Head-mounted device with tension adjustment
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsGrant H. Mulliken, David A. Kalinowski, Brandon R. Neale, David A Schmuck, Eric N. Vergo, Jae Hwang Lee
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Abstract
A head-mounted device includes a display device that is configured to display content to a user, a support structure including a contact pad configured to engage a face of the user to support the display device with respect to the face of the user, a sensor that generates a sensor output signal, and a tension adjuster configured to move the contact pad relative to the support structure based on the sensor output signal to restrain motion of the display device with respect to the face of the user.
Claims20
A head-mounted device, comprising:
- a display device that is configured to display content to a user;
- a support structure that includes temple portions that are connected to the display device to support the display device with respect to the user;
- a passive tensioning component that is configured to apply a biasing force to urge the temple portions to pivot toward a head of the user;
- a sensor that generates a sensor output signal;
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- an active tensioning component that is configured to move the temple portions to pivot further toward the head of the user based on the sensor output signal in order to restrain motion of the display device with respect to the user.
A head-mounted device, comprising:
- a display device that is configured to display content to a user;
- a support structure including a first contact pad configured to engage a first side of a nose of the user and a second contact pad configured to engage a second side of the nose of the user to support the display device with respect to a face of the user;
- a sensor that generates a sensor output signal;
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- a tension adjuster configured to move the first contact pad and the second contact pad toward each other and away from the support structure based on the sensor output signal to restrain motion of the display device with respect to the nose of the user.
A head-mounted device, comprising:
- a display device that is configured to display content to a user;
- a support structure connected to the display device and configured to support the display device with respect to a body portion of a user;
- contact features configured to selectively deploy from the support structure;
- a sensor that generates a sensor output signal associated with an interaction of the support structure and the body portion of the user, wherein the sensor is at least one of a capacitive touch sensor, a pressure sensor, or a proximity sensor;
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- a tension adjuster that is configured to selectively deploy the contact features based on the sensor output signal in order to restrain motion of the display device with respect to the body portion of the user,
- wherein the contact features include a vibrating component configured to vibrate the tension adjuster with respect to the body portion of the user in order to oppose motion of the display device with respect to the body portion of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.