公开(公告)号：US20230061866A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US18049680

申请日：2022-10-26

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Andrew John Ouderkirk ,  Karol Constantine Hatzilias ,  Katherine Marie Smyth ,  Robin Sharma

IPC: H01L41/193 ,  H01L41/09 ,  H01L41/317 ,  H01L41/45 ,  H01L41/29 ,  A61B3/103 ,  A61B3/00 ,  H01L41/047 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H01L41/083 ,  H01L41/18

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are generally directed to optical systems. The optical systems may include a proximal lens that may transmit light toward an eye of a user. The optical systems may also include a distal lens that may, in combination with the proximal lens, correct for at least a portion of a refractive error of the eye of the user. The optical systems may further include a selective transmission interface. The selective transmission interface may couple the proximal lens to the distal lens, transmits light having a selected property, and does not transmit light that does not have the selected property. The optical system can also include an accommodative lens, such as a liquid lens. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US20230057524A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17883942

申请日：2022-08-09

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Christopher Stipe ,  Marina Zannoli ,  Ian Erkelens ,  Andrew John Ouderkirk ,  Spencer Allan Wells ,  Eugene Cho ,  John Cooke ,  Robin Sharma ,  Jonathan Robert Peterson

IPC: G02C7/08 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: Eyeglass devices may include a frame shaped and sized to be worn by a user at least partially in front of the user's eyes, a varifocal optical element mounted to the frame, and an eye-tracking element mounted to the frame. The varifocal optical element may include a substantially transparent actuator positioned at least partially within an optical aperture of the varifocal optical element and configured to alter a shape of the varifocal optical element upon actuation. The eye-tracking element may be configured to track at least a gaze direction of the user's eyes, and the varifocal optical element may be configured to change, based on information from the eye-tracking element, in at least one optical property including a focal distance. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11550153B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-10

申请号：US16854613

申请日：2020-04-21

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Weichuan Gao ,  Chadwick Brian Martin ,  Robin Sharma ,  Byron Taylor

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B3/02 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An optical assembly for an eye-tracking camera includes an aperture stop, a first optical surface, and a second optical surface. The optical assembly is configured to receive non-visible light reflected or scattered by an eye and to direct the non-visible light to an image sensor along an optical path, where the non-visible light is received from an optical combiner of an eye-tracking system. The first optical surface is disposed on the optical path and is configured to correct for field-independent optical aberrations induced by the optical combiner. The second optical surface is disposed on the optical path and is configured to correct for field-dependent optical aberrations induced by the optical combiner.

公开(公告)号：US20220404608A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17721760

申请日：2022-04-15

Applicant: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Inventor： Robin Sharma ,  Yun-Han Lee ,  Difei Qi ,  Konstantin Kudinov

IPC: G02B26/06 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N17/00 ,  G02B27/00

Abstract: An apparatus comprising (1) a conoscope configured to receive an image emitted by a display device through a corrective lens, (2) a variable compensation element coupled to the conoscope, wherein the variable compensation element is capable of selectively modifying the image emitted by the display device to compensate for an optical effect imparted by the corrective lens on the image, and (3) a controller coupled to the variable compensation element, wherein the controller (1) receives a compensation parameter representative of the optical effect imparted by the corrective lens on the image, (2) selects, based at least in part on the compensation parameter, a feature of the variable compensation element that compensates for the optical effect, and (3) causing the feature of the variable compensation element to be applied to the image. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US11506913B1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-22

申请号：US16940120

申请日：2020-07-27

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Robin Sharma ,  Kurt Allen Jenkins ,  Karol Constantine Hatzilias ,  Christopher Yuan-Ting Liao ,  Alexander Randon Cope

IPC: G02C7/02

Abstract: An optical element includes a glass substrate layer and an optical plastic layer. The optical plastic layer has a planar surface. A prescription surface may be formed in the optical plastic layer opposite the planar surface.

公开(公告)号：US11495937B1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US16198783

申请日：2018-11-22

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Robin Sharma ,  Andrew John Ouderkirk

IPC: H01S3/106 ,  G02B26/10 ,  H01S3/11 ,  H01S3/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H01S3/139 ,  H01S3/121 ,  H01S3/108 ,  H01S3/101 ,  G02F1/35 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/30 ,  G02B27/14

Abstract: Near-infrared pulses are emitted from a pulsed light source. A scanner directs the near-infrared pulses as scanned light. An optical element directs the scanned light into the eye. The scanned light is scanned in two dimensions to form an image on the eye. Photon-pairs of the near-infrared pulses deliver a photon energy that is perceived as visible light.

公开(公告)号：US11428930B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16534861

申请日：2019-08-07

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Qi Zhang ,  Robin Sharma ,  Andrew John Ouderkirk ,  Karol Constantine Hatzilias ,  Christopher Yuan-Ting Liao ,  Gregory Olegovic Andreev

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G01J5/02 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/09

Abstract: The disclosure includes optical systems and near-eye optical elements configured to suppress stray infrared light. Infrared illuminators illuminator an eyebox area with narrow-band infrared illumination light for eye-tracking. A combiner layer receives reflected infrared light reflected of an eye of the user and directs the reflected infrared light to a camera configured to capture eye-tracking images of an eye of a user. An anti-reflection (AR) coating may be disposed on a base curvature to reduce Fresnel reflections that generate stray light. A ghost suppression component may be paired with the infrared illuminators to reduce stray light becoming incident on the camera.

公开(公告)号：US11416071B1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US17220373

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Inventor： Andrew John Ouderkirk ,  Jacques Gollier ,  Robin Sharma ,  Yusufu Njoni Bamaxam Sulai ,  Brian Wheelwright ,  Ying Geng ,  Alexander Sohn ,  Abbas Mehdi Kazmi

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: A backlight device includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The backlight device is configured to emit light in a first optical band through the second surface toward a display panel of a head-mounted display (HMD). The display panel is configured to convert the light from the backlight device to image light. The backlight device is transparent to light in a second optical band that is different than the first optical band. An eye tracking system illuminates an eyebox with light in the second optical band. A camera assembly positioned adjacent to the first surface of the backlight device. The camera assembly is configured to capture images of the eye in the second optical band through the backlight device, the display panel. The eye tracking system determines eye tracking information based at least in part on the captured images.