Reverse pass-through glasses for augmented reality and virtual reality devices

US12095975B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Nathan Matsuda · Redmond, US
• Brian Wheelwright · Tucson, US
• Joel Hegland · Pullman, US
• Stephen Anthony Lombardi · Pittsburgh, US
• Jason Saragih · Pittsburgh, US
• Tomas Simon Kreuz · Pittsburgh, US
• Shunsuke Saito · Los Angeles, US
• Michael Zollhoefer · Pittsburgh, US
• Amit Raj · Atlanta, US
• James Henry Hays · Decatur, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 17, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 17, 2024
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N2213/001
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A device for providing a reverse pass-through view of a user of a headset display to an onlooker includes an eyepiece comprising an optical surface configured to provide an image to a user on a first side of the optical surface. The device also includes a first camera configured to collect an image of a portion of a face of the user reflected from the optical surface in a first field of view, a display adjacent to the optical surface and configured to project forward an image of the face of the user, and a screen configured to receive light from the display and provide the image of the face of the user to an onlooker.