Meta patents angled display tech for head-mounted devices
Meta describes a head-mounted display system that uses a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) screen to project images at a specific angle. The system pairs this angled screen with a matching layer of light sources to ensure the image is properly illuminated before being directed into the user's eye.
In the filing’s own words
A display system includes a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) display and a light source layer. The LCOS display includes LCOS display pixels arranged in rows and columns forming a rectangle. The LCOS display is configured to drive a digitally offset image onto an angularly offset portion of the LCOS display pixels that is angularly offset from the rectangle formed by the rows and columns. The light source layer includes an array of light sources angled to illuminate the angularly offset portion of the LCOS display pixels with illumination light.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A head-mounted display (HMD) comprising: a Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) display including LCOS display pixels arranged in rows and columns forming a rectangle, wherein the LCOS display is configured to drive a digitally offset image onto an angularly offset portion of the LCOS display pixels that is angularly offset from the rectangle formed by the rows and columns; a light source layer including an array of light sources angled to illuminate the angularly offset portion of the LCOS display pixels with illumination light; and a geometric waveguide configured to receive display light including the digitally offset image, wherein the geometric waveguide is configured to direct the display light to an eyebox region of the HMD.
Facts
- Company
- Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
- Official title
- ANGULAR OFFSET DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATION
- Publication number
- US20260309985A1
- Application number
- 19169766
- Filed
- Apr 3, 2025
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0112 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0178 Physics & computingMore from Meta 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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