Cameras for multiple views
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorPaul X. Wang
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Abstract
A head-mountable device can have multiple cameras, which may be used to generate graphical content, provide a video passthrough of the environment, and/or sense objects, people, or events in the environment. The cameras of the head-mountable device can capture views that are output to a display. Other sensors and/or detectors can detect the presence or motion of objects and/or events in an environment of the user and provide outputs that call the user's attention to such objects and/or events. The outputs can include notifications, selectable features of a visual display output, and/or a view that includes the objects and/or events. The cameras can be integrated in a way that provides a low profile, such as by incorporation with other features of the head-mountable device.
Claims13
A head-mountable device comprising:
- a first camera positioned to capture a first view on a first side of the head-mountable device;
- a second camera positioned to capture a second view on a second side of the head-mountable device, opposite the first side;
- a display operable to output the first view while providing a selectable feature corresponding to the second view and forgo output of the second view while outputting the selectable feature;
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- an input detector operable to detect an input corresponding to a selection of the selectable feature, wherein, in response to a detection that the selectable feature is selected, the display is further operable to output the first view and the second view.
A head-mountable device comprising:
- a first camera positioned to capture a first view on a first side of the head-mountable device;
- a second camera positioned to capture a second view on a second side of the head-mountable device, opposite the first side;
- a sensor operable to detect an object on the second side of the head-mountable device;
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- a display operable:
- in a first mode, to output the first view while forgoing output of the second view, and
- in a second mode and in response to a detection of the object on the second side, to output a visual feature corresponding to the second view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.