper-front surface facing towards the user and an upper-back surface facing away from the user, the upper-front surface configured to reflect a light from the user towards the first camera, the upper-front surface being a surface of the upper structure closest to the user, the upper-back surface being a surface of the upper structure closest to the convex lens, the upper-front surface substantially parallel with the upper-back surface,

the lower structure having a lower-front surface facing towards the user and a lower-back surface facing away from the user, the lower-front surface configured to reflect the light from the user towards the second camera, the lower-front surface being a surface of the lower structure closest to the user, the lower-back surface being a surface of the lower structure closest to the convex lens, and the lower-front surface substantially parallel with the lower-back surface, wherein the upper-front surface and the lower-front surface are planar surfaces, the upper-front surface and the lower-front surface form a first obtuse angle at the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure,

the upper-back surface of the upper structure and the lower-back surface of the lower structure forming a second obtuse angle at the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge has a higher transmittance for visible light than for infrared light.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge comprises an infrared dichroic mirror.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the infrared dichroic mirror comprises a TiO 2 —Ag—TiO 2 infrared reflective film or a ZnS—Ag—ZnS infrared reflective film.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first camera is located outside a visible area of the convex lens with respect to the user.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure is located in the middle of the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the upper structure and the lower structure are symmetrical with respect to a horizontal plane going through the middle of the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure is located at an upper part of the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a protective frame, which forms an accommodating space adapted to the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge and the convex lens, so as to accommodate and fix the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge and the convex lens to the apparatus.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

an adjustment component configured to perform angle adjustment on the first camera, such that a lens of the first camera is kept towards a virtual infrared image of the eye formed by the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge.

11. A virtual reality (VR) apparatus, comprising:

a convex lens;

a first camera located at a top of the VR apparatus;

a second camera located at a bottom of the VR apparatus;

a partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge for reflecting infrared light, wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge is located on a side of the convex lens towards a user when the user wears the VR apparatus,

wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge comprises an upper structure and a lower structure connected at a joint of the upper structure and the lower structure, the upper structure and the lower structure contacting the convex lens,

the upper structure having an upper-front surface facing towards the user and an upper-back surface facing away from the user, the upper-front surface configured to reflect a light from the user towards the first camera, the upper-front surface being a surface of the upper structure closest to the user, the upper-back surface being a surface of the upper structure closest to the convex lens, the upper-front surface substantially parallel with the upper-back surface,

the lower structure having a lower-front surface facing towards the user and a lower-back surface facing away from the user, the lower-front surface configured to reflect the light from the user towards the second camera, the lower-front surface being a surface of the lower structure closest to the user, the lower-back surface being a surface of the lower structure closest to the convex lens, the lower-front surface substantially parallel with the lower-back surface, wherein the upper-front surface and the lower-front surface are planar surfaces, the upper-front surface and the lower-front surface form a first obtuse angle at the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure,

the upper-back surface of the upper structure and the lower-back surface of the lower structure forming a second obtuse angle at the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure; and

a VR playing component on a side of the convex lens away from the user and configured to display VR content.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the VR playing component is a mobile phone or a tablet, and the VR content is displayed through a screen of the VR playing component.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the VR playing component is a display component connected to an external apparatus, which generates the VR content for the VR playing component to display.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the external apparatus is a personal computer or a game console.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge has a higher transmittance for visible light than for infrared light.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge comprises an infrared dichroic mirror.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the infrared dichroic mirror comprises a TiO 2 —Ag—TiO 2 infrared reflective film or a ZnS—Ag—ZnS infrared reflective film.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first camera is located outside a visible area of the convex lens with respect to the user.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the joint of the upper structure and the lower structure is located in the middle of the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge.

20. The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising:

an adjustment component configured to perform angle adjustment on the first camera, such that a lens of the first camera is kept towards a virtual infrared image of the eye formed by the partial-reflection partial-transmission wedge.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053796/0281 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
To: ADVANTAGEOUS NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053702/0392 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2019
From: ZHANG, HONG
To: ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049753/0553 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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