IP Library Granted Patent US 12,320,984
Granted Patent B2
US 12,320,984 · App. 18/890,584 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Head wearable virtual image module for superimposing virtual image on real-time image

Inventor: Feng-Chun Yeh (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Oomii Inc.
G02B27/0172A61B90/37G09G3/001A61B2090/365G02B2027/014G09G2320/0693G09G2340/12G09G2354/00G09G2380/08
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Patent No.
US 12,320,984
App. No.
18/890,584
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a system for superimposing a virtual image on a real-time image or real object. The system comprises a right collimated light signal generator for generating a right collimated light signal and a left collimated light signal generator for generating a left collimated light signal corresponding to the right collimated light signal which is directed towards the other retina of the viewer; wherein the right collimated light signal and the left collimated light signal form a binocular pixel of a virtual image with a first depth, the first depth which the viewer perceives is modified by changing a convergence angle between light path extensions of the right collimated light signal and the corresponding left collimated light signal projected into the viewer's eyes based on an interpupillary distance, the first depth corresponds to a depth location of a converging point of light path extensions of the right collimated light signal and the corresponding left collimated light signal.

Claims (16)

1. A virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth, comprising:

a right collimated light signal generator for generating a right collimated light signal which is directed towards one retina of a viewer;

a left collimated light signal generator for generating a left collimated light signal corresponding to the right collimated light signal which is directed towards the other retina of the viewer;

wherein the right collimated light signal and the left collimated light signal form a binocular pixel of a virtual image with a first depth, the first depth which the viewer perceives is modified by changing a convergence angle between light path extensions of the right collimated light signal and the corresponding left collimated light signal projected into the viewer's eyes based on an interpupillary distance, the first depth corresponds to a depth location of a converging point of light path extensions of the right collimated light signal and the corresponding left collimated light signal;

wherein the virtual image is augmented and superimposed to a real object having a second depth by configuring the converging point in proximity to one portion of the real object,

wherein the first depth and a magnification of the virtual image are altered according to the second depth,

wherein the virtual image module is inclusive in a portable augmented reality device,

wherein the portable augmented reality device comprises a real-time image module, the real-time image module comprises a combiner of the portable augmented reality device.

2. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 1 , wherein the first depth and the magnification of the virtual image are altered according to the second depth.

3. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 1 , wherein the virtual image is a photograph, a magnetic resonance image, an x-ray image, a computed tomography, and an optical coherence tomography of a body organ or tissue provided by the virtual image module.

4. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 3 , wherein the virtual image is marked with a location, a guidance, an instruction, or a navigation to perform a surgery.

5. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 2 , wherein a first point on the real object is selected as a first landmark for superimposing the virtual image on the real object by overlapping a corresponding first landmark on the virtual image on the first landmark on the real object.

6. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 5 , wherein a second point on the real object is selected as a second landmark for superimposing the virtual image on the real object by overlapping a corresponding second landmark on the virtual image on the second landmark on the real object.

7. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 1 , wherein the virtual image module further comprises a control module to process the right collimated light signal and the corresponding left collimated light signal so that the virtual image is modified to be superimposed on the real object based on a view angle, and a location of the real object.

8. The virtual image module for generating a virtual image with depth of claim 1 , further comprising:

an object measuring module configured to measure a location and the second depth of a portion of the real object.

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 19, 2024
From: YEH, FENG-CHUN
To: HES IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068640/0742 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation In Part 18510258 · Nov 15, 2023
Continuation 18331910 · Jun 8, 2023
Continuation 17623260
Provisional Application 63085172 · Sep 30, 2020
Provisional Application 63065506 · Aug 14, 2020
Related Publication 20250013054A1 · Jan 9, 2025
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