US 12,135,834 B2
Position tracking system for head-mounted display systems
Joshua Mark Hudman, Issaquah, WA (US); and Kameron Wade Rausch, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,531.
Application 17/949,901 is a division of application No. 17/167,926, filed on Feb. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,467,660, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Application 18/341,531 is a continuation of application No. 17/949,901, filed on Sep. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,703,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/971,181, filed on Feb. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333638 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/139 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/012 (2013.01) [G02B 5/30 (2013.01); G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02F 1/1396 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02F 2203/07 (2013.01); G06F 2203/012 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mounted display system, comprising:
a first head-mounted display system component wearable by a user; and
a plurality of angle sensitive detectors carried by the first head-mounted display system component, in operation each of the plurality of angle sensitive detectors captures sensor data indicative of an angle of arrival of light emitted from one or more light sources, wherein each of the plurality of angle sensitive detectors comprises a photodiode detector having at least four cells.