公开(公告)号：US11195495B1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16994326

申请日：2020-08-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Andreas G. Weber ,  Brandon E. Clarke ,  Forrest C. Wang ,  Wey-Jiun Lin ,  William W. Sprague

IPC: G09G5/10 ,  G09G5/14 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have a display that displays an image for a user. Head-mounted support structures may be used to support the display and to support lenses. The image on the display is visible through the lenses from eye boxes. The presence of the user's nose and the presence of opaque lens holder structures presents a risk that some of the image will be obscured by undesired black regions. To reduce or eliminate these black regions, facial illumination may be generated using a light source in the electronic device. The facial illumination may be provided by a light source such as a light-emitting diode die or laser or may be provided by a corner region of the display that contains pixels that do not supply any part of the image.

公开(公告)号：US20210089150A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US16919007

申请日：2020-07-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Forrest C. Wang ,  Ritu Shah

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head mounted device may have an inner display that displays an image for a user through lenses. Head-mounted support structures may be used to support the display and lenses. One or more external displays may be publically viewable while the head-mounted device is being worn. The head-mounted support structures may have a front face on which an external display is mounted. One or more finger sensors that are configured to detect touch input, force input, and/or other input from an external object such as a user's finger may be included in the head-mounted device. A finger sensor may have an elongated shape that runs along a peripheral edge of an external display on the front face. Finger sensors may also be located on other portions of the support structures.

公开(公告)号：US20200096775A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-26

申请号：US16448501

申请日：2019-06-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Wey-Jiun Lin ,  Brandon R. Neale ,  Heidi Williamson ,  Andreas G. Weber ,  Forrest C. Wang ,  Phil M. Hobson

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B7/14

Abstract: A display system includes a display, a removable lens assembly, and a lens detection sensor. The removable lens is removably coupleable to the display. The lens detection sensor detects the removable lens assembly coupled to the display. The display system may further include a head-mounted display unit that includes the display and the lens detection sensor. The display system may lens information from the removable lens with the lens detection sensor, and may provide an indicator of the removable lens according to the lens information.

公开(公告)号：US10373731B1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US15654536

申请日：2017-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Gary L. Burkholder ,  Derek C. Scott ,  David G. Havskjold ,  Glen A. Rhodes ,  Forrest C. Wang ,  Ryan J. Garrone

IPC: H04B10/00 ,  H01B5/14 ,  H02J50/30 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B6/42 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H04B10/80 ,  H04B10/25 ,  B60J1/02 ,  B60R16/03 ,  H02J7/02 ,  B60R1/04

Abstract: A system such as a vehicle system may include a window. The window may have glass layers and an interposed polymer layer. Signal paths that contact the polymer layer may be formed within the window. The signal paths may be electrical signal paths formed from wires or patterned conductive traces. The conductive traces may be portions of an infrared-light-blocking layer formed from a conductive film or may be patterned from other conductive thin-film layers. The signal paths may include optical waveguides formed from optical fibers embedded in the polymer or transparent thin-film layers on the glass layers or other substrates. Openings may be formed in the glass layers to allow signal paths to pass to an electrical component. The electrical component may also be wirelessly coupled to the signal paths.