US 11,774,760 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 Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,783.
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 2022/0244544 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G09G 3/32 (2016.01)
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 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0112 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0187 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable device comprising:
a frame configured for wearing by a user, one or more cameras integrated into a body of a rim of the frame, the one or more cameras directed toward one or more eyes of the user when the frame is worn by the user to capture movement of the one or more eyes of the user for eye tracking purposes;
one or more optical elements mounted on the frame;
an elongate temple moveably connected to 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 comprises a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows of the plurality of light emitting diodes spaced apart from one another and electrically connected in grids; and
additional onboard electronic components carried by one of the temple or the frame including at least a battery that is configured to provide for electrically powered operation of the array.