Abstract: An instrument holder for headwear, the instrument holder including a first hanger and a second hanger coupled with the first hanger. A center finger coupled with and located between the first and second hangers; and an instrument mount coupled with the center finger. Wherein the first and second hangers are operable to bias relative to the center finger whereby a portion of a cap is operable to be positioned between the first and second hangers and the center finger.

Abstract: A personal display device for displaying virtual images to a wearer including a frame having a right temple section, a left temple section, a right eye see-through section, and a left eye see-through section; a projection display device connected to the frame; a processor connected to the projection display device and arranged within the left temple section or right temple section; and at least one waveguide stack module connected to the frame, the at least one waveguide stack module being configured to receive image-bearing light beams from the projection display device.

Abstract: A mounting system for head-mounted devices, including an electronic component housing and an adapter plate. The electronic component housing may be a display module or a battery, and includes a first surface and a plurality of holes. The adapter plate may be connected to a head mount and is arranged to slidingly connect to the electronic component housing, such that the electronic component housing is adjustable with respect to the adapter plate in a slidingly displaceable manner. The adapter plate includes a second surface, at least one tab or channel arranged to slidingly engage the electronic component housing, and at least one resilient tabular member arranged to engage the first surface. The at least one resilient tabular member is arranged to engage the first surface to resist or prevent sliding displacement of the electronic component housing with respect to the adapter plate.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a substrate includes providing a substrate having a flat surface and a beam writing system operable to write in a first direction and a second direction, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, The method further includes providing a diffraction grating layout pattern having a first diffraction grating, a second diffraction grating, and a third diffraction grating. The method also includes locating the substrate in the beam writing system, whereby the beam writing system is operable to write into the flat surface, and aligning one of the first, second, and third diffraction gratings parallel with the beam writing system first direction. Additionally, the method includes writing the diffraction grating layout pattern into the substrate flat surface via the beam writing machine.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for stereoscopic viewing having a frame operable to be reshaped from a first shape to a second shape. A left-eye imaging apparatus and a right-eye imaging apparatus supported by the frame, wherein the left-eye imaging apparatus and the right-eye imaging apparatus have a first relative alignment operable to convey stereoscopic virtual images to the viewer when the frame is in the first shape, and wherein the left-eye imaging apparatus and the right-eye imaging apparatus are arranged at a second relative alignment when the frame is in the second shape. An adjustment mechanism operable to change an angular alignment of one or more components of the left-eye imaging apparatus and/or the right-eye imaging apparatus relative to the frame to restore the first relative alignment of the left-eye imaging apparatus and the right-eye imaging apparatus when the frame is in the second shape.

Abstract: A mounting system for head-mounted devices, including an electronic component housing and an adapter plate. The electronic component housing may be a display module or a battery, and includes a first surface and a plurality of holes. The adapter plate may be connected to a head mount and is arranged to slidingly connect to the electronic component housing, such that the electronic component housing is adjustable with respect to the adapter plate in a slidingly displaceable manner. The adapter plate includes a second surface, at least one tab or channel arranged to slidingly engage the electronic component housing, and at least one resilient tabular member arranged to engage the first surface. The at least one resilient tabular member is arranged to engage the first surface to resist or prevent sliding displacement of the electronic component housing with respect to the adapter plate.

Abstract: A method of unlocking software including providing an electronic device having a processing unit and a gesture input device connected therewith. Detecting an input gesture operable to initiate password entry, wherein the electronic device is in a software locked state, and randomly assigning a predefined set of input gestures to a predefined set of password symbols. The method of unlocking software additionally includes detecting one of the assigned input gestures via the gesture input device and comparing the entered password symbols, corresponding to the detected input gestures, to a stored unlock password via the processing unit. Further, where the entered password symbols match the stored unlock password, the method enables operation of the electronic device in a software unlocked state.

Abstract: An image display device, including a light-emitting pixel array operable to emit a plurality of two-dimensional images each comprising a plurality of pixels; a light field converter comprising a coherent optical fiber plate including a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the optical fiber plate has a first surface and a second surface, and an array of lenslets arranged along the second surface, wherein the array of lenslets is configured to have a focal surface conforming to the second surface of the optical fiber plate; wherein the light field converter is operable to transform pixels from each of the plurality of two-dimensional images into corresponding diverging rays; wherein the diverging rays form virtual three-dimensional image in an image-forming region.

Abstract: Systems and methods for switching between data connections establishing between an augmented reality display unit and a peripheral device. The systems and methods can automatically switch between communication modules, antennas, or frequencies based on sensor data to reduce or eliminate the effects of proximity to or submersion beneath water. In some examples, switching between communication modules, antennas, or frequencies is based on motion of the user's head or the electrical resistance, salinity, or chemical composition of a body of water the augmented reality display unit is placed within.

Abstract: A near-eye display for conveying virtual images within a real-world view includes a projector arranged to compensate for undesirable color gradients in the virtual images. The projector includes an illuminator with an extended light source having a plurality of cells each containing different color light sources and a partial homogenizer for partially overlapping light from the plurality of cells at an illumination plane of a spatial light modulator. A controller adjusts the color outputs of the cells to provide a color distribution over the illumination plane to compensate for the color gradients within the virtual images.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an in-coupling diffractive optic directs image-bearing light beams into a planar waveguide, an out-coupling diffractive optic directs the image-bearing light beams from the waveguide toward a viewer eyebox, and a turning diffractive optic directs the image-bearing light beams along the waveguide between the in-coupling and out-coupling diffractive optics. The grating vectors of the in-coupling and out-coupling diffractive optics differ in magnitude and orientation while the grating vectors of all three diffractive optics sum to substantially zero. The turning diffractive optic is further arranged to preserve a desired angular relationship of the propagating image bearing beams within the waveguide.

Abstract: A head-mounted display system, including an image source operable to generate image-bearing light, a near-eye display operable to convey the image-bearing light beams to an eyebox within which a virtual image can be viewed, a camera located adjacent to the near-eye display, wherein the camera has a center of focus, and a processing unit operable to output signals to the image source, wherein the processing unit is operable form a reticle within the virtual image via the image source and dynamically position the reticle at the camera center of focus.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus for conveying a virtual image including a waveguide having first and second surfaces. An in-coupling diffractive optic and an out-coupling diffractive optic arranged along one of the first and second surfaces, wherein the in-coupling diffractive optic is operable to direct image-bearing light beams into the waveguide for propagation by total internal reflection, and wherein the out-coupling diffractive optic is operable to direct at least a portion of the image-bearing light beams from the waveguide through the second surface toward an eyebox.

Abstract: Swimming goggles including an eye covering having a transparent window defining a field of view, the eye covering having a seal extending from the transparent window operable to seal against a wearer's face and exclude water, a flexible strap comprising a temple region connected to the eye covering, a near-eye display operable to form virtual images viewable by one of the wearer's eyes, wherein the near-eye display comprises an image generator operable to generate images, and a computational processing unit arranged in signal communication with the image generator, wherein the computational processing unit is operable to transmit virtual image data to the image generator. Wherein the near-eye display includes a rigid frame connected to the temple region.