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公开(公告)号:US20200285318A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
申请号:US16882150
申请日:2020-05-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Steven J. TAYLOR , Brenton A. BAUGH , Paul X. WANG , Alex J. LEHMANN , Ivan S. MARIC , Zheng GAO , Qiliang XU
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0354
Abstract: According to some embodiments, an accessory device for interacting with an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface, is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls suitable for carrying a processor capable of providing instructions and an interface unit extending through an opening at a distal end of the housing, where the interface unit is capable of interacting with the touch sensitive surface. The accessory device can further include a sensor in communication with the processor and the interface unit, where the sensor is capable of (i) detecting a stimulus generated by the interaction between the interface unit and the touch sensitive surface, and (ii) responding by providing a feedback parameter to the processor that responds by providing a feedback instruction. The accessory device can further include a feedback component that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback force to the walls of the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20240280818A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18570051
申请日:2022-06-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Darshan R. KASAR , Forrest C. WANG , Junhan REN
IPC: G02B27/01
CPC classification number: G02B27/0172 , G02B27/0176 , G02B2027/0138
Abstract: A head-mountable device can include modules that provide vision correction and operable connections between the modules. By providing head-mountable devices with modular features, certain lens assemblies can provide the desired vision correction for any given user and facilitate exchange with a different lens assembly for a different user. The lens assembly can identify itself and/or a feature thereof (e.g., vision correction and/or user identification) via an operable connection through the optical assembly onto which it attaches. By providing the operable connection through the optical assembly, part count, weight, complexity, and install procedures can be reduced. By sealing the cable providing the operable connect from an external environment, the reliability and robustness of the connection can be enhanced.
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公开(公告)号:US20210063734A1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-04
申请号:US16938770
申请日:2020-07-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Jan K. QUIJALVO
Abstract: A head-mountable device can include an optical module that provides a display element and/or an optical element that are adjustably mounted. The display element and/or another optical element can be adjusted by actuation of a mechanism that allows the display element and/or the optical element to move in one or more (e.g., six) degrees of freedom (roll, pitch, and yaw). The actuation allows for the position of the display element to be adjusted relative to the optical element to correct for any displacements caused during operation of the head-mountable device. One or more sensors within the optical module or external to the optical module and/or the head-mountable device can detect the position of the display at an initial state as well as thereafter. The sensors can check for changes in the position of the components to provide a basis for the actuation.
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公开(公告)号:US20240377647A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-14
申请号:US18692788
申请日:2022-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Matin SEADAT BEHESHTI , Jia TAO , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , John S. CAMP , David R. CRAMER , Evan D. CHRISTENSEN , Ivan S. MARIC , Kristina A. BABIARZ , Jeremy C. FRANKLIN
Abstract: A wearable electronic device can include an optical assembly that supports a display and is moveable within the wearable electronic device. A compliant tracking assembly can be provided to facilitate precision alignment to allow the tracking assembly to operate as an encoder system. For example, the sensor of the tracking assembly can be consistently aligned with a scale so that movement of the optical assembly relative to the chassis can be tracked and controlled accurately and precisely. Such a compliant mechanism can provide protection of the sensor throughout the life of the wearable electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230363123A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US18225036
申请日:2023-07-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Phil M. HOBSON , Jonathan C. ATLER , Arash NAGHIB LAHOUTI , Jesse T. DYBENKO
IPC: H05K7/20 , G10K11/175 , H04N5/655 , H04N23/54 , H04N23/90
CPC classification number: H05K7/20972 , G10K11/175 , H04N5/655 , H04N23/54 , H04N23/90 , G02B27/0176
Abstract: A head-mounted device can effectively manage heat while also managing noise output in a manner that reduces the user's perception thereof. For example, a support member extending across a flow channel can provide multiple sections with different profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions within the flow channel. Each of the profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions can generate tonal noises at different frequencies, so that the tonal noises generated are distributed across multiple frequencies to mask such tonal noises among broadband noises that are generated by the head-mounted device. Such a support member can be moveably positioned within the flow channel and rigidly coupled to other components of the head-mounted device. Such a support member can also be used to draw heat away from other components of the head-mounted device to be dissipated by the flow of air within the flow channel.
