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公开(公告)号:US11726335B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US16908549
申请日:2020-06-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Cameron A. Harder , David A. Kalinowski
CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 , G09G3/001 , G02B2027/0159 , G02B2027/0178
Abstract: Head-mountable devices can include adjustment mechanisms to achieve optimal alignment of optical components during and/or after assembly thereof within the head-mountable device. The alignment mechanisms can be integrated into the head-mountable device itself. A light projecting display element can be adjustable based on movement of ramp members within the head-mountable device (e.g., within an arm) to adjust an orientation of the light projecting display element relative to the waveguide onto which it projects light. Alignment can be verified based on the optical output of the display element. The adjustment mechanisms can adjust the display element during initial assembly and/or be operated by actuators that actively adjust the alignment as needed over time.
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公开(公告)号:US11714285B1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US16905573
申请日:2020-06-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: David A. Kalinowski , Cameron A. Harder , Brian S. Lau , Eric N. Vergo
CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 , G02B27/0994 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0178 , G02B2027/0187
Abstract: Head-mountable devices can provide comfortable securement to a head of a user while also providing operative connections for communication across a hinge of the head-mountable device. The securement can be based on an arrangement of spring elements that have biased configurations and allow gentle retraction against a head of the user. Head-mountable devices of the present disclosure can provide adjustable securement against a head of a user by allowing custom fitting, for example with a tensioner.
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公开(公告)号:US11275250B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-15
申请号:US17074399
申请日:2020-10-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chih Jen Chen , Cameron A. Harder
Abstract: Head-mountable devices can include adjustment mechanisms to achieve optimal alignment of optical components during and/or after assembly thereof within the head-mountable device. The alignment mechanisms can be integrated into the head-mountable device itself. A light projecting display element can be adjustable based on operation of one or more actuators within the head-mountable device (e.g., within an arm) to adjust a position and/or orientation of the light projecting display element relative to the waveguide onto which it projects light. The adjustment mechanisms can adjust the display element during initial assembly and/or be operated by actuators that actively adjust the alignment as needed over time.
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公开(公告)号:US20210063745A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US16915168
申请日:2020-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Austin S. Young , Cameron A. Harder , David A. Kalinowski , Jae Hwang Lee
Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure. A portion of the head-mounted support structure may form a transparent housing member through which real-world objects can be viewed from eye boxes. A display system for the head-mounted device may have a display device that provides image light to a waveguide and may have an output coupler that couples the image light out of the waveguide toward the eye box. Peripheral portions of the transparent housing member or other peripheral device structures may be provided with a peripheral display that emits diffuse light into a user's peripheral vision. The peripheral display may use light guide structures, light sources, reflective structures, and other structures that provide transparency to real-world light.
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公开(公告)号:US12196964B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US16915168
申请日:2020-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Austin S. Young , Cameron A. Harder , David A. Kalinowski , Jae Hwang Lee
Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure. A portion of the head-mounted support structure may form a transparent housing member through which real-world objects can be viewed from eye boxes. A display system for the head-mounted device may have a display device that provides image light to a waveguide and may have an output coupler that couples the image light out of the waveguide toward the eye box. Peripheral portions of the transparent housing member or other peripheral device structures may be provided with a peripheral display that emits diffuse light into a user's peripheral vision. The peripheral display may use light guide structures, light sources, reflective structures, and other structures that provide transparency to real-world light.
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公开(公告)号:US12092829B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US18358709
申请日:2023-07-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: David A. Kalinowski , Brian S. Lau , Cameron A. Harder , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
IPC: G02B27/01 , G06F3/01 , G06T3/18 , G06T5/80 , G06T7/70 , G09G3/00 , G09G5/37 , H04N13/239 , H04N23/57 , H04N23/90 , H04N23/54
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B27/0179 , G06F3/013 , G06T3/18 , G06T5/80 , G06T7/70 , G09G3/002 , G09G5/37 , H04N13/239 , H04N23/57 , H04N23/90 , G02B2027/0134 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/0187 , G06T2207/10048 , G09G2320/0693 , G09G2340/14 , H04N23/54
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a left display and a right display that provide respective left and right images. Left and right optical combiner systems may be configured to pass real-world light to left and right eye boxes while directing the left and right images respectively to the left and right eye boxes. Misalignment of the left and right images with respect to the left and right eye boxes may be detected using gaze tracking systems, using cameras such as front-facing cameras in conjunction with a database of known real-world object properties, using visual inertial odometry systems formed from cameras and inertial measurement units, or using one or more sensors in a portable head-mounted device case or other item with a receptacle configured to receive a head-mounted device. Compensating adjustments may be made to the images based on the measured misalignment.
