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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.
Inventor: David A. Kalinowski
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.
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公开(公告)号:US11822091B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17009460
申请日:2020-09-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Grant H. Mulliken , David A. Kalinowski , Brandon R. Neale , David A. Schmuck , Eric N. Vergo , Jae Hwang Lee
IPC: G02B27/01 , G06F3/01 , G01P13/00 , G06F1/16 , G01L1/16 , G01L1/12 , G02B27/00 , H05K5/00 , G01C19/00 , G01P15/00
CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 , G01L1/127 , G01L1/16 , G01P13/00 , G02B27/0093 , G02B27/0179 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/012 , G06F3/013 , G01C19/00 , G01P15/00 , G02B2027/0187 , H05K5/0017
Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a device housing, a support structure that is connected to the device housing to support the device housing with respect to a user, a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content, an optical system that is associated with the display device, and sensors that generate sensor output signals. The head-mounted device also includes a tension controller that determines a tensioning command based on the sensor output signals, and a tension adjuster that applies tension to the user according to the tension command in order to restrain motion of the device housing with respect to the user.
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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.
Inventor: Cameron A. Harder , David A. Kalinowski
IPC: G02B27/01
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.
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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:US20240045220A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US18380783
申请日:2023-10-17
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Grant H. Mulliken , David A. Kalinowski , Brandon R. Neale , David A. Schmuck , Eric N. Vergo , Jae Hwang Lee
CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 , G06F3/013 , G06F3/012 , G02B27/0179 , G01P13/00 , G01L1/127 , G01L1/16 , G06F1/163 , G02B27/0093 , H05K5/0017
Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a device housing, a support structure that is connected to the device housing to support the device housing with respect to a user, a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content, an optical system that is associated with the display device, and sensors that generate sensor output signals. The head-mounted device also includes a tension controller that determines a tensioning command based on the sensor output signals, and a tension adjuster that applies tension to the user according to the tensioning command in order to restrain motion of the device housing with respect to the user.
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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:US11726324B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US16448586
申请日:2019-06-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Fletcher R. Rothkopf , David A. Kalinowski , Jae Hwang Lee , Avi Bar-Zeev , Grant H. Mulliken , Paul Meade , Nathanael D. Parkhill , Ray L. Chang , Arthur Y. Zhang
CPC classification number: G02B27/017 , G09G3/20 , G09G2330/022 , G09G2330/023
Abstract: A display system includes a head-mounted display unit and a wake control system. The head-mounted display unit provides content to a user and is operable in a low-power state and a high-power state that consumes more power to provide the content to the user than the low-power state. The wake control system determines when to operate in the high-power state. The wake control system may assess a first wake criterion with low power, assess a second wake criterion with higher power than the first wake criterion upon satisfaction of the first wake criterion, and cause the head-mounted display unit to operate in the high-power state upon satisfaction of the second wake criterion.
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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.
Inventor: Vikrant Bhakta , David A. Kalinowski , Hyungryul Choi , Nathanael D. Parkhill , Stanley K. Melax , Byron R. Cocilovo
IPC: G02B27/01
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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