Phase-shift matched Fresnel layers

    公开(公告)号:US11092874B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US16050878

    申请日:2018-07-31

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: An optical structure includes a refractive material, a Fresnel surface, a dichroic reflective coating and a second coating. The refractive material has a refractive index. The Fresnel surface is formed in the refractive material and the Fresnel surface includes active surfaces and draft surfaces. The dichroic reflective coating is selectively disposed on the active surface. A second coating is selectively disposed on the draft surfaces.

    Optical lens assemblies, head-mounted displays, and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10928558B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16021580

    申请日:2018-06-28

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: The disclosed optical lens assemblies may include a deformable element, a structural support element, a substantially transparent deformable medium positioned between the deformable element and the structural support element, a compliant peripheral component positioned between peripheral portions of the deformable element and the structural support element, and an actuator configured to displace at least a portion of the compliant peripheral component to deform the deformable element and change at least one optical property of the optical lens assembly. Related head-mounted displays and methods of fabricating such optical lens assemblies are also disclosed.

    Variable-pitch liquid crystal diffraction grating

    公开(公告)号:US10750145B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US15988472

    申请日:2018-05-24

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: An apparatus may include a projector that switches from emitting monochromatic light of a first color to emitting monochromatic light of a second color that is different from the first color. The apparatus may also include one or more variable-pitch diffraction gratings that diffract monochromatic light emitted from the projector. The apparatus may further include a controller that changes a pitch of at least one of the one or more variable-pitch diffraction gratings from a first pitch used when the projector is emitting monochromatic light of the first color to a second pitch used when the projector is emitting monochromatic light of the second color.

    DETECTION OF STRUCTURED LIGHT FOR DEPTH SENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20200073531A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16116505

    申请日:2018-08-29

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing system may access a first image and a second image of at least a common portion of an environment while a light emission with a predetermined emission pattern is projected by a projector. The first and second images are respectively captured by a first and a second detector that are respectively separated from the projector by a first and a second distance. The system may determine that a first portion of the first image corresponds to a second portion of the second image. The system may compute, using triangulation, a first depth value associated with the first portion and a second depth value associated with the second portion. The system may determine that the first and second depth values match in accordance with one or more predetermined criteria, and generate a depth map of the environment based on at least one of the depth values.

    PRESSURE ACTUATED FLUIDIC-DEVICE VALVE APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200064917A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16112813

    申请日:2018-08-27

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: A fluidic-device valve having a valve guide with a guide wall surrounding a central axis. The guide wall may include a first guide section, a second guide section, and an interior surface that defines a valve cavity extending longitudinally along the central axis. The valve may also include a valve member disposed within the valve cavity, and the valve member may extend longitudinally along the central axis between a first end and a second end of the valve member. The valve member may be movable within the valve cavity in a first axial direction along the central axis to position a fluid conduit defined by the valve member at a first location by increasing a pressure applied to the second end of the valve member by a pressure source coupled to the second guide section. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.

    ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED FLUIDIC-DEVICE VALVE APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20200063876A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-27

    申请号:US16114151

    申请日:2018-08-27

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: A fluidic-device valve may include a valve guide having a guide wall surrounding a central axis. The guide wall may include a first guide section, a second guide section, and an interior surface that defines a valve cavity extending longitudinally along the central axis from the first guide section to the second guide section. The valve may also include a valve member having a ferromagnetic material disposed within the valve cavity, and the valve member may extend longitudinally along the central axis. The valve member may also have a first plug section and a second plug section and may define a fluid conduit between the first plug section and the second plug section. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

    Apparatus, systems, and methods for displaying images in rotated display regions of display screens

    公开(公告)号:US10535319B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-14

    申请号:US15954084

    申请日:2018-04-16

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Inventor: Dong Chen

    Abstract: The disclosed display device may include a display screen having (1) a front surface and (2) at least one display region that emits image light from the front surface, the at least one display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns, the plurality of pixel rows and the plurality of pixel columns each extending obliquely relative to a peripheral edge of the front surface. The display device may also include a display driver circuit for driving the plurality of pixels of the at least one display region. The display driver circuit may be disposed adjacent to the peripheral edge of the front surface. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.

    Artificial Reality Interaction Plane
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190377406A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-12

    申请号:US16004095

    申请日:2018-06-08

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a horizontal screen visible to a user through a display, determining a horizontal distance between a position of the user and the horizontal screen, determining a vertical distance between a controller associated with the user and the horizontal screen, creating an interaction screen, where the interaction screen and the horizontal screen intersect in a closest point, where the interaction screen is tilted toward the user from the horizontal screen by an angle, detecting a first event that a ray cast from a virtual representation of the controller hits a first point on the interaction screen, translating the first event to a second event that the ray cast hits a second point on the horizontal screen, and displaying a curved line from the controller to the second point on the horizontal screen that is visible to the user through the display.

    APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING POSITIONAL TRACKING OF HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS

    公开(公告)号:US20190361518A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-28

    申请号:US15985733

    申请日:2018-05-22

    Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC

    Abstract: The disclosed special-purpose hardware device may include an image signal processor that receives, from a camera device of a head-mounted-display system, image frames of a physical environment. The special-purpose hardware device may also include a positional tracking component that (1) stores at least a portion of the image frames in a cache of the special-purpose hardware device that has a faster access speed than a main memory of the special-purpose hardware device, (2) tracks, based on the portion of the image frames stored in the cache, a change in the position of the head-mounted display system within the physical environment, and (3) stores the change in the position of the head-mounted-display system in the main memory for use in generating one or more augmented-reality frames. The special-purpose hardware device may further include a frame-output interface that feeds the augmented-reality frames to a display device of the head-mounted-display system.

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