Systems With Networked Electronic Devices and Shared Resources

    公开(公告)号:US20250016809A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18896551

    申请日:2024-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A system may include electronic devices such as a head-mounted electronic device, a cellular telephone, a wristwatch device, a computer, and other devices. During operation of the system, one or more of the electronic devices may gather information on the positions of the electronic devices. Information may also be gathered on the positions of objects and obstructions. This position information and/or other information such as information on which sensor resources are available in each of the devices may be used to determine which of the sensors of the electronic devices in the room should be shared. Shared sensors may gather information that is communicated wirelessly to other devices for use by those devices.

    Optical assembly for head-mountable device

    公开(公告)号:US11340466B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16908545

    申请日:2020-06-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Head-mountable devices can include an arrangement of components that include a waveguide that is decoupled from the ability of system loads to be transferred into the waveguide. Such decoupling can be achieved by utilizing an elastic bond with low stiffness to bond certain components together. This allows the system to flex and deform without transferring stress to the waveguide. Such decoupling can also be achieved by selectively bonding in regions that have relatively lower displacements between a support structure and the waveguide. These measures can help preserve component alignment while allowing a head-mountable device to be lightweight and small in size.

    Transparent display system with peripheral illumination

    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.

    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.

    Optical Systems with Lens-Based Static Foveation

    公开(公告)号:US20210405379A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17474366

    申请日:2021-09-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display module that produces light having an image, a lens that directs the light to a waveguide, and a waveguide that directs the light to an eye box. The lens may produce a foveated image in the light by applying a non-uniform magnification to the image in the light. The non-uniform magnification may vary as a function of angle within a field of view of the lens. This may allow the foveated image to have higher resolution within the central region than in the peripheral region. Performing foveation using the lens maximizes the resolution of images at the eye box without increasing the size of the display module. Control circuitry on the device may apply a pre-distortion to the image that is an inverse of distortion introduced by the lens in producing the foveated image.

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