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See-through near-eye display glasses with a fast response photochromic film system for quick transition from dark to clear

US9129295B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

John N. Border · Walworth, US
Ralph F. Osterhout · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 26, 2012
Grant date	Sep 8, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 4, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03H1/2294
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 photochromic layer and a heater layer disposed on a see-through lens of the optical assembly, wherein the photochromic layer is heated by the heater layer to accelerate its transition from dark to clear.

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