IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,714,291
Granted Patent B2
US 11,714,291 · App. 17/555,640 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods

Inventor: Brian T. Schowengerdt (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,714,291
App. No.
17/555,640
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for displaying virtual content to a user, the method includes determining an accommodation of the user's eyes. The method also includes delivering, through a first waveguide of a stack of waveguides, light rays having a first wavefront curvature based at least in part on the determined accommodation, wherein the first wavefront curvature corresponds to a focal distance of the determined accommodation. The method further includes delivering, through a second waveguide of the stack of waveguides, light rays having a second wavefront curvature, the second wavefront curvature associated with a predetermined margin of the focal distance of the determined accommodation.

Claims (26)

1. A system for displaying virtual content to a user, comprising:

a display system to deliver light associated with one or more frames of image data, wherein the light corresponds to a plurality of pixels, wherein the display system scans the light with variable line pitch;

a blurring module to variably blur one or more pixels of the plurality of pixels to modify a size of the one or more pixels; and

a processor to control the blurring module such that the size of the one or more pixels is modified based at least in part on a line pitch of the display system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the display system is a fiber scanning system.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the size of the one or more pixels is enlarged.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the size of the one or more pixels is reduced.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the line pitch is sparse.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the line pitch is dense.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an accommodation tracking module to track an accommodation of the user's eyes.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the blurring module variably blurs the one or more pixels based at least in part on the tracked accommodation.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein blurring the one or more pixels simulates a dioptric blur.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein blurring the one or more pixels provides feedback corresponding to the tracked accommodation.

11. A method for displaying virtual content to a user, comprising:

projecting light associated with one or more frames of image data with a display system, wherein the light corresponds to a plurality of pixels, and wherein the light is scanned with variable line pitch; and

variably blurring one or more pixels of the plurality of pixels with a blurring module to modify a size of the one or more pixels; and

modifying the size of the one or more pixels based at least in part on a line pitch of the display system by controlling the blurring module with a processor.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the display system is a fiber scanning system.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein modifying the size of the one or more pixels comprises enlarging the size of the one or more pixels.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein modifying the size of the one or more pixels comprises reducing the size of the one or more pixels.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the line pitch is sparse.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the line pitch is dense.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising tracking an accommodation of the user's eyes with an accommodation tracking module.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising variably blurring the one or more pixels based at least in part on the tracked accommodation with the blurring module.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising simulating a dioptric blur by blurring the one or more pixels.

20. The method of claim 18 , further comprising providing feedback corresponding to the tracked accommodation by blurring the one or more pixels.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2025
From: MAGIC LEAP, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC; MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073008/0696 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2022
From: MOLECULAR IMPRINTS, INC.; MENTOR ACQUISITION ONE, LLC; MAGIC LEAP, INC.
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 060338/0665 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: SCHOWENGERDT, BRIAN T.
To: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
Reel/Frame 058429/0800 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17155412 · Jan 22, 2021
Continuation 16814975 · Mar 10, 2020
Continuation 15729494 · Oct 10, 2017
Continuation 14555585 · Nov 27, 2014
Provisional Application 61909774 · Nov 27, 2013
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