公开(公告)号：US20250020926A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18643934

申请日：2024-04-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James E. Pedder ,  Igor Stamenov ,  Arthur Y. Zhang

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B3/12 ,  G02B25/00 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical module with a display and a tunable lens. During operation, the electronic device may gather data and adjust the tunable lens based on the gathered data. The optical module may include a non-adjustable lens element with convex curvature in addition to the tunable lens. The optical module may include a Fresnel lens element in addition to the tunable lens. The optical module may include a catadioptric lens in addition to the tunable lens. The optical module may include a catadioptric lens that includes the tunable lens. The optical module may have a birdbath architecture that includes the tunable lens. The optical module may include a waveguide and the tunable lens may be an adjustable positive bias lens and/or an adjustable negative bias lens.

公开(公告)号：US20240430561A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-26

申请号：US18662980

申请日：2024-05-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Rockwell ,  Oriel Y. Bergig ,  Geoffrey Stahl ,  Thibaut Weise ,  Peter Kaufmann ,  Branko Petljanski ,  Jason L. Slupeiks ,  Tom Sengelaub ,  Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki ,  Yanghai Tsin ,  Hesam Najafi ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Cheng Chen ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Marinus Meursing ,  Phil M. Hobson ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Jan K. Quijalvo ,  Jia Tao ,  Ivan S. Maric ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Wey-Jiun Lin ,  William A. Sorrentino, III ,  Jonathan Ive ,  Alan C. Dye ,  Stephen O. Lemay

IPC: H04N23/611 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04N23/90

Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.

公开(公告)号：US20240386819A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18662883

申请日：2024-05-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Rockwell ,  Oriel Y. Bergig ,  Geoffrey Stahl ,  Thibaut Weise ,  Peter Kaufmann ,  Branko Petljanski ,  Jason L. Slupeiks ,  Tom Sengelaub ,  Kathrin Berkner Cieslicki ,  Yanghai Tsin ,  Hesam Najafi ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Julian Jaede ,  Yoonhoo Jo ,  Forrest C. Wang ,  Bertrand Nepveu ,  Muhammad F. Hossain ,  William A. Sorrentino, III ,  Jonathan Ive ,  Alan C. Dye ,  Stephen O. Lemay ,  Jeffrey M. Faulkner

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/0362

Abstract: A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.

公开(公告)号：US11346940B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17316125

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas C. Soldner ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Tushar Gupta

IPC: G01S15/04 ,  G01S15/00

Abstract: Object detection may include transmitting, by a first device, a first pulse into an environment using a wide field configuration of an ultrasonic sensor array, detecting a presence of an object in the environment based on a detected echo based on the first pulse. In response to detecting the presence of the object, a targeted configuration of the ultrasonic sensor array is determined, and a second pulse is transmitted into the environment based on the second pulse, wherein a characteristic of the object is determined based on a detected echo from the second pulse.

公开(公告)号：US11308685B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US17028887

申请日：2020-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Siddharth S. Hazra ,  William J. Dobbie ,  Moinul H. Khan ,  Yanli Zhang ,  Yohan Rajan ,  Arthur Y. Zhang

IPC: G06T15/20 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T19/00

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that dynamically-size zones used in foveated rendering of content that includes text. In some implementations, this involves adjusting the size of a first zone, e.g., a foveated gaze zone (FGZ), based on the apparent size of text from a viewpoint. For example, a FGZ may be increased or decreased in width, height, diameter, or other size attribute based on determining an angle subtended by one or more individual glyphs of the text from the viewpoint. Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that select a text-rendering algorithm based on a relationship between (a) the rendering resolution of a portion of an image corresponding to a part of a glyph and (b) the size that the part of the glyph will occupy in the image.

公开(公告)号：US20210387568A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17459584

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Albert J. Golko ,  Bivin J. Varghese ,  Christopher P. Child ,  Collin J. Palmer ,  Daniel E. Potter ,  Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner

IPC: B60Q1/44 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60Q1/26 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q1/52 ,  B60T17/22 ,  B60Q1/54 ,  B60Q1/28 ,  B60Q1/30 ,  B60Q5/00 ,  B60T7/12 ,  G05D1/02

Abstract: A vehicle may have vehicle controls that are used in steering, braking, and accelerating the vehicle. The vehicle may have sensors that gather information on vehicle speed, orientation, and position. The sensors may also gather information on relative speed between the vehicle and a following vehicle, information on risks of a collision between a vehicle and an external object, and other vehicle status information and vehicle operating environment information. Control circuitry may use light-based devices to display braking information, information on vehicle speed, the relative speed between a vehicle and a following vehicle, autonomous driving mode status information, custom brake light information or other user-selected information, or other information on vehicle status and the operating environment of a vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11064387B1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-13

申请号：US16411302

申请日：2019-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Aleksandr M. Movshovich ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Hao Pan ,  Holly E. Gerhard ,  Jim C. Chou ,  Moinul H. Khan ,  Paul V. Johnson ,  Sorin C. Cismas ,  Sreeraman Anantharaman ,  William W. Sprague

IPC: H04W28/06 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04N13/398 ,  H04N13/344 ,  H04N13/194

Abstract: One exemplary implementation involves performing operations at an electronic device with one or more processors and a computer-readable storage medium. The device establishes a wireless communication link with a host device. The device receives, from the host device, a left eye frame and a right eye frame via a sequence of left eye frame transmissions and right eye frame transmissions. The device switches data transmissions schemes according to wireless commination link quality or eye gaze tracking. Adjusting transmission format based on transmission quality of the wireless communication link allows the devices to take advantage of greater bandwidth when available to save power. An additional transmission format is based on alternately transmitting left eye and right eye frames for very low bandwidth.

公开(公告)号：US10948299B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US16145086

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Sonca Teng

IPC: G01C21/16 ,  G06T7/246

Abstract: Methods and systems for relative inertial measurement may include a user device comprising an inertial measurement device and/or a camera. A second inertial measurement device may be configured to move with a reference frame. One or more processors may receive inertial measurements from the first and second inertial measurement devices and determine movement of the user device relative to the reference frame by comparing the received inertial measurements. Additionally reference objects in a view of a camera may be used to calibrate the determined motion of the user device within the reference frame.

公开(公告)号：US10940790B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16669897

申请日：2019-10-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Budhadipta Dan ,  Christy F. Cull ,  Ryan J. Garrone

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  B60Q1/14 ,  F21V14/04 ,  F21V5/04 ,  H05B47/105 ,  F21Y115/10 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: A system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including determining a current state of a vehicle, the current state determined based on information from sensors, receiving a lighting control signal based on the information received from the sensors, and activating an adjustable and controllable spotlight based on the lighting control signal.

公开(公告)号：US10112528B1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US15221376

申请日：2016-07-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Albert J. Golko ,  Bivin J. Varghese ,  Christopher P. Child ,  Collin J. Palmer ,  Daniel E. Potter ,  Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner

IPC: B60Q1/44 ,  B60T7/12 ,  B60Q5/00 ,  B60Q1/30 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60Q1/28

Abstract: A vehicle may have vehicle controls that are used in steering, braking, and accelerating the vehicle. The vehicle may have sensors that gather information on vehicle speed, orientation, and position. The sensors may also gather information on relative speed between the vehicle and a following vehicle, information on risks of a collision between a vehicle and an external object, and other vehicle status information and vehicle operating environment information. Control circuitry may use light-based devices to display braking information, information on vehicle speed, the relative speed between a vehicle and a following vehicle, autonomous driving mode status information, custom brake light information or other user-selected information, or other information on vehicle status and the operating environment of a vehicle.