Patent Document ID: 9983412
Application ID: 15423198
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A head mountable augmented reality see through near eye display system comprising: a see through augmented reality image focal distance modulator for changing a distance at which augmented reality images are perceived to be in focus and including at least one light transmissive surface through which real world objects are viewable, wherein the at least one light transparent surface includes a rigid transparent surface and a deformable membrane mirror attached to the rigid transparent surface; a display for generating an augmented reality image and projecting the augmented reality image onto the deformable membrane mirror of the see through augmented reality image focal distance modulator and the real world objects are viewable through the rigid transparent surface and the deformable membrane mirror when the augmented reality images are projected by the display onto the deformable membrane mirror, which is deformable to change a distance at which the augmented reality images are perceived to be in focus; and an augmented reality image focal distance controller for controlling the see through augmented reality image focal distance modulator to cause the augmented reality images to be perceivable in focus at a distance corresponding to a vergence distance and for changing the distance at which the augmented reality images are perceived to be in focus in correspondence with changes in the vergence distance, wherein the see through augmented reality focal distance modulator comprises a single optical element for changing the distance at which the augmented reality images are perceived to be in focus and for optically combining the augmented reality images with a view of the real world objects.