Abstract: A near-eye display (NED), comprising a frame comprising an outer lens, a micro-display panel coupled to the frame and comprising a processor configured to process content for display to a user wearing the NED, an augmented reality (AR) lens comprising a main prism lens, wherein the outer lens comprises at least one of a display corrector lens or a see-through corrector lens.

Abstract: One example provides a head mounted display (HMD) device comprising a projection system and left eye and right eye display optical paths configured to transmit left eye and right eye images for viewing. The projection system comprises left and right display image projectors. The HMD device further comprises a display alignment tracker (DAT) system comprising a DAT optical path comprising left side and right side DAT optical paths. The DAT system further comprises a camera coupled to an output of the DAT optical path, and a visible light filter located along the DAT optical path. The HMD device further comprises a controller configured to control the projection system to output a fiducial image comprising a visible color of light transmitted by the visible light filter and to blank the visible color of the fiducial image from a fiducial portion of both the left and right eye images.

Abstract: A near-eye display (NED), comprising an augmented reality (AR) lens comprising a main prism lens and a see-through corrector lens, wherein the AR lens comprises a bottom edge that tapers toward a blunt tip, and a micro-display panel coupled to the AR lens and comprising a processor configured to process content for display to a user wearing the NED, and a display coupled to the processor and configured to project the content to the AR lens.

Abstract: Techniques for generating a driving surface cost landscape for determining costs for vehicle positions in an environment are described herein. A planning component within a vehicle may determine a non-preferred surface associated with a type of non-preferred area of an environment along a route of a vehicle, determine a preferred surface associated with a preferred area of the environment, determine an adjusted non-preferred surface by removing an overlapping area of the non-preferred surface that overlaps the preferred surface and determine a cost associated with a vehicle position based at least on the preferred surface and the adjusted non-preferred surface. The planning component may then determine a control trajectory for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the cost associated with the vehicle position.

Abstract: Techniques for determining gaps for performing lane change operations are described. A first region in an environment of a vehicle can be determined. The first region can be associated with a first time period through which the vehicle is unable to travel and can correspond to a constraint space. A second region of the environment can be determined. The second region can be associated with a second time period and can correspond to a configuration space. A gap in the environment can be determined based on a portion of the configuration space that is exclusive of the constraint space. A trajectory can be determined based on the gap. The trajectory can be associated with performing a lane change operation and can be associated with a cost. The vehicle can be controlled to perform the lane change operation based at least in part on the trajectory and the cost.

Abstract: Disclosed is an Augmented Reality (AR) optical waveguide. The AR optical waveguide includes a transparent substrate including a user proximate surface and a user distal surface. The AR optical waveguide also includes a slant etched diffractive grating included on the user distal surface of the transparent substrate. The slant etched diffractive grating includes a refractive index of greater than or equal to 2.0.

Abstract: A vehicle computing system may implement techniques to determine an action for a vehicle to perform based on a cost associated therewith. The cost may be based on a detected object (e.g., another vehicle, bicyclist, pedestrian, etc.) operating in the environment and/or a possible object associated with an occluded region (e.g., a blocked area in which an object may be located). The vehicle computing system may determine two or more actions the vehicle could take with respect to the detected object and/or the occluded region and may generate a simulation associated with each action. The vehicle computing system may run the simulation associated with each action to determine a safety cost, a progress cost, a comfort cost, an operational rules cost, and/or an occlusion cost associated with each action. The vehicle computing system may select the action for the vehicle to perform based on an optimal cost being associated therewith.

Abstract: A virtual image display system includes: a light source for projecting an image; a first beamsplitter including a first free-form curved surface; and a second beamsplitter including a second free-form curved surface facing the first free-form surface of the first beamsplitter, in which the first free-form curved surface is separated from the second-free form curved surface of the second beamsplitter by free space, and in which the first beamsplitter and the second beamsplitter are arranged to redirect light emitted from the light source toward a user to form a virtual image.

Abstract: Techniques for determining gaps for performing lane change operations are described. A first region in an environment of a vehicle can be determined. The first region can be associated with a first time period through which the vehicle is unable to travel and can correspond to a constraint space. A second region of the environment can be determined. The second region can be associated with a second time period and can correspond to a configuration space. A gap in the environment can be determined based on a portion of the configuration space that is exclusive of the constraint space. A trajectory can be determined based on the gap. The trajectory can be associated with performing a lane change operation and can be associated with a cost. The vehicle can be controlled to perform the lane change operation based at least in part on the trajectory and the cost.

Abstract: A near-eye display (NED), comprising a frame comprising an outer lens, a micro-display panel coupled to the frame and comprising a processor configured to process content for display to a user wearing the NED, an augmented reality (AR) lens comprising a main prism lens, wherein the outer lens comprises at least one of a display corrector lens or a see-through corrector lens.

Abstract: A near-eye display (NED), comprising an augmented reality (AR) lens comprising a main prism lens and a see-through corrector lens, wherein the AR lens comprises a bottom edge that tapers toward a blunt tip, and a micro-display panel coupled to the AR lens and comprising a processor configured to process content for display to a user wearing the NED, and a display coupled to the processor and configured to project the content to the AR lens.

Abstract: Disclosed is an Augmented Reality (AR) optical waveguide. The AR optical waveguide includes a transparent substrate including a user proximate surface and a user distal surface. The AR optical waveguide also includes a slant etched diffractive grating included on the user distal surface of the transparent substrate. The slant etched diffractive grating includes a refractive index of greater than or equal to 2.0.

Abstract: A near eye display includes a main freeform prism lens and a micro-display corrector lens, where the main freeform prism lens includes a first freeform surface, a second freeform surface, and a third freeform surface, the first freeform surface refracting a light from a micro-display into a body of the main freeform prism lens, and the main freeform prism lens having an exit pupil diameter greater than 12 millimeter (mm), and a lateral color aberration of less than 4 micrometer (um)) across a diagonal field of view (FOV), where the micro-display corrector lens is positioned between the main freeform prism lens and the micro-display, the micro-display corrector lens including a first corrector lens surface and a second corrector lens surface, and each surface of the main freeform prism lens and the micro-display corrector lens comprises a surface sag.

Abstract: A near eye display includes a main freeform prism lens and a micro-display corrector lens, where the main freeform prism lens includes a first freeform surface, a second freeform surface, and a third freeform surface, the first freeform surface refracting a light from a micro-display into a body of the main freeform prism lens, and the main freeform prism lens having an exit pupil diameter greater than 12 millimeter (mm), and a lateral color aberration of less than 4 micrometer (um)) across a diagonal field of view (FOV), where the micro-display corrector lens is positioned between the main freeform prism lens and the micro-display, the micro-display corrector lens including a first corrector lens surface and a second corrector lens surface, and each surface of the main freeform prism lens and the micro-display corrector lens comprises a surface sag.