US 12,282,160 B2
Virtual reality system
Richard J. Topliss, Campbell, CA (US); and Alexander Shpunt, Portola Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,241.
Application 17/665,241 is a division of application No. 15/357,938, filed on Nov. 21, 2016, granted, now 11,262,580.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/278,397, filed on Jan. 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155588 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 13/324 (2018.01); H04N 13/344 (2018.01); H04N 13/383 (2018.01); H04N 13/398 (2018.01)
CPC G02B 27/0093 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0123 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); H04N 13/324 (2018.05); H04N 13/344 (2018.05); H04N 13/383 (2018.05); H04N 13/398 (2018.05); H04N 2213/002 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a light emitting device comprising one or more light emitting elements configured to generate one or more collimated light beams;
one or more scanning mirrors;
a curved mirror comprising curves in two orthogonal directions;
a processor connected to the light emitting device and configured to:
selectively activate at least a first component of a plurality of components comprising the one or more light emitting elements and the one or more scanning mirrors; and
cause one or more of the one or more collimated light beams to be raster scanned to the curved mirror to generate a first field of view corresponding to a first orientation of a subject's eye;
wherein the curved mirror is configured to reflect the scanned one or more collimated light beams to the subject's eye in proximity to the curved mirror; and
a gaze tracking module configured to:
monitor orientation of the subject's eye to determine eye orientation data; and
provide the eye orientation data to the processor;
wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine, based on the eye orientation data, that the subject's eye has moved to a second orientation; and
responsive to the determination that the subject's eye has moved to the second orientation, selectively activate at least a second component of the plurality of components to generate a second field of view corresponding to the second orientation of the subject's eye.