CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); G02B 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
1. Augmented reality eyewear with an array of selectively-pivoting or rotating reflectors comprising:
an eyewear frame;
a light-emitting array on the eyewear frame;
a lens attached to the eyewear frame in front an eye, wherein the lens has a distal surface which faces away from the eye and a proximal surface which faces toward the eye;
an array of pivoting or rotating reflectors in or on the lens;
a first reflector in the array of pivoting or rotating reflectors, wherein the first reflector has a first configuration which blocks a first amount of light from the environment from passing through the proximal surface of the lens, wherein the first reflector has a second configuration in which it is pivoted or rotated by theta degrees, wherein theta is between 90 and 180 degrees, around its longitudinal axis relative to the first configuration so as to block a second amount of light from the environment from passing through the proximal surface of the lens, wherein the second amount is greater than the first amount, wherein the first reflector in its second configuration reflects light from the light-emitting array toward the eye, and wherein the first reflector can be selectively and/or individually moved from the first configuration to the second configuration, and vice versa; and
a second reflector in the array of pivoting or rotating reflectors, wherein the second reflector has a third configuration which blocks a third amount of light from the environment from passing through the proximal surface of the lens, wherein the second reflector has a fourth configuration in which it is pivoted or rotated by theta degrees, wherein theta is between 90 and 180 degrees, around its longitudinal axis relative to the third configuration so as to block a fourth amount of light from the environment from passing through the proximal surface of the lens, wherein the fourth amount is greater than the third amount, wherein the second reflector in its fourth configuration reflects light from the light-emitting array toward the eye, and wherein the second reflector can be selectively and/or individually moved from the third configuration to the fourth configuration, and vice versa.
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