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Samsung patents AR glasses that dim distractions to help you focus

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method for AR glasses that divides your view into areas you are actively using and areas you are not. If the glasses detect a distracting event in the area you are focusing on, they change how that part of the display looks to help you stay on task.

Why it mattersIt offers a practical way to reduce visual clutter in AR environments, which could make using these devices for work or study less tiring.

In the filing’s own words

A method for enhancing user focus while using Augmented-Reality (AR) glasses may be provided. The method may include identifying, within a Field-of-View (FOV) of the electronic device, at least one attention region and at least one non-attention region based on a real-world activity of an user. The method may include detecting at least one distracting event in the identified at least one attention region. The method may include modifying display properties of at least a part of a display of the electronic device based on the at least one distracting event.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying, within a Field-of-View (FOV) of the electronic device, at least one attention region and at least one non-attention region based on a real-world activity of an user; detecting at least one distracting event in the identified at least one attention region; and modifying display properties of at least a part of a display of the electronic device based on the at least one distracting event.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING USER FOCUS WHILE USING AUGMENTED-REALITY GLASSES
Publication number: US20260329082A1
Application number: 19573296
Filed: Mar 20, 2026
Published: Oct 22, 2026
Inventors: 4
Claims: 20

Classified under

G02B 27/0101 Physics & computingG02B 27/0093 Physics & computingG02B 2027/0118 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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