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Apple patents glasses case that charges and updates smart eyewear

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Apple describes a charging case for wearable devices with lenses, such as smart glasses. The case uses a coil to wirelessly charge the device while also sending data to update its software based on a unique ID.

Why it mattersThis design could make it easier to keep smart glasses updated and charged without plugging them in, improving the user experience for future wearable tech.

In the filing’s own words

A wearable electronic device includes a lens, an inductive coil positioned around the lens, a storage device, and a transceiver. The inductive coil wirelessly charges the wearable electronic device and provides a data interface to send and receive wireless data signals. The storage device stores settings of the wearable electronic device and software that controls the wearable electronic device. The transceiver transmits an identifier of the wearable electronic device and receives a software update for the wearable electronic device, the software update based on the identifier of the wearable electronic device.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A case for a wearable electronic device that includes a lens and an inductive coil positioned around the lens, the case comprising; an inductive coil configured to wirelessly charge the wearable electronic device via the inductive coil of the wearable electronic device and to provide a data interface between the case and the wearable electronic device; a sensor located on an exterior of the case and configured to capture information associated with an environment of the case; a storage device configured to store settings of the wearable electronic device and software that controls the wearable electronic device; and a processor configured to: receive an identifier of the wearable electronic device; and send a software update for the wearable electronic device, the software update based on the identifier of the wearable electronic device.

Facts

Company: Apple (APPLE INC.)
Official title: Wirelessly chargeable wearable electronic device and wireless charging case
Patent number: US12785459B2
Application number: 18130949
Filed: Apr 5, 2023
Granted: Nov 3, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

H02J 50/80 Electricity & electronicsG02C 11/10 Physics & computingG06F 1/163 Physics & computingH02J 7/731 Electricity & electronicsH02J 50/10 Electricity & electronicsH04B 5/263 Electricity & electronics

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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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