Patents Assigned to Innovega, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11624916
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing pixelated occlusion is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display, a unitary and transmissive optical component, and a contact lens. The display provides a display image. The unitary reflective and transmissive optical component receives the display image and forms a reflected display image having a first polarization and receives a scene image and forms a transmitted scene image. The contact lens forms a combined image including the reflected display image and the transmitted scene image. The pixelated display includes one or more occluding pixels having a second polarization with the first polarization substantially orthogonal to the second polarization. The pixelated display is included anterior to the unitary and reflective optical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.
    Inventors: Jay Marsh, Jerome Legerton
  • Publication number: 20230089522
    Abstract: In general, one aspect disclosed features a computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining a first metric of a physiological aspect of a patient, the first metric obtained at a first time by a head-wearable apparatus while the head-wearable apparatus is worn by the patient; obtaining a second metric of the physiological aspect of a patient, the second metric obtained at a second time by the head-wearable apparatus while the head-wearable apparatus is worn by the patient, wherein the second time is later than the first time; determining a value for a parameter of the head-wearable apparatus based on the first metric and the second metric; and setting the parameter in the head-wearable apparatus to the determined value for the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome A. Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Patent number: 11604368
    Abstract: A method comprises: disposing a physical landmark upon an eye of a user; capturing at least one image of the eye of the user with an image sensor while the eye is illuminated, wherein the image includes an image of the physical landmark and at least one other point on the surface of the eye outside of the cornea; processing the at least one image to obtain at least one metric of the eye of the user; and determining, based on the at least one metric, at least one parameter of a daily use contact lens to be worn on the eye of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Patent number: 11579468
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and processes for constructing a contact lens. In one embodiment, a contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: a curved polymer polarizer with an aperture; a lenslet disposed inside the aperture wherein the lenslet enables imaging near objects; and a filter attached to the lenslet. In further embodiments, a method for fabricating a flexible contact lens is provided, comprising: fabricating an element having an extrusion; providing a front concave mold, wherein the front mold has an intrusion to accommodate the extrusion of the optical element; affixing the extrusion of the optical element to the intrusion of the front mold; attaching a back convex mold to the front concave mold, thereby forming a mold cavity; and filling the mold cavity with a pre-polymerized liquid, whereby upon polymerization, the pre-polymerized liquid forms the flexible contact lens and the optical element is partially encapsulated within the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Randall Sprague
  • Patent number: 11561418
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a transparent screen includes a first transparent substrate having a first transparent substrate index of refraction and including a surface relief pattern, a partially reflective coating formed on the surface relief pattern, and a second transparent substrate bonded over the partially reflective coating with an optical adhesive having the first transparent substrate index of refraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.
    Inventors: Mark Freeman, Jay Marsh, Jerome Legerton
  • Patent number: 11551602
    Abstract: A display system includes a rendering engine, a display driver, an image source, and display optics. The rendering engine receives a non-uniform resolution distribution pattern and generates one or more rendered pixels. The display driver receives the one or more rendered pixels and generates one or more display driver pixels. The image source device receives the one or more display driver pixels and generates an image. And the display optics receives the image and provides a display optics image having a space-variant resolution that follows the non-uniform resolution distribution pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.
    Inventors: Jay Marsh, Mark Freeman, Jerome Legerton, Steve Willey
  • Publication number: 20220414921
    Abstract: A gaze tracking system includes a contact lens, a photodetector element, a light conditioning element and electronics. The contact lens includes a fiducial having a position. The photodetector element receives a light signal from the fiducial and provides a photodetector output signal. The light signal provides a light intensity pattern at the photodetector. The optical conditioning element receives the light signal and provides a variation in the light intensity pattern on the photodetector in response to changes in the position of the fiducial. And the electronics process the photodetector output signal to calculate the position of the fiducial. A method includes detecting a light signal from a fiducial included in a contact lens, and tracking the contact lens by analyzing the light signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: INNOVEGA, INC.
    Inventors: Jay Marsh, Mark Freeman, Jerome Legerton
  • Patent number: 11533443
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide display eyewear with adjustable camera direction. In general, one aspect disclosed features an electronic device, comprising: a structure configured to be worn on the head of a user; a camera movably coupled to the structure and arranged to capture images in a field of view of the user; and a display panel fixedly coupled to the structure and arranged to display, to the user, the images captured by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome A. Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Patent number: 11487116
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide for systems and apparatus directed toward using a contact lens and deflection optics to process display information and non-display information. In one embodiment of the invention, a display panel assembly is provided, comprising: a transparent substrate that permits light to pass through substantially undistorted; a reflector disposed on the transparent substrate; and a display panel aimed toward the reflector and substantially away from a human visual system, wherein the reflector reflects light emitted from the display panel toward the human visual system. The reflector may comprise a narrow band reflector or a polarization reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: INNOVEGA INC.
