Head-Mounted Devices With Forward Facing Cameras

    公开(公告)号:US20240187554A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18439607

    申请日:2024-02-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted support structure with a left side portion, a right side portion, and a transparent front portion forming a lens. The lens may extend across the front of a user's face between the left and right side portions. The lens may have a mirror coating or other optical coating that helps obscure objects on the inner side of the lens when viewed from an exterior region surrounding the head-mounted device. Left and right forward-facing cameras with overlapping fields of view may be used to capture visible-light images through the lens. The cameras may also be used for gaze tracking. Left and right light sources may provide eye illumination that reflects from the lens into left and right eye boxes. Images from the eye boxes may reflect from the lens towards the left and right forward-facing cameras.

    Head-mounted display systems with gaze tracker alignment monitoring

    公开(公告)号:US11520152B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US17365815

    申请日:2021-07-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A head-mounted device may have displays that provide images. Waveguides may be used in conveying the images to eye boxes. The waveguides may overlap lenses in a glasses frame or other head-mounted support structure. The waveguides and lenses may be transparent. This allows real-world objects to be viewed from the eye boxes. Infrared-light reflectors may overlap the lenses. Gaze tracking system light sources may supply infrared light that reflects from the infrared-light reflectors to the eye boxes to illuminate a user's eyes. Gaze tracking system cameras capture gaze tracking images of the eyes from the eye boxes to track the user's gaze. Fiducials associated with the infrared-light reflectors may be monitored using the gaze tracking system cameras. This allows components such as the gaze tracking system cameras to be calibrated.

    Object tracking for head-mounted devices

    公开(公告)号:US11189059B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16920333

    申请日:2020-07-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A head-mounted device can be operated with another device and/or object for which information is gathered to facilitate visual display of a representation thereof. An object can be provided with indicators that allow a head-mounted device to determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of the object. Additionally or alternatively, the head-mounted device can determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of an electronic device attached to an object for producing a virtual representation of the object. Additionally or alternatively, the head-mounted device can receive data from an electronic device attached to an object for producing a virtual representation of the object. The virtual representation of the object can resemble the physical object, even where the object itself is not independently analyzed.

    BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR GEOMETRIES
    26.
    发明申请
    BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR GEOMETRIES 审中-公开
    板对板连接器几何

    公开(公告)号:US20160308294A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US15194134

    申请日:2016-06-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01R12/716 H01R12/7005 H01R12/7082

    Abstract: Board-to-board connectors are disclosed. The board to board connectors include a plurality of external connection structures, and a plurality of receptacle contacts. Each receptacle contact may be coupled to a corresponding external connection structure. Each receptacle contact may include an opening for receiving a plug contact for a corresponding plug side board-to-board connector, and an engaging feature where at least a portion of the engaging feature extends into a portion of the opening. The opening may have a receptacle alignment feature designed to correspond with a plug alignment feature on the plug side board-to-board connector.

    Abstract translation: 公开了板对板连接器。 板对板连接器包括多个外部连接结构和多个插座触点。 每个插座触点可以耦合到对应的外部连接结构。 每个插座触点可以包括用于接收用于相应的插头侧板对板连接器的插头触点的开口,以及接合特征,其中接合特征的至少一部分延伸到开口的一部分中。 开口可以具有设计成对应于插头侧板对板连接器上的插头对准特征的插座对准功能。

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