公开(公告)号：US20230393405A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18453879

申请日：2023-08-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jonathan C Moisant-Thompson ,  Alexandre Chapiro ,  Bennett S Wilburn ,  Seth E Hunter ,  Ove Lyngnes ,  Nicolas P Bonnier ,  Cameron A Harder ,  Nawaf Al-Baghly

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/09 ,  G02B7/14 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G02B5/30

CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/0955 ,  G02B7/14 ,  G02F1/157 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/0093 ,  G02B5/3083

Abstract: Eyewear such as a head-mounted device may include display-optimized lenses. The lenses may be optimized for viewing an external display while also providing sun protection for the user's eyes. The external display may form part of a handheld electronic device that serves as a controller for the head-mounted device. The lenses in the head-mounted device may reduce ambient light brightness while maintaining the brightness of the external display so that the user can use the external display while wearing the head-mounted device. The user may, for example, provide touch input to the external display to adjust display content on the head-mounted display. The lenses may include a polarizer and a color filter having a transmission spectrum curve with peaks corresponding to the primary colors of the external display. The lenses may be removable clip-on lenses and the light filter may be an electrochromic filter.

公开(公告)号：US11822715B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17316460

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Alexandre Chapiro ,  Mehmet N. Agaoglu ,  Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier ,  Yi-Pai Huang ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Andrew B. Watson ,  Pretesh A. Mascarenhas

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G09G5/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/013 ,  G09G5/02 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G09G2320/0261 ,  G09G2320/0613 ,  G09G2320/0666 ,  G09G2320/0686 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2354/00

Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display and an eye tracker. The display includes one or more foveated areas. In the embodiment, the eye tracker is configured to collect eye tracking data regarding a gaze of one or more eyes of a user on the display. The electronic device also includes processing circuitry operatively coupled to the display. In the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a motion associated with the gaze from the eye tracker. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a previous location associated with the gaze during a previous frame and a target position associated with the gaze during a target frame. In the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to expand one or more foveated areas of the display adjacent a previous position of the gaze of the user.

公开(公告)号：US11735126B1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17379386

申请日：2021-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jackson K. Roland ,  Nicolas P. Bonnier ,  Alexandre Chapiro ,  David A. Doyle ,  Guillaume Lestoquoy ,  Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson

IPC: G09G3/34 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06V10/56

CPC classification number: G09G3/3413 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06V10/56 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/342 ,  G09G2320/0666 ,  G09G2340/06

Abstract: An electronic device such as a watch may include a display and a light sensor located behind the display. The light sensor may be used to measure the color of external objects. During color sampling operations, the display may emit light towards the external object in front of the display while the light sensor gathers color measurements. The display may emit light of different colors and the light sensor may detect an amount of reflected light for each color, which in turn may be used to determine the color of the external object. The control circuitry may use a watch-band-specific algorithm to determine the color of watch bands and may use a clothing-specific algorithm to determine the color of clothing. The control circuitry may display the color on the display so that the face of the watch matches the user's clothing or matches the user's watch band.

公开(公告)号：US20240045502A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18488419

申请日：2023-10-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Alexandre Chapiro ,  Mehmet N. Agaoglu ,  Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier ,  Yi-Pai Huang ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Andrew B. Watson ,  Pretesh A. Mascarenhas

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G09G5/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/013 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G09G5/02 ,  G09G2354/00 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2320/0261 ,  G09G2320/0613 ,  G09G2320/0666 ,  G09G2320/0686

Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display and an eye tracker. The display includes one or more foveated areas. In the embodiment, the eye tracker is configured to collect eye tracking data regarding a gaze of one or more eyes of a user on the display. The electronic device also includes processing circuitry operatively coupled to the display. In the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a motion associated with the gaze from the eye tracker. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a previous location associated with the gaze during a previous frame and a target position associated with the gaze during a target frame. In the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to expand one or more foveated areas of the display adjacent a previous position of the gaze of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20220011858A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17316460

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Alexandre Chapiro ,  Mehmet N. Agaoglu ,  Nicolas Pierre Marie Frederic Bonnier ,  Yi-Pai Huang ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Andrew B. Watson ,  Pretesh A. Mascarenhas

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G09G5/02

Abstract: In an embodiment, an electronic device includes a display and an eye tracker. The display includes one or more foveated areas. In the embodiment, the eye tracker is configured to collect eye tracking data regarding a gaze of one or more eyes of a user on the display. The electronic device also includes processing circuitry operatively coupled to the display. In the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to receive an indication of a motion associated with the gaze from the eye tracker. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a previous location associated with the gaze during a previous frame and a target position associated with the gaze during a target frame. In the embodiment, the processing circuitry is configured to expand one or more foveated areas of the display adjacent a previous position of the gaze of the user.

公开(公告)号：US11803060B1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17223495

申请日：2021-04-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson ,  Alexandre Chapiro ,  Seth E. Hunter ,  Ove Lyngnes ,  Nicolas P. Bonnier

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02C7/12 ,  G02C11/00

CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 ,  G02C7/12 ,  G02C11/10 ,  G02B2027/0178 ,  G02B2027/0187

Abstract: Eyewear such as sunglasses may include display-optimized lenses. The lenses may be optimized for viewing an external display and/or for viewing a display in the head-mounted device while also providing sun protection for the user's eyes. The lenses may include a polarizer and a color filter that are designed for a given target display. Lenses that are optimized for a display that emits linearly polarized light may include a linear polarizer. Lenses that are optimized for a display that emits circularly polarized light may include a circular polarizer. The circular polarizer may include a quarter wave plate and a linear polarizer. The color filter may have a transmission spectrum curve with peaks corresponding to the primary colors of the target display so that the color and brightness of display light is preserved while the brightness of sunlight is reduced.