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Google patents glasses that flash lights in your eye for alerts

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Google has filed a patent for a head-worn device, such as smart glasses, that uses small light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the frame. These lights are positioned to shine directly toward the user's eyes to provide visual notifications based on instructions from a controller.

Why it mattersThis approach could allow users to receive subtle, private alerts without looking at a screen or hearing a sound, which is useful for staying aware of notifications while keeping their focus on the real world.

In the filing’s own words

According to at least one implementation, a system includes a frame of a head-worn device and a controller. The system further includes at least one light-emitting diode (LED) positioned on a portion of the frame facing a user of the frame, the at least one LED configured to emit light, at least partially, in a direction of an eye of the user based on an instruction from the controller.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A system comprising: a frame of a head-worn device; a controller; and at least one light-emitting diode (LED) positioned on a portion of the frame facing a user of the frame, the at least one LED configured to emit light, at least partially, in a direction of an eye of the user based on an instruction from the controller.

Facts

Company: Google (Google LLC)
Official title: FRAME-BASED LIGHT NOTIFICATIONS ON A WEARABLE DEVICE
Publication number: US20260309984A1
Application number: 19098703
Filed: Apr 2, 2025
Published: Oct 8, 2026
Inventors: 3
Claims: 20

Classified under

G02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG02B 27/0093 Physics & computingG02B 27/0176 Physics & computingG02B 2027/014 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0178 Physics & computing

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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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