Eyewear for Augmented Reality

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This broad technology portfolio can be incorporated into current Head-Mounted Display (HMD) designs as well as empowering the development of next generation wearable optics.  Market sectors that may more rapidly adopt augmented reality HMD’s include:  Consumer products (e.g. gaming devices) Education & training Entertainment & sports Industrial equipment Medical devices Security & defense  Key applications include collaborative learning, driver safety, equipment assembly & maintenance, interactive shopping & tourism, real-time navigation & location awareness, wireless video, among others. The HMD patent portfolio has several unique embodiments: First to miniaturize the optics for compact, low weight projection HMD First full integration of eye tracking and gaze direction in HMD’s First integration of occlusion support in HMD’s (virtual objects occlude real objects, real objects occlude virtual objects) First freeform surfaces for off-axis designs in HMD’s  First integration of high resolution microdisplays (1280x1024 and 1392 x 1040) with retro-reflective surfaces  First high spatial resolution (~ 2 arcmin)  First wide field of view for projection HMD’s (~ 120°) First optimized field of view for small eyeglass format displays (~ 25°). US Patents Number, Title: Patent 1: 6,731,434, Compact Lens Assembly for the Teleportal Augmented Reality System Patent 2: 6,804,066, Compact Lens Assembly for the Teleportal Augmented Reality System (CIP) Patent 3: 6,927,694, Algorithm for monitoring head/eye motion for driver alertness with one camera Patent 4: 6,963,454, Head-mounted Display by Integration of Phase-Conjugate Material Patent 5: 6,999,239, Head Mounted Display by Integration of Phase Conjugate Material DIV Patent 6: 7,009,773, Compact Microlenslet Arrays Imager Patent 7: 7,088,457, Iterative Least-Squares Wavefront estimation for general pupil shapes Patent 8: 7,119,965, Head Mounted Projection Display with a Wide Field of View Patent 9: 7,499,217, Imaging System for Eyeglass-Based Display Devices Patent 10: 7,522,344, Projection based Head Mounted Display with Eye-Tracking Capabilities Patent 11: 7,639,208, Compact Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display with Occlusion Support Patent 12: 7,843,642, Systems and Methods for Providing Compact Illumination in Head Mounted Displays Patent 13: 7,969,657, Imaging Systems for Eyeglass-Based Display Devices