US 11,815,692 B1
Apparatus, system, and method for blocking light from eyecups
David Michael Pickett, Seattle, WA (US); and Joseph Patrick Sullivan, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,572.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/004,446, filed on Apr. 2, 2020.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0176 (2013.01) [G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light-blocker apparatus comprising:
a support element dimensioned to fit a contour of an eyecup of a head-mounted display and dimensioned to hold a prescription lens attachment, wherein the support element entirely comprises a rigid core material that enables the support element to:
inflexibly hold a molded shape to facilitate attachment to the eyecup; and
integrate the prescription lens attachment;
an attachment feature, defined at a base of the support element, that connects the support element to the eyecup such that, when the support element is attached to the eyecup, the support element moves in conjunction with an adjustment of the eyecup to fit a user; and
an interface extending from the support element and dimensioned to interface with an eye area of a user's face to reduce light entering the eyecup from outside of the head-mounted display when worn by the user, wherein the interface comprises a dual-material construction comprising:
the rigid core material of the support element that extends from the support element toward the eye area of the user's face; and
a pliant interface material that is more flexible than the rigid core material of the support element and that is molded to cover the rigid core material to interface with the eye area of the user's face.