US 12,347,050 B2
Depth plane selection for multi-depth plane display systems by user categorization
Samuel A. Miller, Hollywood, FL (US); Lomesh Agarwal, Fremont, CA (US); Lionel Ernest Edwin, Hollywood, FL (US); Ivan Li Chuen Yeoh, Wesley Chapel, FL (US); Daniel Farmer, Verdi, NV (US); Sergey Fyodorovich Prokushkin, Campbell, CA (US); Yonatan Munk, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Edwin Joseph Selker, Palo Alto, CA (US); Erik Fonseka, Biel (CH); Paul M. Greco, Parkland, FL (US); Jeffrey Scott Sommers, Mountain View, CA (US); Bradley Vincent Stuart, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Shiuli Das, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Suraj Manjunath Shanbhag, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed by Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US)
Filed on May 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/658,715.
Application 18/658,715 is a continuation of application No. 17/962,289, filed on Oct. 7, 2022, granted, now 12,008,723.
Application 17/962,289 is a continuation of application No. 16/530,904, filed on Aug. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,468,640, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/875,474, filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,649, filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290053 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0076 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An augmented reality display system comprising:
a head-mounted display configured to present virtual content on a plurality of depth planes by outputting image light to a wearer; and
at least one processor communicatively coupled to the head-mounted display, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access a map of the world comprising respective positions for a plurality of virtual objects, wherein each of the virtual objects has a distinct associated depth plane, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform content-based depth plane switching by:
determining a virtual object at which the wearer is most likely to be looking by identifying a virtual object having a greatest amount of visual change in a field of view of the wearer, wherein the greatest amount of visual change comprises a greatest amount of movement in the field of view;
retrieving associated depth information for the virtual object; and
switching the display to output the image light at a depth plane, of the plurality of depth planes, that corresponds to the associated depth information for the virtual object.