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公开(公告)号:US20240027753A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18335671
申请日:2023-06-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Michael J. Oudenhoven , Brian S. Lau , Cameron A. Harder , Depeng Wang , Vikrant Bhakta
CPC classification number: G02B27/0093 , G02B17/086 , G06F3/013 , G06F1/163
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a housing with a frame that supports lenses. Each lens may have a positive bias lens element and a negative bias lens element. A waveguide may overlap the lens. During operation, images from the waveguide may be provided to an eye box through the negative bias lens element. An eye sensor such as a gaze tracking camera may operate through the negative bias lens element. The negative bias lens element may have a protruding portion through which the sensor operates, may have a surface facing the sensor that has a curved surface to provide a desired lens characteristic, may have a prism for helping to couple light from the eye box to the eye sensor, and/or may have other features to facilitate use of the eye sensor to monitor the eye of a user in the eye box.
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公开(公告)号:US20230377536A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-23
申请号:US18358709
申请日:2023-07-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: David A. Kalinowski , Brian S. Lau , Cameron A. Harder , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
IPC: G09G5/37 , H04N23/57 , G02B27/01 , G06T5/00 , G06T3/00 , H04N23/90 , H04N13/239 , G06F3/01 , G06T7/70
CPC classification number: G09G5/37 , H04N23/57 , G02B27/0172 , G02B27/0179 , G06T5/006 , G06T3/0093 , H04N23/90 , H04N13/239 , G06F3/013 , G06T7/70 , G02B2027/0187 , G09G2340/14 , G02B2027/0134 , G09G2320/0693 , H04N23/54
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a left display and a right display that provide respective left and right images. Left and right optical combiner systems may be configured to pass real-world light to left and right eye boxes while directing the left and right images respectively to the left and right eye boxes. Misalignment of the left and right images with respect to the left and right eye boxes may be detected using gaze tracking systems, using cameras such as front-facing cameras in conjunction with a database of known real-world object properties, using visual inertial odometry systems formed from cameras and inertial measurement units, or using one or more sensors in a portable head-mounted device case or other item with a receptacle configured to receive a head-mounted device. Compensating adjustments may be made to the images based on the measured misalignment.
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公开(公告)号:US11763779B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17191183
申请日:2021-03-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: David A. Kalinowski , Brian S. Lau , Cameron A. Harder , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
IPC: G09G5/37 , G06T3/00 , G06T7/70 , H04N13/239 , G06T5/00 , G02B27/01 , G06F3/01 , H04N23/57 , H04N23/90 , H04N23/54
CPC classification number: G09G5/37 , G02B27/0172 , G02B27/0179 , G06F3/013 , G06T3/0093 , G06T5/006 , G06T7/70 , H04N13/239 , H04N23/57 , H04N23/90 , G02B2027/0134 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/0187 , G06T2207/10048 , G09G2320/0693 , G09G2340/14 , H04N23/54
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a left display and a right display that provide respective left and right images. Left and right optical combiner systems may be configured to pass real-world light to left and right eye boxes while directing the left and right images respectively to the left and right eye boxes. Misalignment of the left and right images with respect to the left and right eye boxes may be detected using gaze tracking systems, using cameras such as front-facing cameras in conjunction with a database of known real-world object properties, using visual inertial odometry systems formed from cameras and inertial measurement units, or using one or more sensors in a portable head-mounted device case or other item with a receptacle configured to receive a head-mounted device. Compensating adjustments may be made to the images based on the measured misalignment.
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公开(公告)号:US20210405378A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-30
申请号:US17474349
申请日:2021-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hyungryul Choi , Bradley C. Steele , Brian S. Lau , Cameron A. Harder , David A. Kalinowski , Eric J. Hansotte , Guolin Peng , Scott M. DeLapp , Vikrant Bhakta , Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson
Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical combiner with a waveguide. The waveguide may have an output coupler that directs high resolution light towards an eye box within a field of view. Peripheral light sources may provide low resolution peripheral light to the eye box about a periphery of the field of view. The peripheral light sources may be mounted to a frame for the waveguide, to an additional substrate mounted to the frame and overlapping the waveguide, in a low resolution projector that projects the peripheral light towards reflective structures in the additional substrate, or in a display module that produces the high resolution light. The optical combiner may overlay real world light with the high resolution light and the low resolution peripheral light.
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