Steven John Robbins

US Patent:

8233204, Jul 31, 2012

Filed:

Sep 30, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/571262

Inventors:

Steven J. Robbins - San Jose CA, US
James H. Stanley - Palo Alto CA, US
Francois Raynal - San Jose CA, US
Robert D. Brown - Lake Oswego RI, US
James M. Tedesco - Livonia MI, US
Wyatt L. Hendrick - San Diego CA, US

Assignee:

Rockwell Collins, Inc. - Cedar Rapids IA

International Classification:

G02B 5/32
G02B 5/18
G09G 5/00

US Classification:

359 15, 359566, 359568, 345 7

Abstract:

An apparatus for providing an optical display includes an optical substrate for propagating light received from a light source, a first set of one or more switchable diffractive elements in the substrate, and a second set of one or more switchable diffractive elements in the substrate. Each diffractive element in the second set corresponds to a diffractive element in the first set. Each of the diffractive elements in the first and second sets is configured to switch between on and off states. One of the states is for diffracting light and the other state for allowing light to pass through. Each of the first set of diffractive elements is configured to diffract the light at an angle for propagation in the substrate. Each of the second set of diffractive elements is configured to diffract the light for display.

US Patent:

8638498, Jan 28, 2014

Filed:

Jan 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/343675

Inventors:

David D. Bohn - Fort Collins CO, US
Rod G. Fleck - Bellevue WA, US
Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G02B 25/00
G02B 23/00

US Classification:

359481, 359412

Abstract:

In embodiments of eyebox adjustment for interpupillary distance, a first optical lens receives light of an image from a display optic at a projected orientation of the light, and the first optical lens deviates the light of the image by a deviation angle from the projected orientation of the light. A second optical lens receives the light of the image from the first optical lens at the deviation angle, and the second optical lens alters the deviated light of the image back to the projected orientation of the light for viewing the image. Left and right eyeboxes align with respective left and right eyes that view the image, and a distance between the left and right eyeboxes approximately correlates to an interpupillary distance between the left and right eyes. The light of the image can be laterally shifted to increase or decrease the distance between the left and right eyeboxes.

US Patent:

20130249895, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

Mar 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/428879

Inventors:

William J. Westerinen - Issaquah WA, US
Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US
Rajeev Badyal - Sammamish WA, US
Rod G. Fleck - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 1/00
G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345419, 345418

Abstract:

Light guide display and field of view techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes one or more modules implemented at least partially in hardware to configure a user interface and a display device communicatively coupled to the one or more modules to output the user interface to be viewable by a user within a range of distances from the display device such that closer distances within the range permit the user to have an increased field of view in comparison with distances within the range that are further away from the user.

US Patent:

20130257848, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Mar 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/432372

Inventors:

William J. Westerinen - Issaquah WA, US
Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US
Rajeev Badyal - Sammamish WA, US
Rod G. Fleck - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 15/00
G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345419, 345633

Abstract:

Augmented reality light guide display techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a housing configured in a hand-held form factor, one or more sensors configured to detect a position and orientation of the housing in three dimensions in a physical environment of the housing, a light guide that is at least partially transparent and supported by the housing, a light engine that is optically coupled to the light guide, and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to calculate a position and orientation of an augmentation and cause the light engine to output the augmentation for display using the light guide such that the augmentation is viewable concurrently with at least a portion of the physical environment through the light guide.

US Patent:

20130258701, Oct 3, 2013

Filed:

Mar 28, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/432311

Inventors:

William J. Westerinen - Issaquah WA, US
Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US
Rajeev Badyal - Sammamish WA, US
Rod G. Fleck - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

F21V 8/00

US Classification:

362602, 362611

Abstract:

Light guide techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a housing, a light guide supported by the housing, a light engine disposed within the housing and optically coupled to the light guide, and one or more modules disposed within the housing and implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to cause the light engine to output a user interface for display using the light guide along an image plane focused at infinity.

US Patent:

20130267309, Oct 10, 2013

Filed:

Apr 5, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/440165

Inventors:

Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US
William J. Westerinen - Issaquah WA, US
Lisa M. Hanson - Issaquah WA, US
Sung Ho Son - Bellevue WA, US
Richard J. Wattles - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

A63F 13/02

US Classification:

463 31

Abstract:

Augmented reality and physical game techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an indication is received by a computing device of a location of a physical gaming piece of a game. An augmentation is computed based on the indication by the computing device to be displayed as part of the game. The augmentation is displayed by the computing device on a display device that is at least partially transparent such that a physical portion of the game is viewable through the display device concurrently with the augmentation.

US Patent:

20130314793, Nov 28, 2013

Filed:

May 22, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/477646

Inventors:

Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US
Ian Anh Nguyen - Bellevue WA, US
David D. Bohn - Fort Collins CO, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/01

US Classification:

359573, 359630

Abstract:

In embodiments of waveguide optics focus elements, an imaging structure includes a waveguide for viewing of an environment that is viewable with the imaging structure. The waveguide transmits light of a virtual image that is generated to appear as part of the environment for augmented-reality imaging or virtual-reality imaging. The imaging structure also includes one or more focus elements that are integrated in the waveguide and switchable to focus the virtual image at a focus depth that approximately correlates to a focal distance of the environment. The focus elements can each be implemented for a different focus depth of the virtual image, and the focus depth is adjustable based on a combination of the focus elements being switched-on or switched-off.

US Patent:

20130322810, Dec 5, 2013

Filed:

Jun 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/488145

Inventors:

Steven John Robbins - Bellevue WA, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/27

US Classification:

385 11

Abstract:

In embodiments of a multiple waveguide imaging structure, an imaging structure includes a first waveguide for see-through viewing of an environment at a first field of view, and includes a second waveguide for see-through viewing of the environment at a second field of view. The first and second waveguides each include a polarizing beam splitter to reflect light that enters at a first polarization orientation angle in the respective first and second waveguides, and the polarizing beam splitters pass through the light that enters at a second polarization orientation angle. The imaging structure also includes a polarization switch to rotate the polarization of the light through the first and second polarization orientation angles.