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See-through near-eye display glasses including a partially reflective, partially transmitting optical element

US8477425B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Osterhout Group, Inc. · US

Inventors

John N. Border · Walworth, US
John D. Haddick · Mill Valley, US
Ralph F. Osterhout · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2012
Grant date	Jul 2, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R1/028
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the optical assembly comprises a partially reflective, partially transmitting optical element that reflects a portion of image light from the image source and transmits scene light from a see-through view of the surrounding environment, so that a combined image comprised of portions of the reflected image light and the transmitted scene light is provided to a user's eye.

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