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公开(公告)号:US20240103301A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-28
申请号:US18530471
申请日:2023-12-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Graham B. Myhre , Hyungryul Choi , Nan Zhu , Phil M. Hobson , William W. Sprague , Edward A. Valko , Qiong Huang , Branko Petljanski , Paul V. Johnson , Brandon E. Clarke , Elijah H. Kleeman
IPC: G02C7/08 , A61B3/00 , A61B3/032 , A61B3/036 , G02B6/42 , G02B7/02 , G02B7/09 , G02F1/133 , G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G02C7/083 , A61B3/0008 , A61B3/032 , A61B3/036 , G02B6/4204 , G02B7/023 , G02B7/09 , G02F1/13306 , G06F1/163 , G02F1/13439
Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have displays that produce images. Positioners may be used to move the displays relative to the eye positions of a user's eyes. An adjustable optical system may include tunable lenses such as tunable cylindrical liquid crystal lenses. The displays may be viewed through the lenses when the user's eyes are at the eye positions. A sensor may be incorporated into the head-mounted display to measure refractive errors in the user's eyes. The sensor may include waveguides and volume holograms, and a camera for gathering light that has reflected from the retinas of the user's eyes. Viewing comfort may be enhanced by adjusting display positions relative to the eye positions and/or by adjusting lens settings based on the content being presented on the display and/or measured refractive errors.
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公开(公告)号:US20230314820A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US18330072
申请日:2023-06-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Jia Tao , Phil M. Hobson , Stephen E. Dey
CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 , G02B27/0955 , G02B7/021 , H05K1/189 , H04N13/383 , H05K1/0274 , G06F3/013 , G02B27/0179 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/011 , G02B2027/0154
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display with first and second pixel arrays that display content for a user. A head-mounted support structure in the device supports the pixel arrays on the head of the user. A left positioner may be used to position a left lens module that includes a left lens and the first pixel array. A right positioner may be used to position a right lens module that includes a right lens and the second pixel array. Sensing circuitry such as proximity sensing circuitry may be used to detect relative positions between the left and right lens modules and facing surfaces of a user's nose while the user is wearing the head-mounted support structure. Control circuitry may adjust the positions of the left and right lens modules using interpupillary distance information for the user and using information from the sensing circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US11726338B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US17379187
申请日:2021-07-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jeremy C. Franklin , Jia Tao , Phil M. Hobson , Stephen E. Dey
CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 , G02B7/021 , G02B27/0179 , G02B27/0955 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/011 , G06F3/013 , H04N13/383 , H05K1/0274 , H05K1/189 , G02B2027/0154
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display with first and second pixel arrays that display content for a user. A head-mounted support structure in the device supports the pixel arrays on the head of the user. A left positioner may be used to position a left lens module that includes a left lens and the first pixel array. A right positioner may be used to position a right lens module that includes a right lens and the second pixel array. Sensing circuitry such as proximity sensing circuitry may be used to detect relative positions between the left and right lens modules and facing surfaces of a user's nose while the user is wearing the head-mounted support structure. Control circuitry may adjust the positions of the left and right lens modules using interpupillary distance information for the user and using information from the sensing circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US11716829B1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US17165763
申请日:2021-02-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Cheng P. Tan , Sivesh Selvakumar , Jesse T. Dybenko , Enoch Mylabathula , Jason C. Sauers , Phil M. Hobson , Laura M. Campo , Dragos Moroianu
IPC: H05K7/20
CPC classification number: H05K7/20136 , H05K7/2039
Abstract: A head-mountable device can provide a cooling module that effectively manages heat while also minimizing noise, vibration, leakage, power consumption, size, and weight. To dissipate heat, the cooling module with a fan can be operated to move air through a chamber within the head-mountable device. An integrated heat sink can provide heat dissipation properties by drawing heat away from heat-generating components and into the chamber. The integrated heat sink can include a base plate that defines at least a portion of the chamber in which the blades of the fan are positioned. The integrated heat sink can further include fins between the chamber and an outlet. The fins can be integrated with the base plate to maximize heat dissipation and reduce the number of interfaces between separate parts.
