US 12,228,736 B2
Augmented reality display having multi-element adaptive lens for changing depth planes
Jason Schaefer, Parkland, FL (US); Hui-Chuan Cheng, Cooper City, FL (US); David Manly, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Jahja I. Trisnadi, Cupertino, CA (US); Clinton Carlisle, Parkland, FL (US); and Michael Anthony Klug, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed by Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/200,327.
Application 17/576,555 is a division of application No. 16/006,080, filed on Jun. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,249,309, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Application 18/200,327 is a continuation of application No. 17/576,555, filed on Jan. 14, 2022, granted, now 11,693,247.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/536,872, filed on Jul. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/518,539, filed on Jun. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0296904 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/13 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02F 1/1326 (2013.01); G02F 1/29 (2013.01); G02F 1/133757 (2021.01); G02F 1/294 (2021.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a pair of adaptive lens assemblies in an optical path, wherein each of the pair of adaptive lens assemblies comprises:
a corresponding switchable waveplate configured to switch between first and second states to selectively alter a polarization state of light passing therethrough, wherein the pair of adaptive lens assemblies have optical powers with opposite signs.