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公开(公告)号:US10718951B2
公开(公告)日:2020-07-21
申请号:US15852188
申请日:2017-12-22
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Lloyd Frederick Holland , Joshua Moore
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for beam combining within laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes first, second, and third laser diodes to generate red, green, and blue laser light respectively, a controllable scan mirror, and a heterogeneous beam splitter system. The red, green, and blue laser light have distinct maximum powers. The heterogeneous beam splitter system splits at least one of the red, green, and blue laser light and combines respective first portions of all three into an aggregate beam. Second portions of laser light are excluded from the aggregate beam. At the maximum power of each laser light the aggregate beam is white as defined by a target white point. The heterogeneous beam splitter system directs the aggregate beam towards the controllable scan mirror which scans the beam onto a projection surface. Decreasing the power of the laser light post-generation provides a larger range of aggregate beam colors.
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公开(公告)号:US10365550B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-30
申请号:US15837264
申请日:2017-12-11
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Lloyd Frederick Holland , Vance R. Morrison
IPC: G03B21/20 , G02B26/10 , G02B27/01 , G02B27/14 , G02B27/30 , G02C11/00 , H01S5/00 , H01S5/40 , H01S5/02 , G03B21/62 , H01S5/022
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes N≥1 laser diodes, each of which emits laser light having a divergence. Each laser diode is paired with a respective primary or collimation lens to at least reduce a divergence of the laser light that the laser diode produces. Downstream from the primary lens(es) in the optical path(s) of the laser light, a single dedicated secondary or convergence lens converges the laser light to a focus. By initiating the convergence of the laser light at the secondary or convergence lens as opposed to at the primary or collimation lens(es), numerous benefits that are particularly advantageous in laser projection-based wearable heads-up displays are realized.
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公开(公告)号:US10365549B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-30
申请号:US15837259
申请日:2017-12-11
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Lloyd Frederick Holland , Vance R. Morrison
IPC: G03B21/20 , G02B26/10 , G02B27/01 , G02B27/14 , G02B27/30 , G02C11/00 , H01S5/00 , H01S5/40 , H01S5/02 , G03B21/62 , H01S5/022
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes N≥1 laser diodes, each of which emits laser light having a divergence. Each laser diode is paired with a respective primary or collimation lens to at least reduce a divergence of the laser light that the laser diode produces. Downstream from the primary lens(es) in the optical path(s) of the laser light, a single dedicated secondary or convergence lens converges the laser light to a focus. By initiating the convergence of the laser light at the secondary or convergence lens as opposed to at the primary or collimation lens(es), numerous benefits that are particularly advantageous in laser projection-based wearable heads-up displays are realized.
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公开(公告)号:US10310601B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-04
申请号:US16023300
申请日:2018-06-29
Applicant: Thalmic Labs Inc.
Inventor: Cezar Morun , Stephen Lake
IPC: A61B5/00 , G06F3/01 , A61B5/0492 , G06F1/16
Abstract: Systems, articles, and methods for improved capacitive electromyography (“EMG”) sensors are described. The improved capacitive EMG sensors include one or more sensor electrode(s) that is/are coated with a protective barrier formed of a material that has a relative permittivity εr of about 10 or more. The protective barrier shields the sensor electrode(s) from moisture, sweat, skin oils, etc. while advantageously contributing to a large capacitance between the sensor electrode(s) and the user's body. In this way, the improved capacitive EMG sensors provide enhanced robustness against variations in skin and/or environmental conditions. Such improved capacitive EMG sensors are particularly well-suited for use in wearable EMG devices that may be worn by a user for an extended period of time and/or under a variety of skin and/or environmental conditions. A wearable EMG device that provides a component of a human-electronics interface and incorporates such improved capacitive EMG sensors is described.
