Patents by Inventor Ivan Yeoh

Ivan Yeoh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11906739
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a collimation element mounted to a distal end of the optical fiber for collimating light from the optical fiber. The virtual image generation system further comprises a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted to the drive assembly. The mechanical drive assembly is configured for displacing the distal end of the optical fiber, along with the collimation element, in accordance with a scan pattern. The virtual image generation system further comprises an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the collimated light from the collimation element down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays image frames to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Yeoh, Aaron Mark Schuelke, William Hudson Welch, John Graham Macnamara
  • Patent number: 11662585
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Lionel Ernest Edwin, David Tinch, William Hudson Welch
  • Patent number: 11561615
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph Selker, Ivan Yeoh
  • Publication number: 20220382371
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph SELKER, Ivan YEOH
  • Patent number: 11449140
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph Selker, Ivan Yeoh
  • Publication number: 20220179488
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph SELKER, Ivan YEOH
  • Patent number: 11317064
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a display, an optical fiber having a polarization-maintaining (PM) transmission fiber section and a non-PM scanning fiber section, a light source configured for injecting a linearly polarized light beam into the transmission fiber section, such that the linearly polarized light beam is emitted from the scanning fiber section, a mechanical scanning drive assembly in which the scanning fiber section is affixed, wherein the mechanical scanning drive assembly is configured for displacing the scanning optical fiber section is order to scan the emitted light beam, and a display configured for receiving the scanned light beam and generating an image to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Lionel Ernest Edwin, David Tinch
  • Patent number: 11294462
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph Selker, Ivan Yeoh
  • Publication number: 20210333872
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph SELKER, Ivan YEOH
  • Publication number: 20210239992
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a collimation element mounted to a distal end of the optical fiber for collimating light from the optical fiber. The virtual image generation system further comprises a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted to the drive assembly. The mechanical drive assembly is configured for displacing the distal end of the optical fiber, along with the collimation element, in accordance with a scan pattern. The virtual image generation system further comprises an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the collimated light from the collimation element down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays image frames to the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Yeoh, Aaron Mark Schuelke, William Hudson Welch, John Graham Macnamara
  • Publication number: 20210157146
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Lionel Ernest Edwin, David Tinch, William Hudson Welch
  • Patent number: 11016561
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: MAGIC LEAP, INC.
    Inventors: Edwin Joseph Selker, Ivan Yeoh
  • Patent number: 11016298
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a collimation element mounted to a distal end of the optical fiber for collimating light from the optical fiber. The virtual image generation system further comprises a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted to the drive assembly. The mechanical drive assembly is configured for displacing the distal end of the optical fiber, along with the collimation element, in accordance with a scan pattern. The virtual image generation system further comprises an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the collimated light from the collimation element down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays image frames to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian T. Schowengerdt, Lionel Ernest Edwin, Ivan Yeoh, Aaron Mark Schuelke, William Hudson Welch, John Graham Macnamara
  • Patent number: 10935792
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Lionel Ernest Edwin, David Tinch, William Hudson Welch
  • Patent number: 10699472
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to continuous and/or binocular time warping methods to account for head movement of the user without having to re-render a displayed image. Continuous time warping allows for transformation of an image from a first perspective to a second perspective of the viewer without having to re-render the image from the second perspective. Binocular time warp refers to the late-frame time warp used in connection with a display device including a left display unit for the left eye and a right display unit for the right eye where the late-frame time warp is performed separately for the left display unit and the right display unit. Warped images are sent to the left and the right display units where photons are generated and emitted toward respective eyes of the viewer, thereby displaying an image on the left and the right display units at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Lionel Edwin, Samuel A. Miller
  • Publication number: 20200145625
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a display, an optical fiber having a polarization-maintaining (PM) transmission fiber section and a non-PM scanning fiber section, a light source configured for injecting a linearly polarized light beam into the transmission fiber section, such that the linearly polarized light beam is emitted from the scanning fiber section, a mechanical scanning drive assembly in which the scanning fiber section is affixed, wherein the mechanical scanning drive assembly is configured for displacing the scanning optical fiber section is order to scan the emitted light beam, and a display configured for receiving the scanned light beam and generating an image to the end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan YEOH, Lionel Ernest EDWIN, David TINCH
  • Patent number: 10587848
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system for use by an end user comprises a display, an optical fiber having a polarization-maintaining (PM) transmission fiber section and a non-PM scanning fiber section, a light source configured for injecting a linearly polarized light beam into the transmission fiber section, such that the linearly polarized light beam is emitted from the scanning fiber section, a mechanical scanning drive assembly in which the scanning fiber section is affixed, wherein the mechanical scanning drive assembly is configured for displacing the scanning optical fiber section is order to scan the emitted light beam, and a display configured for receiving the scanned light beam and generating an image to the end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Lionel Ernest Edwin, David Tinch
  • Publication number: 20190353907
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan YEOH, Hui-Chuan CHENG, Lionel Ernest EDWIN, David TINCH, William Hudson WELCH
  • Patent number: 10338391
    Abstract: A display subsystem for a virtual image generation system comprises a planar waveguide apparatus, an optical fiber, at least one light source configured for emitting light from a distal end of the optical fiber, and a mechanical drive assembly to which the optical fiber is mounted as a fixed-free flexible cantilever. The drive assembly is configured for displacing a distal end of the optical fiber about a fulcrum in accordance with a scan pattern, such that the emitted light diverges from a longitudinal axis coincident with the fulcrum. The display subsystem further comprises an optical modulation apparatus configured for converging the light from the optical fiber towards the longitudinal axis, and an optical waveguide input apparatus configured for directing the light from the optical modulation apparatus down the planar waveguide apparatus, such that the planar waveguide apparatus displays one or more image frames to an end user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Yeoh, Hui-Chuan Cheng, Lionel Ernest Edwin, David Tinch, William Hudson Welch
  • Publication number: 20180299953
    Abstract: A method is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of receiving, at a first time interval from a first sensor configured to output data indicative of a first position of an eye, first data; receiving, at a second time interval from a second sensor configured to output data indicative of a delta position of the eye, second data; determining, based on the first data, a first position of the eye; determining, based on the second data, a delta position of the eye; determining, using the first position of the eye and the delta position of the eye, a second absolute position of the eye; and in response to determining the second position of the eye, generating an output signal indicative of the second position of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Edward Joseph SELKER, Ivan YEOH