Apple patents nosepiece design for wearable display gaze tracking
Apple describes a wearable display device where the nosepiece houses a compact gaze tracking system. This system combines a camera, light source, and motion sensor on a small circuit board to monitor eye movement within the frame.
In the filing’s own words
A wearable electronic display device can include a structural frame including a nosepiece. The nosepiece can include a housing and a gaze tracking system. The gaze tracking system can be disposed in the housing. The gaze tracking system can include a printed circuit board, a camera, an illuminator, a flexible circuit, and a motion sensor. The printed circuit board can include a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The camera can be coupled to the first side. The illuminator can be coupled to the first side and can be electrically coupled to the camera. The flexible circuit can be coupled to the second side. The motion sensor can be coupled to the first side or to the flexible circuit. The motion sensor can be electrically coupled to the camera and to the illuminator.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A wearable electronic display device, comprising: a structural frame including a nosepiece, the nosepiece comprising: a housing; a gaze tracking system disposed in the housing and comprising: a printed circuit board including a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a camera coupled to the first side; an illuminator coupled to the first side and electrically coupled to the camera; a flexible circuit electrically coupled to the second side; and a motion sensor coupled to the second side or to the flexible circuit, wherein the motion sensor is electrically coupled to the camera and the illuminator.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- GAZE TRACKING SYSTEM FOR WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260329078A1
- Application number
- 19327598
- Filed
- Sep 12, 2025
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G02B 27/0093 Physics & computingG02B 7/002 Physics & computingG02B 27/0172 Physics & computingG02B 27/0176 Physics & computingG03B 15/05 Physics & computingH05K 1/147 Electricity & electronicsMore 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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