公开(公告)号：US11810516B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17150818

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  David W. Lum ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Cheuk Chi Lo

IPC: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3677 ,  G09G3/3688 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0452 ,  G09G2310/0205 ,  G09G2310/027 ,  G09G2310/0218 ,  G09G2310/0221 ,  G09G2310/0267 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G09G2310/0297 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2340/0407

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower and higher resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20230333359A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18341562

申请日：2023-06-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sajjad A. Khan ,  Nan Zhu ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Brent J. Bollman ,  Tyler Anderson ,  Weibo Cheng ,  John N. Border

IPC: G02B17/08 ,  G02B27/28 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G09G3/00

CPC classification number: G02B17/0856 ,  G02B27/283 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0018 ,  G02B27/286 ,  G09G3/003 ,  G02B2027/0138

Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective minor may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.

公开(公告)号：US20220004009A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US17479322

申请日：2021-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Graham B. Myhre ,  Guolin Peng ,  Hyungryul Choi ,  Scott M. DeLapp ,  Vikrant Bhakta

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/00

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display module that produces foveated images having high and low resolution regions. The module may include a reflective display panel that produces first reflected light during first time periods and second reflected light during second time periods. The first reflected light may reflect off of a beam splitter to form the low resolution region of the foveated image. The second reflected light may be transmitted by the beam splitter, de-magnified by a lens, and redirected by an optical steering element to produce the high resolution region at a desired, adjustable, location in the foveated image. The reflective display panel may be replaced by sets of emissive display panels that concurrently display the high and low resolution regions in the foveated image. The sets of emissive display panels may be replaced by front-lit reflective display panels.

公开(公告)号：US11130391B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US15758660

申请日：2016-09-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hyungryul J. Choi ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Cheng Chen ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Matheen M. Siddiqui ,  Russell Y. Webb ,  Matthew E. Last

IPC: B60J3/04 ,  B60J3/06 ,  B60R16/037

Abstract: A vehicle may have optical structures such as windows and mirrors that have the potential to allow glare from external objects to shine into the eyes of a driver or other vehicle occupant. A control circuit may gather information on where the eyes of the driver are located using a camera mounted in the vehicle and may gather information on where the sun or other source of glare are located outside of the vehicle. Based on this information, the control circuit may direct a light modulator on a window or mirror to selectively darken an area that prevents the glare from reaching the eyes of the driver. The light modulator may have a photochromic layer that is adjusted by shining light onto the photochromic layer, may be a liquid crystal modulator, an electrochromic modulator, or other light modulator layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210142736A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17150818

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  David W. Lum ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Cheuk Chi Lo

IPC: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower and higher resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.

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.

公开(公告)号：US20190172399A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-06

申请号：US16323751

申请日：2017-08-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  David W. Lum ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Cheuk Chi Lo

IPC: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower (L) and higher (M, H) resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US10203489B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-12

申请号：US15434623

申请日：2017-02-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sajjad A. Khan ,  Nan Zhu ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Brent J. Bollman ,  Tyler Anderson ,  Weibo Cheng ,  John N. Border

IPC: G02B17/08 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/28 ,  G09G3/00 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective mirror may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.

公开(公告)号：US20250028158A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18905011

申请日：2024-10-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sajjad A. Khan ,  Nan Zhu ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Brent J. Bollman ,  Tyler Anderson ,  Weibo Cheng ,  John N. Border

IPC: G02B17/08 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/28 ,  G09G3/00

Abstract: A head-mounted display may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have a pixel array that produces light associated with images. The display system may also have a linear polarizer through which light from the pixel array passes and a quarter wave plate through which the light passes after passing through the quarter wave plate. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The lens elements may include a plano-convex lens and a plano-concave lens. A partially reflective mirror may be formed on a convex surface of the plano-convex lens. A reflective polarizer may be formed on the planar surface of the plano-convex lens or the concave surface of the plano-concave lens. An additional quarter wave plate may be located between the reflective polarizer and the partially reflective mirror.

公开(公告)号：US12206061B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-21

申请号：US16915629

申请日：2020-06-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dagny Fleischman ,  Chi-Jui Chung ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Giovanni Carbone ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Michael Slootsky

IPC: H01L51/52 ,  G02B1/08 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02F1/133 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H10K50/844 ,  H10K50/86 ,  H10K59/12 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  H10K50/80 ,  H10K102/00

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display has pixels configured to display an image. The display is mounted in a housing. The housing may include head-mounted support structures configured to support the display for viewing through lenses. The pixels of the display may be covered by a layer of thin-film encapsulation. The thin-film encapsulation may be covered with a cover layer such as a glass cover layer that is attached to the thin-film encapsulation layer by a layer of adhesive. To suppress internal light reflections, the display may include reflection suppression structures. The reflection suppression structures may include an antireflection layer and/or polarizer and waveplate layers. The reflection suppression structures may be formed on an outwardly facing surface of the cover layer and/or between the thin-film encapsulation layer and the cover layer.