Apple patents glasses that adjust to fit your face
Apple describes a system for head-mounted devices that uses sensors to measure specific features of a user's head. The device then calculates the best combination of nosepiece and arm sizes to create a custom fit for that individual.
In the filing’s own words
A head-mountable device can be provided with selected components that are assembled to provide a variety of dimensions (e.g., sizes and shapes) for accommodating different users at different times. By detecting head features of a user and/or an eyewear device, a custom assembly for a head-mountable device can be determined to achieve a preferred fit. The custom assembly can be based on a range of available components and/or adjustable configurations thereof.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a sensor configured to detect one or more features of a head; and a processor configured to, in response to one or more detections of the one or more features of the head: determine a recommended nosepiece configuration of a head-mountable device from multiple nosepiece configurations having respective nosepiece dimensions that are different from each other; determine a recommended arm configuration of the head-mountable device from multiple arm configurations having respective arm dimensions that are different from each other; and provide an output including instructions to provide the head-mountable device with the recommended nosepiece configuration and the recommended arm configuration.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- ADJUSTABLE ASSEMBLIES FOR HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICES
- Publication number
- US20260277007A1
- Application number
- 19531422
- Filed
- Feb 5, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G02B 27/0176 Physics & computingG02B 27/0093 Physics & computingG02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0138 Physics & computingG02B 2027/014 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0158 Physics & computingMore from Apple in Wearables
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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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