Apple patents secure prescription lens data for smart glasses
Apple describes a system for securely sending prescription data to a lens maker using encryption. The maker returns calibration data that the device uses to adjust its display for the specific lens.
In the filing’s own words
Encrypting and securely transmitting data between devices is disclosed. After a device obtains a request to purchase a prescription lens, including prescription data, to be inserted into a second electronic device, the prescription data is securely encrypted and transmitted to the lens manufacturer. The lens manufacturer may create a prescription lens and calibration data related to the lens. The calibration data can be encrypted and transmitted to a storage device for storage. The second electronic device can retrieve the encrypted calibration data from the storage device and utilize it to perform a full calibration of the device. The second electronic device can present images, in accordance with the calibration data, using a display through an optical path that include the prescription lens.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: obtaining, at a first electronic device, prescription data for a prescription lens and a public encryption key associated with a manufacturer of the prescription lens; encrypting the prescription data with the public encryption key associated with the manufacturer of the prescription lens; in accordance with an insertion of the prescription lens into a second electronic device, obtaining, at the second electronic device, calibration data associated with the prescription lens from a database and a second encryption key, wherein the calibration data stored by the database is encrypted with the public encryption key associated with the first electronic device; decrypting, using the second encryption key, the calibration data; and presenting images, in accordance with the calibration data, using a display of the second electronic device through an optical path that includes the prescription lens.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTING AND TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN DEVICES
- Publication number
- US20260322591A1
- Application number
- 19463932
- Filed
- Jan 29, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 8
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 9/0825 Electricity & electronicsG06Q 30/06 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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