Abstract: A lens assembly and a method of making the assembly are described. The lens assembly includes a first lens and a second lens slidably coupled with the first lens. The second lens includes a silicone material and has a Fresnel pattern surface. Also described is a display device including the lens assembly and an array of light emitting devices coupled with the lens assembly for outputting light through the lens assembly.

Abstract: A method of making an optical assembly includes obtaining a first optical element having a first optical surface and a second optical surface that is opposite to the first optical surface, and a second optical element having a third optical surface and a fourth optical surface that is opposite to the third optical surface. The second optical element is distinct and separate from the first optical element. The method also includes obtaining an enclosure configured to enclose the first optical element and the second optical element. The method further includes providing one or more fillers in the enclosure so that the one or more fillers are in contact with the second optical surface and the third optical surface, thereby making the optical assembly. Also disclosed are an optical assembly made by the method and an optical imaging device including the optical assembly.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a display element with a two-dimensional array of pixels, and an enclosure at least partially enclosing the display element. The head-mounted display device also includes a plurality of light sources located on the enclosure for determining a position of the head-mounted display device. Each light source of the plurality of light sources is uniquely identifiable based at least in part on light emitted by the light source.

Abstract: A display device includes a two-dimensional array of pixels configured for outputting a respective pattern of light. The display device also includes a lens assembly configured for relaying the respective pattern of light from the two-dimensional array of pixels to a pupil of an eye of a user. The lens assembly includes two or more lenses. The two or more lenses are configured in such a way that a ray of light from a respective pixel of the two-dimensional array of pixels passes through the two or more lenses of the lens assembly.

Abstract: A display device includes a two-dimensional array of pixels configured for outputting a respective pattern of light. The two-dimensional array of pixels defines an optical axis. The display device also includes an eye tracker that includes a first reflector positioned to intersect the optical axis; a first lens that is located off the optical axis; and an optical sensor configured to collect light, that is from the first reflector and has passed through the first lens, for determining a position of an eye of a user.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes a display element with a two-dimensional array of pixels, and an enclosure at least partially enclosing the display element. The head-mounted display device also includes a plurality of light sources located on the enclosure for determining a position of the head-mounted display device. Each light source of the plurality of light sources is uniquely identifiable based at least in part on light emitted by the light source.

Abstract: The display headset for presenting an image to a user includes an electronic display and an optics block. The electronic display emits image light associated with the image toward an exit pupil corresponding to a location of an eye of the user. The optics block directs the image light from the electronic display to the exit pupil. The optics block includes a first diffractive optical element between the exit pupil and the electronic display, a second diffractive optical element between the first diffractive optical element and the exit pupil, a first protective layer on the first diffractive optical element to protect the first diffractive optical element, and a second protective layer on the second diffractive optical element to protect the second diffractive optical element. The first protective layer and the second protective layer compensate for a variation in a diffraction efficiency at different wavelengths and incident angles of the light.

Abstract: A system and method for spatiotemporal depth extraction of images with forward and backward depth prediction are provided. The system and method of the present disclosure provide for acquiring a plurality of frames, generating a first depth map of a current frame in the plurality of frames based on a depth map of a previous frame in the plurality of frames, generating a second depth map of the current frame in the plurality of frames based on a depth map of a subsequent frame in the plurality of frames, and processing the first depth map and the second depth map to produce a third depth map for the current frame.

Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) headset includes an electronic display element and a corrective optics block. The electronic display element outputs image light via a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors that are separated from each other by a dark space. The corrective optics block includes an optical element including a diffractive surface. The corrective optics block is configured to magnify the image light and generate optically corrected image light by using the diffractive surface to generate blur spots of each sub-pixel masking dark space between adjacent sub-pixels. Optically corrected light is directed form the corrective optics block to an exit pupil of the VR headset for presentation to a user.

Abstract: A 3D image projector having a translucent rotatable hollow cylinder, the hollow cylinder having differently polarized sections, and the projector being capable of passing a light beam generally orthogonally through a wall of the hollow cylinder is disclosed.

Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) headset includes an electronic display element and a corrective optics block. The electronic display element outputs image light via a plurality of sub-pixels of different colors that are separated from each other by a dark space. The corrective optics block includes an optical element including a diffractive surface. The corrective optics block is configured to magnify the image light and generate optically corrected image light by using the diffractive surface to generate blur spots of each sub-pixel masking dark space between adjacent sub-pixels. Optically corrected light is directed form the corrective optics block to an exit pupil of the VR headset for presentation to a user.

Abstract: A stereoscopic 3-D imaging apparatus has a camera and a wedged optical component attachable to the front of the camera. The wedged optical component is rotatable around the front of the camera using a rotating device, and the rotating device controls the rotation speed of the wedged optical component. The camera is capable of capturing stereoscopic 3-D images, resulting in lower costs and a simple capture process.

Abstract: A 3D image projection system has a display screen having an array of pixels, an array of pixel pyramids associated with the array of pixels, and a projector configured to project light onto the display screen.

Abstract: A projector has at least four primary color components controlled to produce a metameric effect image which is not perceptible to the human optical system and is perceptible to a video recording device.

Abstract: An optical system comprising a circular image strip comprising an inner image strip, an outer image strip, and an effective zone, and a circular lenticule configured to direct light reflected from the inner image strip to a first eye of a viewer and to direct light reflected from the outer image strip to a second eye of a viewer when the viewer views an effective zone of the circular image strip is disclosed.

Abstract: A system and method for marking a stereoscopic film with colors are provided. The system and method provides for marking a left image with a mark and a right image with a mark having complementary colors, wherein upon viewing, the marks are not visible under certain conditions. The system and method provide for acquiring a stereoscopic image, the stereoscopic image including a first image and a second image, applying a first mark to the first image in a predetermined location, the first mark having a first color, and applying a second mark to the second image in substantially the same predetermined location as in the first image, the second mark having a second color that is different than the first color of the first mark, wherein when viewed in three-dimensional mode, the first mark and the second mark combine into a single mark of one color.

Abstract: A display device includes a screen having first and second overlapping lenticular screen structures. The first overlapping lenticular screen structure is a series of columns having a negative slope and the second overlapping lenticular screen structure is another series of columns having a positive slope. The display provide three dimensional views in horizontal and vertical dimensions and maintains three-dimensional capabilities even when viewers tilt their heads.

Abstract: A system and method for spatiotemporal depth extraction of images are provided. The system and method provide for acquiring a sequence of images from a scene, the sequence including a plurality of successive frames of images, estimating the disparity of at least one point in a first image with at least one corresponding point in a second image for at least one frame, estimating motion of the at least one point in the first image, estimating the disparity of the at least one next successive frame based on the estimated disparity of at least one previous frame in a forward direction of the sequence, wherein the estimate disparity is compensated with the estimated motion, and minimizing the estimated disparity of each of the plurality of successive frames based on the estimated disparity of at least one previous frame in a backward direction of the sequence.

Abstract: A high resolution projection system has a light source for generating and emitting light and a plurality of digital micromirror device imagers configured to receive and reflect the light.

Abstract: A motion picture printing system having a digital micromirror device for manipulating light used to expose a film negative is disclosed. A motion picture printing system having an organic light emitting diode for emitting light to expose a film negative is disclosed.