Head-mounted display and display modules thereof

    公开(公告)号:US12271002B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US18544713

    申请日:2023-12-19

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A head-mounted display a housing, two display modules, and a head support. The two display modules ae coupled to the housing. Each of the two display modules includes a display for outputting light that forms graphical content, a lens for refracting the light output by the display, and an eye illuminator. The eye illuminator includes a light-emitting diode, a flexible circuit to which the light-emitting diode is coupled, and a stiffener laminated to the flexible circuit with one or fewer layers of adhesive. The lens is removably coupled to the display indirectly by the stiffener. The head support is coupled to the housing for supporting the housing on a head of a user with the two display modules positioned to provide the graphical content to eyes of the user.

    Notifications in headbands
    52.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12222514B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-11

    申请号:US17655725

    申请日:2022-03-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a head-mounted display (HMD) and a retention band connected to the HMD. The retention band can include a display assembly positioned within the retention band for displaying visual information on an exterior of the retention band.

    Electronic Devices With Adjustable Eye Relief

    公开(公告)号:US20250013000A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-09

    申请号:US18347271

    申请日:2023-07-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. Each optical assembly may have a support with first and second portions that move relative to each other. A motor in each optical assembly may move the second portion of that optical assembly relative to the first portion of that optical assembly. The optical assemblies may each have guide rods along which the second portion of the optical assembly slides relative to the first portion. A lens in each optical assembly may be used to convey an image from a display in the optical assembly to an eye box for viewing by a user. The lens and display may be mounted to the second portion. Face bumpers may be mounted to the first portion. To adjust eye relief, the motor of each optical assembly may move the second portion relative to the first portion.

    Electronic Devices with Optical Module Positioning Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20240427112A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-26

    申请号:US18824708

    申请日:2024-09-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have optical modules that present images to a user's eyes. Each optical module may have a lens barrel with a display and a lens that presents an image from the display to a corresponding eye box. To accommodate users with different interpupillary distances, the optical modules may be slidably coupled to guide members such as guide rods. Actuators may slide the optical modules towards or away from each other along the guide rods. The guide rods may be formed from fiber-composite tubes with end caps that are fastened to a frame in the head-mounted device. The tubes may be partly or completely filled with cores to add strength. Low-friction coatings such as metal coatings may be formed on the fiber-composite tubes and the corresponding inner surfaces of the optical module structures that slidably engage the fiber-composite tubes.

    Head mountable display
    58.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12147598B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-19

    申请号:US18478780

    申请日:2023-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A head-mountable display can include a structural frame defining a viewing opening, an optical module coupled to the structural frame. The optical module can include a display screen to project light through the viewing opening. The display screen can define an inner edge, an outer edge opposite the inner edge, a lower edge extending between the inner edge and the outer edge, and an upper edge opposite the lower edge. The optical module can include a first camera disposed adjacent the inner edge and closer to the lower edge than the upper edge, and a second camera disposed adjacent the lower edge and closer to the outer edge than the inner edge.

    Head-Mounted Device With Optical Module Illumination Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20240061252A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-22

    申请号:US18488901

    申请日:2023-10-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: To accommodate variations in the interpupillary distances associated with different users, a head-mounted device may have left-eye and right-eye optical modules that move with respect to each other. Each optical module may have a display that creates an image and a corresponding lens that provides the image to an associated eye box for viewing by a user. The optical modules each include a lens barrel to which the display and lens of that optical module are mounted and a head-mounted optical module illumination system. The illumination system may have light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes that extend along some or all of a peripheral edge of the display. The light-emitting diodes may be mounted on a flexible printed circuit with a tail that extends a lens barrel opening. A stiffener for the flexible printed circuit may have openings that receive the light-emitting diodes.

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