US 11,971,551 B2
Systems and methods for manipulating light from ambient light sources
Eric Baerenrodt, Milford, NH (US); Nastasja U. Robaina, Coconut Grove, FL (US); Nicole Elizabeth Samec, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US); Christopher M. Harrises, Nashua, NH (US); and Mark Baerenrodt, Millbrae, CA (US)
Assigned to Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed by Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,331.
Application 17/967,331 is a continuation of application No. 17/347,201, filed on Jun. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,520,151.
Application 17/347,201 is a continuation of application No. 15/850,465, filed on Dec. 21, 2017, granted, now 11,036,049, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/438,325, filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039911 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/0081 (2013.01); G02F 1/0018 (2013.01); G02F 1/0128 (2013.01); G02F 1/29 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G02B 6/0076 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user-wearable display device comprising:
a frame configured to mount on a user;
an augmented reality display attached to the frame and configured to direct images to an eye of the user;
a variable optical material that undergoes a physical and/or a chemical change in response to a stimulus;
a source configured to provide the stimulus; and
processing electronics configured to:
store one or more locations of ambient light sources in the environment;
determine the user's position within an environment surrounding the user; and
trigger the source to provide the stimulus to the variable optical material to effect a physical and/or a chemical change in the material based on the user's position in the environment such that at least one of an intensity of ambient light, a spectral content of ambient light, or a direction of ambient light is changed, wherein the stimulus is provided based on the user's position relative to the one or more stored locations of ambient light sources.