IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,638
Granted Patent B1
US 11,614,638 · App. 16/743,689 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Prescription optical element for selected head mounted device

Inventors: Robin Sharma (Redmond, WA); Mohamed Tarek El-Haddad (Redmond, WA); Ruobing Qian (Durham, NC); Byron Taylor (Sammamish, WA)
Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
G02C7/027G02B27/0172G02C7/022G02C7/028G02C7/088G02B2027/011
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Patent No.
US 11,614,638
App. No.
16/743,689
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B1
Abstract

A distortion profile is based on user lens data and a selected optical-mechanical profile of a selected head mounted device. The user lens data is associated with prescription lenses worn by the user. A prescription optical layer is fabricated based on the distortion profile for the selected head mounted device.

Claims (30)

1. A method comprising:

receiving user lens data associated with prescription lenses worn by a user;

receiving a selected optical-mechanical profile of a selected head mounted device;

generating a distortion profile based on the user lens data and the selected optical-mechanical profile, wherein the distortion profile includes at least one of a Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) or a point spread function (PSF) of the prescription lenses; and

fabricating a prescription optical element for the selected head mounted device based on the distortion profile.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prescription optical element for the head mounted device includes a plano-concave prescription optical layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein fabricating the prescription optical element includes bonding a plano-side of the plano-concave prescription optical layer to a planar surface.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a plano-side of the plano-concave prescription optical layer is bonded to a planar surface of an illumination layer configured to illuminate an eyebox area with non-visible light.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein fabricating the prescription optical element for the selected head mounted device includes three-dimensional (3D) printing a prescription optical layer onto an optical element.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein fabricating the prescription optical element includes bonding a prescription optical layer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the prescription optical element includes a display layer and an eye-tracking layer and wherein the prescription optical layer is on an eyeward side of the prescription optical element.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the prescription optical layer is a plano-concave lens.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prescription optical element includes a first base curve that is different than a second base curve included in the lens user data.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user lens data includes an optical power of the prescription lenses worn by the user.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the user lens data includes a three-dimensional (3D) mapping of a face of the user and the prescription lenses worn by the user.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected optical-mechanical profile of the selected head mounted device includes a three-dimensional (3D) mapping of a face of the user and the selected head mounted device worn by the user.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user lens data includes an interpupillary distance (IPD) between a first pupil of a first eye of the user and a second pupil of a second eye of the user.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the distortion profile includes a same optical performance as the prescription lenses.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected head mounted device is an augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD).

16. A fabrication method comprising:

receiving a distortion profile generated based on user lens data of a user and a selected optical-mechanical profile of a selected head mounted device, wherein the user lens data is associated with prescription lenses worn by the user;

receiving a portion of a prescription optical element for coupling into a frame of the selected head mounted device; and

coupling a prescription optical layer to the portion of the prescription optical element, wherein the prescription optical layer is based on the distortion profile, wherein the prescription optical element includes a display layer disposed between an eye-tracking layer and a base curve layer.

17. The fabrication method of claim 16 , wherein coupling the prescription optical layer to the portion of the prescription optical element includes three-dimensional (3D) printing the prescription optical layer onto the portion of the prescription optical element.

18. The fabrication method of claim 16 , wherein the selected head mounted device is an augmented reality (AR) head mounted display (HMD).

19. A method comprising:

receiving user lens data associated with prescription lenses worn by a user, wherein the user lens data includes an optical power of the prescription lenses worn by the user, and wherein the user lens data includes a three-dimensional (3D) mapping of a face of the user and the prescription lenses worn by the user;

receiving a selected optical-mechanical profile of a selected head mounted device;

generating a distortion profile based on the user lens data and the selected optical-mechanical profile; and

fabricating a prescription optical element for the selected head mounted device based on the distortion profile wherein the prescription optical element includes a display layer disposed between an eye-tracking layer and a base curve layer.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060246/0845 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: SHARMA, ROBIN; EL-HADDAD, MOHAMED TAREK; QIAN, RUOBING; TAYLOR, BYRON
To: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 051724/0278 →
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