公开(公告)号：US20240353708A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18426673

申请日：2024-01-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Young Cheol Yang ,  Fuyi Yang ,  Se Hyun Ahn ,  Seung Hoon Lee ,  Zhibing Ge

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13363 ,  G02F1/137

CPC classification number: G02F1/133526 ,  G02F1/133536 ,  G02F1/133638 ,  G02F1/13718

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display system configured to produce light and a lens assembly that receives the light from the display panel. The lens assembly may include one or more lens elements, one or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers, one or more quarter wave plates, one or more linear polarizers, one or more reflective polarizers, and/or a partially reflective layer. The display system may include a display panel, a linear polarizer, one or more quarter wave plates, and/or a geometric phase lens.

公开(公告)号：US20250104580A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18828527

申请日：2024-09-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stanley K. Melax ,  Seyedpooya Mirhosseini ,  Fuyi Yang ,  Seyedkoosha Mirhosseini ,  Dagny Fleischman ,  David M. Cook ,  Yashas Rai Kurlethimar ,  Xin Wang ,  Travis W. Brown ,  Ara H. Aroyan ,  Jin Wook Chang ,  Abbas Haddadi ,  Yang Li ,  Alexander G. Berardino ,  Mengu Sukan ,  Ermal Dreshaj ,  Kyrollos Yanny ,  William W. Sprague

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T11/00

Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present content items (e.g., movies, TV shows, home-made videos, etc.) on electronic devices such as HMDs. Some implementations adjust what is being displayed by the electronic devices to mitigate optical module-based artifacts (e.g., ghosting). For example, in an HMD with a catadioptric lens, a mirror layer may leak some light to produce ghosting artifacts that may be mitigated by adjusting brightness, dynamic range, contrast, light-spill, color, etc. Some implementations utilize adjustments that are based on content item awareness (e.g., adjustments based on the peak brightness of the scene in a movie that is being displayed within an extended reality (XR) environment, etc.). Some implementations provide adjustments based on environment awareness (e.g., how dark is the surroundings or pass-through environment) and/or optical module modeling. The adjustments may change a particular content item and/or an environment in which it is presented.

公开(公告)号：US20250028157A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18480695

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Seung Hoon Lee ,  Fuyi Yang ,  Hanyang Huang ,  Se Hyun Ahn ,  Wentao Li ,  Young Cheol Yang ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Dagny Fleischman

IPC: G02B17/08 ,  G02B25/00

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display system and an optical system that are supported by a housing. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having one or more lens elements. The optical system may include a wave plate stack with one or more wave plates. The display system may also include a wave plate stack with one or more wave plates. Each wave plate stack may include a positive dispersion quarter wave plate and a positive dispersion half wave plate. Each wave plate stack may include a negative dispersion quarter wave plate and a negative dispersion half wave plate. Each wave plate stack may include a biaxial quarter wave plate and a biaxial half wave plate.

公开(公告)号：US12295204B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US17824787

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Young Cheol Yang ,  Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran ,  Michelle C Sherrott ,  Fuyi Yang

IPC: H01L29/08 ,  H10K50/854 ,  H10K59/122 ,  H10K59/35 ,  H10K59/38

Abstract: The circular polarizer may be omitted from a display to increase efficiency. A polarizer-free display may use other non-polarizer techniques to mitigate reflections of ambient light and mitigate diffraction reflection artifacts. The polarizer-free display may include a black pixel definition layer that absorbs ambient light. Color filter elements may be included in a black matrix to mitigate ambient light reflections. An intra-anode phase shift layer and/or an inter-anode phase shift layer may be included in the display to mitigate diffractive reflection artifacts. Multiple sub-pixels of the same color may be used in a single pixel to ensure a neutral reflection color. The display may include a cathode layer that is patterned to have openings over the black pixel definition layer to mitigate reflections. The display may include diffusive particles (in the color filter element or in a separate diffuser layer) to mitigate diffractive reflection artifacts.

公开(公告)号：US20240077740A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18329281

申请日：2023-06-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zachary A. Granger ,  Fuyi Yang ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Young Cheol Yang

IPC: G02B27/09 ,  G02B1/11 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/14

CPC classification number: G02B27/0955 ,  G02B1/11 ,  G02B5/3083 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B27/142 ,  G02B2027/014

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display system and an optical system that are supported by a housing. The optical system may be a catadioptric optical system having first, second, and third lens elements. The first lens element may have a convex surface and a concave surface. The convex surface may have less curvature than the concave surface. An anti-reflective coating may be formed on the convex surface. A partially reflective mirror may be interposed between the first and second lens elements and a reflective polarizer may be interposed between the second and third lens elements. Alternatively, a partially reflective mirror may be interposed between the second and third lens elements and a reflective polarizer may be interposed between the first and second lens elements.

公开(公告)号：US20230057334A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-23

申请号：US17824787

申请日：2022-05-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Young Cheol Yang ,  Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran ,  Michelle C. Sherrott ,  Fuyi Yang

IPC: H01L51/52 ,  H01L27/32

Abstract: The circular polarizer may be omitted from a display to increase efficiency. A polarizer-free display may use other non-polarizer techniques to mitigate reflections of ambient light and mitigate diffraction reflection artifacts. The polarizer-free display may include a black pixel definition layer that absorbs ambient light. Color filter elements may be included in a black matrix to mitigate ambient light reflections. An intra-anode phase shift layer and/or an inter-anode phase shift layer may be included in the display to mitigate diffractive reflection artifacts. Multiple sub-pixels of the same color may be used in a single pixel to ensure a neutral reflection color. The display may include a cathode layer that is patterned to have openings over the black pixel definition layer to mitigate reflections. The display may include diffusive particles (in the color filter element or in a separate diffuser layer) to mitigate diffractive reflection artifacts.