Microsoft patents XR glasses that adjust image size for prescription lenses
This filing describes a method for extended reality (XR) systems to automatically adjust the size of virtual images based on the user's eye prescription. The system reads the strength of the physical lenses in the headset and scales the digital image so it appears at the correct size to the wearer.
In the filing’s own words
Techniques for scaling an image in an ER system to calibrate the image for a vision prescription of a user wearing the ER system are disclosed. A service accesses diopter information for a lens that is physically disposed between an eye of the user and a display of the ER system. The service accesses the image, which is structured for display on the display. The service accesses a scaling factor based on the diopter information. Prior to the image being displayed in the display, the service applies the scaling factor to the image, resulting in generation of a scaled image that is a magnified or minimized version of the image. The service displays the scaled image in the display. The scaling factor is designed to cause the scaled image, as viewed on the display through the lens, to be of a predetermined size.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method for scaling an image in an extended-reality (ER) system to calibrate the image for a vision prescription of a user wearing the ER system, said method being performed by the ER system and comprising: accessing diopter information for a lens that is physically disposed between an eye of the user and a display of the ER system; accessing the image, which is structured for display on the display; generating or accessing a scaling factor based on the diopter information; prior to the image being displayed in the display, applying the scaling factor to the image, resulting in generation of a scaled image that is a magnified or minimized version of the image; and displaying the scaled image in the display, wherein: the scaling factor is designed to cause the scaled image, as viewed on the display through the lens, to be of a predetermined size.
Facts
- Company
- Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
- Official title
- BINOCULAR SIZE DISPARITY MATCHING IN EXTENDED REALITY DISPLAYS
- Publication number
- US20260268594A1
- Application number
- 19073484
- Filed
- Mar 7, 2025
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06T 17/00 Physics & computingG06T 3/40 Physics & computingMore from Microsoft 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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