US 12,066,634 B2
Wearable device with in-eye display capability
Robert Matthew Bates, Erie, CO (US); Ilteris Canberk, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); Brandon Carrillo, Playa Vista, CA (US); David G. Fliszar, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); Adam Douglas Greengard, Lafayette, CO (US); Kenneth Kubala, Boulder, CO (US); David Meisenholder, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); Jonathan M Rodriguez, II, Los Angeles, CA (US); Amit Singh, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Samuel Thompson, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/234,989.
Application 18/234,989 is a continuation of application No. 17/718,783, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,774,760.
Application 17/718,783 is a continuation of application No. 16/728,801, filed on Dec. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,327,310.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,187, filed on Dec. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0393402 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G09G 3/32 (2016.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G09G 3/32 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0112 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device comprising:
a frame configured for wearing by a user;
one or more optical elements mounted on the frame;
an array having a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to the one or more optical elements, wherein the one or more optical elements and the array are mounted within a field of view of the user when the frame is worn by the user, wherein the array of the plurality of light emitting diodes are configured to illuminate as a group at particular regions of the field of view of the user for augmented reality function including one or more of creating artwork, messaging, game playing, mapping and guiding, wherein at least the game playing and guiding include moving a simulated object across the field of vision of the user such that a plurality of the particular regions are illuminated; and
additional onboard electronic components carried by the frame including at least a battery that is configured to provide for electrically powered operation of the array.