Apple patents VR headset with custom prescription light seals
Apple describes a head-mounted display where the part that rests against your face is a removable, custom-fit seal containing prescription lenses. The device uses sensors or wireless signals to read your specific eye spacing from this seal and automatically adjusts the internal screens to match.
In the filing’s own words
A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. Motors may be used to adjust the spacing between the optical assemblies to accommodate different interpupillary distances. The head-mounted device may have a housing that receives a custom-fit removable light seal with vision correction lenses. A sensor or wireless transceiver in the housing may receive interpupillary distance information from the light seal. Based on this information, the motors may adjust the optical assemblies so that the optical assemblies are spaced apart by an amount that matches the interpupillary distance associated with the user of the custom-fit removable light seal.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A head-mounted device, comprising: a head-mounted housing having a front portion and a rear portion that is removably attached to the front portion, wherein the rear portion has a customized-fit layer with a pair of vision correction lenses; and optical assemblies in the front portion of the head-mounted housing that are configured to provide images to respective eye boxes through the vision correction lenses.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- Electronic devices with removable light seals
- Patent number
- US12730278B2
- Application number
- 18340710
- Filed
- Jun 23, 2023
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G02B 7/003 Physics & computingG06F 1/163 Physics & computingMore from Apple in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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