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公开(公告)号:US11218824B1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-04
申请号:US16752508
申请日:2020-01-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Edward S. Huo , Trevor J. Ness , Sivesh Selvakumar , Anna V. Mirabella , Phil M. Hobson
Abstract: A head-mounted device can effectively manage heat while also managing noise output levels in a manner that preserves the user's desired experience with the head-mounted device. The head-mounted device can manage sound levels of a cooling system based on detected a sound level of ambient noise in a vicinity of the head-mounted device. For example, the head-mounted device can operate a fan at a speed that produces noise at a sound level that is low enough to be masked by the ambient noise perceived by the user. By further example, the sound level of a cooling system can be based on a sound level of a speaker of the head-mounted device providing audio to the user. By further example, other operational parameters of a cooling system can be controlled to manage noise at a sound level that is sufficiently low.
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公开(公告)号:US20210333823A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-28
申请号:US17206010
申请日:2021-03-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. Maric , Anthony S. Montevirgen , Evan D. Christensen , Lijun Zhang , Phil M. Hobson , Samuel A. Resnick , Yi Jiang
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The housing may include a frame with left and right openings that receive respective left and right optical modules that present images to a user's eyes. Each optical module may have a lens and display that presents an image through the lens. Camera support members may be coupled to respective left and right peripheral portions of the frame. Each camera support member may have openings configured to receive cameras. Antennas may be formed on a camera support member. The antennas may have metal traces on a surface of the camera support member, may have conductive structures embedded within the camera support member, and/or may have patterned metal traces on printed circuits attached to or embedded in the camera support member. The cameras may operate through portions of a display cover layer that covers an outwardly-facing display on the head-mounted housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20210325680A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-21
申请号:US17185715
申请日:2021-02-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. Maric , Aidan N. Zimmerman , Brian Baillargeon , Evan D. Christensen , Jason C. Sauers , Jia Tao , Phil M. Hobson , Sivesh Selvakumar
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The housing may include a chassis with left and right openings that overlap respective left and right optical modules that present images eye boxes. Each optical module may have a lens and display that presents an image through the lens. The chassis may have an inner frame and outer frame. A middle portion of the chassis may form a stiffened nose bridge structure. Components in the housing such as a display, a fan housing, a heat sink layer, optical module guide rods, and a rear cover may span the width of the housing and may be attached to edge portions of the chassis, thereby forming a box-shaped structure that provides rigidity and helps prevent housing deformation.
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公开(公告)号:US20210080746A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-18
申请号:US17021387
申请日:2020-09-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Anna V. Mirabella , Wey-Jiun Lin , Jia Tao , Aidan N. Zimmerman , Jason C. Sauers , Anthony S. Montevirgen , Andrew Gallaher , Phil M. Hobson , Yoonhoo Jo
Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a first device portion and a second device portion. A first coupler portion of the first device portion is connectable to a second coupler portion of the second device portion to define a connected position in which the first device portion is connected to the second device portion and a disconnected position in which the first device portion is disconnected from the second device portion. A second adjuster portion of the second device portion causes a first adjuster portion of the first device portion to move a first optical module and a second optical module in response to movement of the first device portion and the second device portion from the disconnected position to the connected position.
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公开(公告)号:US20200174284A1
公开(公告)日:2020-06-04
申请号:US16612336
申请日:2018-05-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Graham B. Myhre , Hyungryul Choi , Nan Zhu , Phil M. Hobson , William W. Sprague , Edward A. Valko , Qiong Huang , Branko Petljanski , Paul V. Johnson , Brandon E. Clarke , Elijah H. Kleeman
IPC: G02C7/08 , G02F1/133 , G06F1/16 , G02B6/42 , G02B7/02 , G02B7/09 , A61B3/032 , A61B3/00 , A61B3/036
Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have displays that produce images. Positioners may be used to move the displays relative to the eye positions of a user's eyes. An adjustable optical system may include tunable lenses such as tunable cylindrical liquid crystal lenses. The displays may be viewed through the lenses when the user's eyes are at the eye positions. A sensor may be incorporated into the head-mounted display to measure refractive errors in the user's eyes. The sensor may include waveguides and volume holograms, and a camera for gathering light that has reflected from the retinas of the user's eyes. Viewing comfort may be enhanced by adjusting display positions relative to the eye positions and/or by adjusting lens settings based on the content being presented on the display and/or measured refractive errors.
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