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公开(公告)号:US20240184120A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-06
申请号:US18505740
申请日:2023-11-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Igor Stamenov
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B3/10 , G02B27/0176 , G02C7/081 , G02B2027/0178
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. The head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated image towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. The optical system may be a see-through optical system that allows the user to view a real-world object through the optical system while receiving the computer-generated image or the optical system may include a non-removable lens and a removable vision correction lens through which an opaque display is viewable. The optical system may include a removable lens. The removable lens may serve as a custom vision correction lens to correct for a user's vision defects. The optical system may have a projection bias lens that places computer-generated content at one or more desired virtual image distances and a corresponding compensation bias lens.
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公开(公告)号:US11874530B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-16
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 , A61B3/00 , A61B3/032 , A61B3/036 , G02B6/42 , G02B7/02 , G02B7/09 , G02F1/133 , G06F1/16 , G02F1/1343
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:US20210199974A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US17204819
申请日:2021-03-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Igor Stamenov
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. The head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated image towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. The optical system may be a see-through optical system that allows the user to view a real-world object through the optical system while receiving the computer-generated image or the optical system may include a non-removable lens and a removable vision correction lens through which an opaque display is viewable. The optical system may include a removable lens. The removable lens may serve as a custom vision correction lens to correct for a user's vision defects. The optical system may have a projection bias lens that places computer-generated content at one or more desired virtual image distances and a corresponding compensation bias lens.
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公开(公告)号:US20250147270A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-08
申请号:US19014006
申请日:2025-01-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andreas G. Weber , Jeremy C. Franklin , Jason C. Sauers , Victoria C. Chan , Wey-Jiun Lin
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays content for a user. Head-mounted support structures in the device support the device on the head of the user. A non-removable lens system may be supported by the head-mounted support structures. The head-mounted support structures may be configured to receive a removable supplemental lens system. The removable supplemental lens system may be used to customize the head-mounted display to accommodate the user's vision. Information such as information on the optical characteristics of the removable supplemental lens system and the user's eyeglass prescription may be stored in the removable supplemental lens system using bar codes, text, programmable memory, or other data storage. When the removable supplemental lens system is installed in the head-mounted device, control circuitry in the head-mounted device may retrieve the stored information. A gaze tracker system or other sensors may be used in retrieving the stored information.
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公开(公告)号:US20240411104A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-12
申请号:US18807829
申请日:2024-08-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andreas G. Weber , Jeremy C. Franklin , Jason C. Sauers , Victoria C. Chan , Wey-Jiun Lin
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays content for a user. Head-mounted support structures in the device support the device on the head of the user. A non-removable lens system may be supported by the head-mounted support structures. The head-mounted support structures may be configured to receive a removable supplemental lens system. The removable supplemental lens system may be used to customize the head-mounted display to accommodate the user's vision. Information such as information on the optical characteristics of the removable supplemental lens system and the user's eyeglass prescription may be stored in the removable supplemental lens system using bar codes, text, programmable memory, or other data storage. When the removable supplemental lens system is installed in the head-mounted device, control circuitry in the head-mounted device may retrieve the stored information. A gaze tracker system or other sensors may be used in retrieving the stored information.
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公开(公告)号:US20240385448A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-21
申请号:US18787271
申请日:2024-07-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: James E. Pedder , Igor Stamenov , Cheng Chen , Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov , Graham B. Myhre , Victoria C. Chan , Xiaonan Wen , Peng Lv , Yuan Li , Yu Horie , Siddharth S. Hazra
Abstract: A lens module in a head-mounted device may include a fluid-filled chamber, a semi-rigid lens element that at least partially defines the fluid-filled chamber, and at least one actuator configured to selectively bend the semi-rigid lens element. The semi-rigid lens element may become rigid along a first axis when the lens element is curved along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. Six actuators that are evenly distributed around the periphery of the semi-rigid lens element may be used to control the curvature of the semi-rigid lens element. The semi-rigid lens element may initially be planar or non-planar. For example, the semi-rigid lens element may initially have a spherically convex surface and a spherically concave surface. A tunable spherical lens may be incorporated into the lens module to offset a parasitic spherical lens power from the semi-rigid lens element.
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公开(公告)号:US11815685B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-14
申请号:US17204819
申请日:2021-03-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Igor Stamenov
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B3/10 , G02B27/0176 , G02C7/081 , G02B2027/0178
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. The head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated image towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. The optical system may be a see-through optical system that allows the user to view a real-world object through the optical system while receiving the computer-generated image or the optical system may include a non-removable lens and a removable vision correction lens through which an opaque display is viewable. The optical system may include a removable lens. The removable lens may serve as a custom vision correction lens to correct for a user's vision defects. The optical system may have a projection bias lens that places computer-generated content at one or more desired virtual image distances and a corresponding compensation bias lens.
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公开(公告)号:US11054646B1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US15886623
申请日:2018-02-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , John N. Border , Jeffrey C. Olson , Yury A. Petrov , Edward S. Huo , Brandon Clarke
Abstract: A head-mounted device may include a display system and an optical system in a housing. The display system may have displays that produce images. The optical system may have Fresnel lenses through which a user of the head-mounted device may view the images. The Fresnel lenses may have concentric rings with slope facets and draft facets angled parallel to the chief rays. Light scattering in the Fresnel lenses may be reduced by coating the draft facets with opaque masking material and/or by aligning concentric rings of the opaque masking material that are supported on a transparent substrate with the draft facets. A central portion of the Fresnel lens that is free of facets may be enlarged to reduce scattering. The Fresnel lenses may have wedge-shaped cross-sectional profiles and may have outer portions that are thicker than inner portions. Gradient-index material may be used in forming the Fresnel lenses.
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公开(公告)号:US10983352B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-20
申请号:US16713877
申请日:2019-12-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Igor Stamenov
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. The head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated image towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. The optical system may be a see-through optical system that allows the user to view a real-world object through the optical system while receiving the computer-generated image or the optical system may include a non-removable lens and a removable vision correction lens through which an opaque display is viewable. The optical system may include a removable lens. The removable lens may serve as a custom vision correction lens to correct for a user's vision defects. The optical system may have a projection bias lens that places computer-generated content at one or more desired virtual image distances and a corresponding compensation bias lens.
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公开(公告)号:US20200225477A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-16
申请号:US16713877
申请日:2019-12-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victoria C. Chan , Christina G. Gambacorta , Igor Stamenov
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display that displays computer-generated content for a user. The head-mounted device may have an optical system that directs the computer-generated image towards eye boxes for viewing by a user. The optical system may be a see-through optical system that allows the user to view a real-world object through the optical system while receiving the computer-generated image or the optical system may include a non-removable lens and a removable vision correction lens through which an opaque display is viewable. The optical system may include a removable lens. The removable lens may serve as a custom vision correction lens to correct for a user's vision defects. The optical system may have a projection bias lens that places computer-generated content at one or more desired virtual image distances and a corresponding compensation bias lens.
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