US 12,273,501 B2
Augmented reality eyewear with x-ray effect
Edmund Brown, Los Angeles, CA (US); Benjamin Lucas, San Francisco, CA (US); Simon Nielsen, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Jonathan M. Rodriguez, II, La Habra, CA (US); and Richard Zhuang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,579.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,037, filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007227 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 13/296 (2018.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); H04N 13/383 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/296 (2018.05) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 13/344 (2018.05); H04N 13/383 (2018.05); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); H04N 2213/001 (2013.01); H04N 2213/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a sensor system configured to capture an image of objects in a first location having a barrier including an inside surface and an opposing outside surface;
a sensor system positioner coupled to the inside surface of the barrier and configured to position the sensor system in a XY dimension;
eyewear positioned in a second location including the barrier separating the first location from the second location, comprising:
a frame;
an optical member supported by the frame;
a display coupled to the optical member; and
a processor configured to:
determine a location (x, y, z) on the outside surface of the barrier that the eyewear is facing along a line of site (LOS) defined between the eyewear and the location (x, z);
control the sensor system positioner to position the sensor system to the location (x, y, z) on the inside surface of the barrier; and
display the image captured by the sensor system on the eyewear display.