Google patents VR headset that checks your eyesight
This filing describes a virtual reality headset that includes a special filter between the screen and your eye. The filter uses tiny holes to let light through for vision tests while blocking other light to measure how well you see.
In the filing’s own words
An eye examination apparatus comprising: a virtual reality device configured to be worn on a user's head, the virtual reality device having a housing containing a lens and a display operable to display an image to an eye of the user; and a long-pass filter arranged between the lens and the eye for examining the eye's ability to see the image, the long-pass filter having a first transmission region that transmits a visible light and a near-infrared light to the eye and a second transmission region that transmits the near-infrared light and blocks the visible light.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An eye examination system comprising: a headset configured to be positioned against a user's head, the headset having a housing containing a lens and a display operable to display an image to an eye of the user; and a long-pass filter arranged between the lens and the eye for examining the eye's ability to see the image, the long-pass filter having a first transmission region that transmits a visible light and a near-infrared light to the eye and a second transmission region that transmits the near-infrared light and blocks the visible light, wherein the first transmission region comprises a number of pinholes formed through the long-pass filter, and wherein the second transmission region is formed by a substrate portion of the long-pass filter that surrounds the first transmission region.
Facts
- Company
- Google (Verily Life Sciences LLC)
- Official title
- Visual acuity measurement in virtual reality headset
- Patent number
- US12765768B2
- Application number
- 18625091
- Filed
- Apr 2, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
A61B 3/103 Human necessitiesA61B 3/005 Human necessitiesA61B 3/113 Human necessitiesA61B 3/14 Human necessitiesA61B 2090/502 Human necessitiesG06F 3/013 Physics & computingMore from Google in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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