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US 11,768,538 B1Granted
Wearable electronic device with physical interface
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPaul X. Wang, Yoonhoo Jo, Dinesh C. Mathew
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Abstract
A head-mounted display unit includes a display and a facial support. The facial supported is coupled to the display for engaging a face of a user to support the display thereon. The facial support is selectively changeable from a compliant state to a support state in which the facial support is more resistant to shape deformation than in the compliant state.
Claims24
A head-mounted display unit comprising:
- a display;
- and
- a conformable support coupled to the display for engaging a head of a user to support the display thereon, the conformable support having a material property,
- wherein a material actuator is selectively operable to change the material property to change the conformable support from a compliant state to a support state in which the conformable support is more resistant to shape deformation than in the compliant state,
- wherein in the compliant state, the conformable support is conformable by the face of the user into a conformed shape and in the support state, the facial support is maintained in the conformed shape,
- wherein the material property has a first value in the compliant state and a second value in the support state, and the first value is different from the second value.
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A facial interface comprising;
- a chassis having a front side and a back side, the back side being configured to couple to a head-mounted display unit;
- and
- a facial support coupled to the front side of the chassis for engaging a face of a user to support the head-mounted display unit thereon, wherein the facial support includes a support material having a deformation property that is selectively changeable by a material actuator from a compliant state to a support state;
- wherein the deformation property includes a stiffness of the support material, a hardness of the support material, a viscosity of the support material, or a combination thereof, and the material actuator causes a value of the deformation property to increase to maintain the support material in the support state.
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A head-mounted display unit comprising:
- a display;
- a facial seal;
- and
- a conformable support coupled to the display for engaging a head of a user to support the display thereon, the conformable support being selectively changeable from a compliant state to a support state in which the conformable support is more resistant to shape deformation than in the compliant state,
- wherein the conformable support is a facial support configured to conform to and engage a facial datum for supporting the display thereon, and the facial seal is configured to engage a face of the head of the user with less pressure than the facial support and blocks environmental light from eyes of the user,
- wherein the facial support includes a support material and a material actuator that is selectively operable to change a material property of the support material to change the facial support to the support state, and
- wherein in the compliant state, the facial support is conformable by the face of the user into a conformed shape, and in the support state, the facial support is maintained in the conformed shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.