IP Library Granted Patent US 12,443,043
Granted Patent B2
US 12,443,043 · App. 18/471,438 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

System and method for multi-instances emission for retina scanning based near eye display

Inventors: Jiunn-Yiing Lai (New Taipei, TW); Feng-Chun Yeh (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Oomii Inc.
G02B27/0172G02B27/0179G02B2027/0134G02B2027/0187
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Patent No.
US 12,443,043
App. No.
18/471,438
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-instances emission system for retina scanning based near eye display is disclosed. The multi-instances emission system comprises: a right light emitter and a left light emitter for respectively emitting a right light signal and a left light signal to a first eye and a second eye of a viewer; at least one optical duplicator for respectively dividing the right light signal and the left light signal into multiple light instances; and at least one light signal redirector for changing direction of a plurality of light instances of the right light signal and a plurality of light instances of the left light signal, such that the plurality of light instances of the right light signal have optical paths that converge to form a first converging point and f the plurality of light instances of the left light signal have optical paths that converge to form a second converging point.

Claims (24)

1. A multi-instances emission system for retina scanning based near eye display, comprising:

a right light emitter and a left light emitter for respectively emitting a right light signal and a left light signal to a first eye and a second eye of a viewer, the right light signal and the left light signal respectively representing a right pixel and a left pixel of a partial binocular image;

at least one optical duplicator for dividing the right light signal into a plurality of light instances of the right light signal and dividing the left light signal into a plurality of light instances of the left light signal, wherein all of the plurality of light instances of the right light signal represent the right pixel, and all of the plurality of light instances of the left light signal represent the left pixel; and

at least one light signal redirector for changing directions of the plurality of light instances of the right light signal and the plurality of light instances of the left light signal, such that the plurality of light instances of the right light signal have optical paths that converge to form a first converging point, and the plurality of light instances of the left light signal have optical paths that converge to form a second converging point;

wherein the first converging point and the second converging point are respectively located on the optical paths of the plurality of light instances after leaving the at least one light signal redirector and entering respective pupils of the first eye and the second eye.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein a depth of a partial binocular image formed by the right light signal and the left light signal when the viewer fixate at the right light signal and the left light signal is related to a distance between the first converging point and the second converging point and an interpupillary distance of the viewer.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first converging point and the second converging point are located on respective retinas of the first eye and the second eye.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the right light emitter and the left light emitter respectively emits a plurality of right light signals and a plurality of left light signals to the first eye and the second eye of the viewer, each of the plurality of right light signals has a corresponding left light signal from the plurality of left light signals, each of the plurality of right light signals and the corresponding left light signal from the plurality of left light signals comprise similar image information of a respective partial binocular image, each of the plurality of right light signals and the plurality of left light signals are divided into multiple light instances having different first converging points and the second converging points.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein a distance between the first converging point and second converging point of the plurality of light instances of each of the plurality of right light signals and the corresponding left light signal varies relative to each other.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein a depth coordinate of the partial binocular image is determined based on a distance between the first converging point and the second converging point and an orientation of the first eye and the second eye when the viewer perceives the partial binocular image.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the orientation of the first eye and the second eye includes a convergent angle between visual axes of the first eye and the second eye.

8. A multi-instances emission method for retina scanning based near eye display, comprising:

emitting a right light signal and a left light signal to a first eye and a second eye of a viewer, the right light signal and the left light signal respectively representing a right pixel and a left pixel of a partial binocular image;

dividing the right light signal into a plurality of light instances of the right light signal and dividing the left light signal into a plurality of light instances of the left light signal, wherein all of the plurality of light instances of the right light signal represent the right pixel, and all of the plurality of light instances of the left light signal represent the left pixel;

by at least one light signal redirector, modulating directions of the plurality of light instances of the right light signal and the plurality of light instances of the left light signal, such that the plurality of light instances of the right light signal have optical paths that converge to form a first converging point, and the plurality of light instances of the left light signal have optical paths that converge to form a second converging point;

wherein the first converging point and the second converging point are respectively located on the optical paths of the plurality of light instances after leaving the at least one light signal redirector and entering respective pupils of the first eye and the second eye.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a depth of a partial binocular image formed by the right light signal and the left light signal when the viewer perceives the right light signal and the left light signal correlates to a distance between the first converging point and the second converging point and an interpupillary distance of the viewer.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first converging point and the second converging point are located on respective retinas of the first eye and the second eye.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein locations on the respective retinas of the first converging point and the second converging point change according to an orientation of the first eye and the second eye.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein locations of the first converging point and the second converging point relative to the at least one light signal redirector remain constant regardless an orientation of the first eye and the second eye.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising emitting a plurality of right light signals and a plurality of left light signals to the first eye and the second eye of the viewer, wherein a distance between the first converging point and second converging point of the plurality of light instances of each of the plurality of right light signals and the corresponding left light signal varies relative to each other.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein a variation of the depth with respect to time of the partial binocular image formed by the right light signal and the left light signal when the viewer perceives the right light signal and the left light signal is modulated by changing the distance between the first converging point and the second converging point based on an interpupillary distance of the viewer.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein a depth of the partial binocular image is determined based on the distance between the first converging point and the second converging point and an orientation of the first eye and the second eye when the viewer perceives the partial binocular image.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the orientation of the first eye and the second eye includes the convergent angle between visual axes of the first eye and the second eye.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: HES IP HOLDINGS, LLC
To: OOMII INC.
Reel/Frame 070287/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: LAI, JIUNN-YIING; YEH, FENG-CHUN
To: HES IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 064981/0529 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63414085 · Oct 7, 2022
Related Publication 20240118550A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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