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公开(公告)号:US20230350503A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18214395
申请日:2023-06-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Gabriele D′AMONE , Muhammad F. HOSSAIN , Ivan S. MARIC , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Stephen E. DEY
CPC classification number: G06F3/0233 , G06F3/014 , G06F3/017
Abstract: An external device, such as a head-mountable device, can be operated with a ring input device worn on a finger of a user. Such devices can be operated to provide inputs that are received and acted upon by the external device. The inputs can be provided as rotating, tilting, and/or sliding at least a portion of the ring input device with another finger of the user. The ring input device can provide feedback to the user as confirmation that the inputs are being received. A feedback system can also be operated to limit or otherwise provide a force on the finger and/or another portion of the hand to simulate sensations perceived by the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20240412669A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-12
申请号:US18691431
申请日:2022-09-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Darshan R. KASAR , Junhan REN , Paul X. WANG , Forrest C. WANG
Abstract: A wearable electronic device can include optical assemblies for providing visual output to a user. The optical assemblies can include a central display as well as a light track that surrounds at least a portion of the central display. Primary information and images can be provided at the central display to be received at a center region of a user's vision. Supplemental content and/or information can be provided by operation of the light track, which can be operated with relatively simple controls. The supplemental content and/or information can be received at a peripheral region of the user's vision. Accordingly. the inner and outer images produced by the separate mechanisms of the optical assembly can provide a single continuous image for observation by the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20240393872A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-28
申请号:US18694375
申请日:2022-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC
Abstract: Wearable electronic devices can provide user-facing sensors to track facial features of a person wearing the wearable electronic device. Detections can be transmitted to other wearable electronic devices so that avatars of the person can be displayed thereon. The users observing such avatars can respond to the selected level of realism, and the wearable electronic devices worn by such users can detect or otherwise receive feedback from the users, for example with sensors to track facial features. Such reactions can be used to determine whether the avatar should be adjusted, for example to be more cartoonlike or lifelike. Additionally, reactions over time can be tracked to determine a user's overall responsiveness to cartoonlike or lifelike avatars, and futures avatars can be generated based on such determinations.
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公开(公告)号:US20210185855A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-17
申请号:US16809470
申请日:2020-03-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Phil M. HOBSON , Jan K. QUIJALVO , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Sivesh SELVAKUMAR
Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a housing configured to be worn on a head of a user. The housing includes an inlet port and an outlet port. An air circulation device is mounted to the housing and configured to produce a flow of air through an air flow path in the housing that extends from the inlet port to the outlet port. A display assembly is mounted to the housing and has a surface in the air flow path of the housing. An air deflector mounted to the surface of the display assembly and configured to reduce a turbulence of the flow of air through the air flow path.
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公开(公告)号:US20250147581A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-08
申请号:US18691030
申请日:2022-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. WANG , Adam Y. KOLLGAARD , Scott M. LEINWEBER , Venkata Narayana Murthy ARELEKATTI , John CAGLE , Liam R. MARTINEZ , Ivan S. MARIC , Stephen E. DEY , Trevor J. NESS , Sally R. ANNIS , Jeremy C. FRANKLIN
Abstract: A wearable electronic device can include interface features to provide guidance for optimal placement of the wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device and/or another electronic device can be operated to guide a user to position the wearable electronic device in a manner that will achieve proper alignment of components with respect to the user and maximize user comfort. For example, the wearable electronic device and/or another device can include sensors for detecting features of the user's face, forces distributed on the face when worn, and/or alignment with the face (e.g., eyes). The guidance can include instructions or other interface features to encourage adjustment of the wearable electronic device. While the head wearable electronic device can provide such guidance to the user wearing it, the feedback can also be provided to another person and/or via another device.
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