US 11,681,150 B2
Near-eye display system
Shawn L. Kelly, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to PANAMORPH, INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed by PANAMORPH, INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/52,971.
Application 18/052,971 is a division of application No. 17/805,863, filed on Jun. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,493,773.
Application 17/805,863 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2022/032576, filed on Jun. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/222,978, filed on Jul. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/197,777, filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073530 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0179 (2013.01) [G02B 17/086 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G09G 3/002 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G09G 3/02 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A near-eye display system, comprising:
a. an optical subsystem comprising a magnifier, wherein said optical subsystem provides for projecting light of a virtual image of image content to an eye location, and said optical subsystem provides for collecting said light of said virtual image propagating from an aperture of said optical subsystem onto an exit pupil on a surface proximate to an outer surface of an eye when said eye is at said eye location;
b. a subpupil modulator within said aperture, wherein said subpupil modulator in cooperation with said optical subsystem provides for forming a plurality of subpupils within said exit pupil, each subpupil of said plurality of subpupils is associated with a corresponding portion less than all of said light of said virtual image, at least two of said plurality of subpupils overlap one another by to at least 20% within said exit pupil, and said subpupil modulator in cooperation with said optical subsystem provides for projecting to said eye location a portion less than all of said light of said virtual image associated with one or more less than all of said plurality of subpupils; and
c. a subpupil modulation controller, wherein said subpupil modulation controller provides for controlling an activation state of each subpupil of said plurality of subpupils formed by said subpupil modulator responsive at least to a measure of a location of an eye pupil of said eye when said eye is located at said eye location.