ASSISTED DRAWING AND WRITING IN EXTENDED REALITY

    公开(公告)号:US20250029343A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18907301

    申请日:2024-10-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An example process includes: receiving, from a user, an input corresponding to a request for assistance with a drawing; in accordance with receiving the input, selecting a physical surface in a physical environment; displaying, over the selected physical surface, a graphical overlay representing the drawing, where displaying the graphical overlay over the selected physical surface includes anchoring the graphical overlay to the selected physical surface; and while displaying the graphical overlay over the selected physical surface: detecting a marking produced by the user on the physical surface, the marking corresponding to the drawing.

    Depth mapping apparatus
    483.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250029281A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18677940

    申请日:2024-05-30

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A depth mapping apparatus includes a stereoscopic depth mapping module, including a first and second cameras configured to capture pairs of respective first and second images of a scene, and a range-sensing module, configured to measure respective ranges from the apparatus to multiple points in the scene. A controller processes a first pair of the first and second images of the scene to compute a first depth map of the scene and associates at least some of the points at which the range-sensing module measured respective ranges with corresponding pixels in the first depth map. The controller computes a correction function for the stereoscopic depth mapping module by comparing the respective ranges measured by the range-sensing module to respective depth coordinates of the corresponding pixels in the first depth map and applies the correction function in computing subsequent depth maps based on subsequent pairs of the first and second images.

    METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN AN ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20250028423A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18908623

    申请日:2024-10-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: In some embodiments, an electronic device changes the immersion level of a virtual environment and/or spatial effect in a three-dimensional environment based on the geometry of the physical environment around the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device modifies the virtual environment and/or spatial effect in response to detecting a movement of the device. In some embodiments, an electronic device moves a user interface of an application into and/or out of a virtual environment. In some embodiments, an electronic device selectively changes the display of a simulated environment and/or atmospheric effect in a three-dimensional environment based on movement of an object associated with a viewpoint of a user. In some embodiments, an electronic device provides feedback to a user in response to a user moving a virtual object to and/or into a simulated environment.

    Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays

    公开(公告)号:US20250028364A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18762440

    申请日:2024-07-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. The device may have a stainless steel and/or carbon fiber reinforced polymer layer with slots. The slots may overlap the bend axis. The slots may have at least one property that varies in a non-linear manner as a function of position on the layer. The device may include an adhesive layer with a cutout that overlaps the slots. An interface that defines the cutout may have a plurality of recesses with varying depths. A flexible printed circuit may be attached to an edge of the display panel. The display cover layer may overlap a bonding region between the flexible printed circuit and the edge of the display panel. A UV-curable gap filler may be interposed between the flexible printed circuit and the display cover layer.

    Strain-Insensitive Wave Plate Arrangements

    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.

    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.

    Seals for Optical Components
    487.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250028085A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18906658

    申请日:2024-10-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have optical components that each have first and second transparent layers such as first and second glass layers. The glass layers may have outer surfaces that face away from each other and inner surfaces that face towards each other. A polymer layer is formed between the inner surfaces of the glass layers. Along the periphery of each optical component, a hermetic seal is formed to protect the polymer material of the polymer layer. The seal may include one or more electroplated metal layers that are coupled to the first and second glass layers. For example, glass prism rings may be coupled to the first and second glass layers and metal may be coupled to the prism rings. The one or more metal layers may then be bonded to the metal on the prism rings, such as through soldering.

    Optical Systems with Gratings and Anti-reflective Layers

    公开(公告)号:US20250028082A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18904959

    申请日:2024-10-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display system may include a waveguide and at least one surface relief grating (SRG) structure. The SRG structure may include a plurality of ridges separated by a plurality of troughs. The SRG structure may include an anti-reflective layer to mitigate specular reflections off of the ridges. The anti-reflective layer may be formed above the ridges such that the ridges are interposed between the waveguide and the anti-reflective layer. In this type of arrangement, the anti-reflective layer may fill the troughs between the ridges or may be patterned to overlap the ridges without filing the troughs. The anti-reflective layer may be formed below the ridges such that the anti-reflective layer is interposed between the ridges and the waveguide. The SRG structure may include multiple anti-reflective layers. When multiple anti-reflective layers are included, the anti-reflective layers may have at least one differing property (e.g., material, number of layers, dimension).

    Electronic devices having sensor-augmented wireless link management

    公开(公告)号:US12207100B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US17208282

    申请日:2021-03-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include a phased antenna array. Sensors and other circuitry in the electronic device may generate sensor data such as accelerometer data, gyroscope data, magnetometer data, location data, and spatial ranging data. The wireless circuitry may establish and maintain one or more wireless links with external devices based on the sensor data as the device moves over time. For example, the wireless circuitry may perform physical layer beam adjustments, inter-radio access technology handovers, intra-radio access technology handovers, and/or dual connectivity adjustments based on the sensor data. This may allow the device to maintain one or more wireless links without having to sweep the signal beam of the phased antenna array over its entire field of view each time the device has moved.

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