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公开(公告)号:US20190094549A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US16143030
申请日:2018-09-26
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Stuart James Myron Nicholson , Timothy Paul Bodiya , Stefan Alexander
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for eyebox expansion in wearable heads-up displays (“WHUDs”) are described. The WHUDs described herein each include a projector and an optical waveguide positioned in an optical path between the projector and an eye of the user. For any given light signal from the projector, the optical waveguide receives the light signal at an input coupler and outputs multiple instances or copies of the light signal from multiple discrete, spatially-separated output couplers. The multiple instances or copies of the light signal may be converged by the optical waveguide directly to respective exit pupils at the user's eye or may be routed by the optical waveguide to a holographic combiner in the user's field of view from which the light signals may be converged to respective exit pupils at the user's eye. The optical waveguide employs exit pupil replication to expand the eyebox of the WHUD.
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公开(公告)号:US20190079296A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US16128106
申请日:2018-09-11
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Stefan Alexander , Douglas Raymond Dykaar , John Otto Vieth , Timothy Paul Bodiya
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for optical waveguides that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. An optical device comprises an optical waveguide including a volume of optically transparent material having a first longitudinal surface positioned opposite a second longitudinal surface across a width of the volume, an in-coupler, a liquid crystal out-coupler, and a controller to modulate a refractive index of the liquid crystal out-coupler. Light is in-coupled into the waveguide and is propagated along a length of the waveguide by total internal reflection between the longitudinal surfaces before being out-coupled by the liquid crystal out-coupler on a path that is dependent on the modulated refractive index of the liquid crystal out-coupler. In this way, light signals can be steered to create an image and/or to move an exit pupil of an image. WHUDs that employ such optical waveguides are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20190079293A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US16127981
申请日:2018-09-11
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Stefan Alexander , Douglas Raymond Dykaar , John Otto Vieth , Timothy Paul Bodiya
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for optical waveguides that are well-suited for use in wearable heads-up displays (WHUDs) are described. An optical device comprises an optical waveguide including a volume of optically transparent material having a first longitudinal surface positioned opposite a second longitudinal surface across a width of the volume, a liquid crystal in-coupler, a controller to modulate a refractive index of the liquid crystal in-coupler, and an out-coupler. Light is in-coupled into the waveguide on a path that is dependent on the modulated refractive index of the liquid crystal in-coupler and is propagated along a length of the waveguide by total internal reflection between the longitudinal surfaces before being out-coupled by the out-coupler. In this way, light signals can be steered to create an image and/or to move an exit pupil of an image. WHUDs that employ such optical waveguides are also described.
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公开(公告)号:US20190070806A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-07
申请号:US16119499
申请日:2018-08-31
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Darren Ihmels
Abstract: A provisional lens structure has a grip tab region that allows the provisional lens structure to be supported and maneuvered, for example during subsequent manufacturing operations to produce a finished lens, thereby reducing the risk of damage to the provisional lens structure as compared to conventional approaches in which the provisional lens is supported and maneuvered directly by the edge of the provisional lens.
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公开(公告)号:US20190025596A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16038437
申请日:2018-07-18
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Nils Johan Fransson , Eric J. Caliston , Arnett Weber , Michael A. T. Fowler , Robin W. Tsen , Darren Ihmels
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for embedding a diffractive element in an eyeglass lens are described. A method of embedding a diffractive element in an eyeglass lens includes applying a protective layer to a diffractive element, applying an interface layer to the protective layer, and applying a lens layer to the interface layer. The interface layer and the lens layer are each comprised of a resin material that hardens when cured. The interface layer is of a shape and thickness that adheres well to the protective layer after the interface layer is cured. The lens layer is of a shape and thickness that achieves the desired component shape of the lens after the lens layer is cured.
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公开(公告)号:US20190025592A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16038439
申请日:2018-07-18
Applicant: THALMIC LABS INC.
Inventor: Nils Johan Fransson , Eric J. Caliston , Arnett Weber , Michael A. T. Fowler , Robin W. Tsen , Darren Ihmels
Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for embedding a diffractive element in an eyeglass lens are described. A method of embedding a diffractive element in an eyeglass lens includes applying a protective layer to a diffractive element, applying an interface layer to the protective layer, and applying a lens layer to the interface layer. The interface layer and the lens layer are each comprised of a resin material that hardens when cured. The interface layer is of a shape and thickness that adheres well to the protective layer after the interface layer is cured. The lens layer is of a shape and thickness that achieves the desired component shape of the lens after the lens layer is cured.
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