Five Mixed Reality Headset Patents were published today covering Gaze Tracking, Lenticular Displays and more
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published another series of patent applications from Apple that relate to their future Mixed Reality Headset. The first in this series relates to gaze tracking, and in particular, to systems, methods, and devices for gaze tracking using a light source direction of a light source used to produce one or more glints on the surface of the eye. The other patent applications cover Multimodal Inputs; Presenting Synthesized Reality Companion Content; and Optical Film Arrangements.
Some existing gaze tracking systems use light reflected off of the surface of the eye to estimate gaze directions. Such techniques may estimate the user s gaze direction using multiple glints to identify locations along the user s gaze (e.g., pupil center, eye center, and cornea center) or by identifying the user s eye shape, position, and orientation. Existin
Apple updates their Magnetically Attachable Headphone Cups Accessory Invention for their Mixed Reality Headset
In late December 2019 Patently Apple posted a patent application report titled Apple Invents a Secondary Audio System for its Future Mixed Reality Headset that Includes Detachable Speakers. While Apple s HMD may come with some form of built-in speaker system, it appears that Apple may offer users an accessory that could provide an advanced audio system in the form of over-the-ear cups, that don t have a headband. Instead, Apple has invented a magnetic system that securely holds the ear cups to the sides of the HMD device while allowing the cups to pivot so as to adjust to a user s comfort level.
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Apple Introduces a new kind of Smart Ring System to be used Primarily in Context with AR, VR and MR Applications
Apple began their smart ring project back in 2014 with their first patent application surfacing in 2015. We covered it in a report titled Apple introduces us to the Apple Ring in all its Glory. Last March we posted another sophisticated ring patent application report titled Apple Wins Patent for a Ring Accessory to Control Content presented on Future Virtual Reality Glasses & Headset. We also followed up with a series of continuation patents for their smart ring (01, 02 & 03) over time.
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published yet another patent application from Apple relating to their smart ring project, this time using a different method than ones used in the past by introducing a new self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensor-based gesture input system. The majority of the invention relates to a smart ring being used alone or in pairs, with or withou
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