    Inventor: Randall Sprague
  • Publication number: 20220332067
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for multistage molding of contact lenses containing low oxygen permeable components or oxygen impermeable components. Components may be embedded within a contact lens by forming a device on a polymer substrate, molding a spacer onto a male mold, bonding the device to the spacer, removing the polymer substrate, and molding the remainder of the contact lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay P. Marsh, Jerome A. Legerton
  • Publication number: 20220313081
    Abstract: A method comprises capturing at least one image of an eye of a user; processing the at least one image to obtain at least one metric of the eye, wherein the obtained at least one metric comprises at least one of: a sagittal depth of the eye of the user for at least one semi-meridian radial distance outside the cornea, a diameter of the cornea of the eye, a position of a center of the pupil or first Purkinje image of the eye, a radius of curvature of the cornea, or a position of the lids of the eye, and an aperture height between the lids; and determining, based on the at least one metric, at least one parameter of a first contact lens to be worn on the eye with display eyewear or a second contact lens to be worn on the eye without the display eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Publication number: 20220317480
    Abstract: A method comprises: disposing a physical landmark upon an eye of a user; capturing at least one image of the eye of the user with an image sensor while the eye is illuminated, wherein the image includes an image of the physical landmark and at least one other point on the surface of the eye outside of the cornea; processing the at least one image to obtain at least one metric of the eye of the user; and determining, based on the at least one metric, at least one parameter of a daily use contact lens to be worn on the eye of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Publication number: 20220317476
    Abstract: A method comprises: disposing a measurement contact lens upon an eye of a user; capturing at least one image of the eye and the measurement contact lens with an image sensor while the measurement contact lens is on the eye of the user and the eye is illuminated; processing the at least one image to obtain a centration of the measurement contact lens on the cornea of the eye; processing the at least one image to obtain an angular orientation of the measurement contact lens on the cornea of the eye; and determining, based on the centration and angular orientation of the measurement contact lens on the cornea of the eye, at least one parameter of a first contact lens to be worn on the eye with display eyewear or a second contact lens to be worn on the eye without the display eyewear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Publication number: 20220319040
    Abstract: A method comprises: capturing, with an image sensor, at least one image of a head of a user, wherein the at least one image includes an image of an eye of the user; processing the at least one image to obtain position information for features of the head and eye of the user; and determining, based on the position information for the features of the head and eye of the user, at least one parameter of a daily use eyewear frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Jay Marsh
  • Patent number: 11426959
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for multistage molding of contact lenses containing low oxygen permeable components or oxygen impermeable components. Components may be embedded within a contact lens by forming a device on a polymer substrate, molding a spacer onto a male mold, bonding the device to the spacer, removing the polymer substrate, and molding the remainder of the contact lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay P. Marsh, Jerome A. Legerton
  • Patent number: 11380008
    Abstract: A gaze tracking system includes a contact lens, a photodetector element, a light conditioning element and electronics. The contact lens includes a fiducial having a position. The photodetector element receives a light signal from the fiducial and provides a photodetector output signal. The light signal provides a light intensity pattern at the photodetector. The optical conditioning element receives the light signal and provides a variation in the light intensity pattern on the photodetector in response to changes in the position of the fiducial. And the electronics process the photodetector output signal to calculate the position of the fiducial. A method includes detecting a light signal from a fiducial included in a contact lens, and tracking the contact lens by analyzing the light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Innovega Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Marsh, Mark Freeman, Jerome Legerton
  • Publication number: 20220091439
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and processes for constructing a contact lens. In one embodiment, a contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: a curved polymer polarizer with an aperture; a lenslet disposed inside the aperture, wherein the lenslet enables imaging near objects; and a filter attached to the lenslet. In further embodiments, a method for fabricating a flexible contact lens is provided, comprising: fabricating an element having an extrusion; providing a front concave mold, wherein the front mold has an intrusion to accommodate the extrusion of the optical element; affixing the extrusion of the optical element to the intrusion of the front mold; attaching a back convex mold to the front concave mold, thereby forming a mold cavity; and filling the mold cavity with a pre-polymerized liquid, whereby upon polymerization, the pre-polymerized liquid forms the flexible contact lens and the optical element is partially encapsulated within the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome Legerton, Randall Sprague
  • Publication number: 20220066241
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a transparent screen includes a first transparent substrate having a first transparent substrate index of refraction and including a surface relief pattern, a partially reflective coating formed on the surface relief pattern, and a second transparent substrate bonded over the partially reflective coating with an optical adhesive having the first transparent substrate index of refraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Innovega Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Freeman, Jay Marsh, Jerome Legerton
  • Patent number: 11231602
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a transparent screen includes a first transparent substrate having a first transparent substrate index of refraction and including a surface relief pattern, a partially reflective coating formed on the surface relief pattern, and a second transparent substrate bonded over the partially reflective coating with an optical adhesive having the first transparent substrate index of refraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: INNOVEGA, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Freeman, Jay Marsh, Jerome Legerton
  • Patent number: 11221498
    Abstract: Contact lenses, methods and systems for accomplishing the requirement for biocompatibility of oxygen delivery to the eye, and the cornea in particular, when elements and components are used which reduce the transmissibility of oxygen and which require coverage of a significant area of the non-vascularized cornea. A contact lens assembly is provided, comprising: an anterior surface, a posterior surface and at least one element or component having a substantially low oxygen permeability disposed within the lens. The contact lens also includes a layer having an oxygen permeability greater than the aforementioned element or component. The thickness of this layer is such that the layer provides an equivalent oxygen percentage to the cornea beneath the aforementioned element or component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Innovega, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerome A. Legerton, Jay P. Marsh, William E. Meyers, Arthur Yasheng Zhang