US 12,235,445 B2
Wearable image manipulation and control system with high resolution micro-displays and dynamic opacity augmentation in augmented reality glasses
Michael Hayes Freeman, Tulsa, OK (US); Richard C. Freeman, Tulsa, OK (US); Mitchael C. Freeman, Sapulpa, OK (US); Chad Boss, Tulsa, OK (US); Jordan Boss, Tulsa, OK (US); Brian Santee, Tulsa, OK (US); and David Cary, Tulsa, OK (US)
Assigned to RAYTRX, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Raytrx, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on May 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/329,500.
Application 17/329,500 is a continuation of application No. 16/511,451, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,016,302, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 17/329,500 is a continuation of application No. 16/511,202, filed on Jul. 15, 2019, granted, now 11,461,936.
Application 17/329,500 is a continuation of application No. 16/173,719, filed on Oct. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,874,297, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Application 17/329,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/962,661, filed on Apr. 25, 2018, granted, now 11,956,414.
Application 17/329,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/940,561, filed on Mar. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,111,583, issued on Oct. 30, 2018.
Application 17/329,500 is a continuation of application No. 15/073,144, filed on Mar. 17, 2016, granted, now 9,955,862, issued on May 1, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/697,854, filed on Jul. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/489,801, filed on Apr. 25, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/134,422, filed on Mar. 17, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0389590 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/377 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01); G09G 5/377 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mixed reality display comprising:
a lens subsystem including:
at least one reflective lens; and
an alpha matte lens including a cholesteric liquid crystal layer comprising a plurality of pixels of cholesteric liquid crystal, where each pixel is capable of independently becoming opaque or transparent;
at least three displays aligned radially around a user's eye capable of projecting one or more images onto at least a portion of the at least one reflective lens;
at least one collimator;
where the at least one collimator is located between the at least three displays and the reflective lens such that the at least one collimator is capable of concentrating rays from the at least three displays in an eye-box while utilizing less resolution in a periphery; and
a dynamic opacity system configured to display the plurality of pixels of cholesteric liquid crystal opaque in a portion of the alpha matte lens aligning with a portion of the reflective lens onto which the one or more images are projected, while pixels of cholesteric liquid crystal aligning with any portion of the reflective lens onto which no image is projected remains transparent.