Apple Inc.

Eric N Vergo

David A Kalinowski

Victor H Yin

Jun Qi

Keith J Hendren

Jae Hwang Lee

Mingxia Gu

Grant H Mulliken

Edward J Cooper

Ari P Miller

Xinyu Zhu

Eric Lee Benson

Joshua A Spechler

Yanming Li

Ian A Guy

Zhenyue Luo

Meizi Jiao

Xiang Fang

David A Schmuck

Youchul Jeong

Francesco Ferretti

Chungjae Lee

Michael C Sulkis

Morteza Amoorezaei

Michael J Lee

Mengyang Liang

Sunitha Chandra

Brandon R Neale

Marianna C Sbordone

Seth G McFarland

Jie Xiang

Mary M Morrison

Terence Chan

Jeremy C Franklin

Aidan N Zimmerman

Jason C Sauers

Ivan S Maric

Phil M Hobson

Brian S Lau

Jia Tao

Cameron A Harder

Jan K Quijalvo

A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a printed circuit board. The display may have a notch to accommodate an input-output component. Reflective layers may be included in the notch. The backlight may include a color conversion layer with a property that varies as a function of position. The light-emitting diodes may be covered by a slab of encapsulant with recesses in an upper surface.

Display modules with direct-lit backlight units

A head-mounted device includes a device housing, a support structure that is connected to the device housing to support the device housing with respect to a user, a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content, an optical system that is associated with the display device, and sensors that generate sensor output signals. The head-mounted device also includes a tension controller that determines a tensioning command based on the sensor output signals, and a tension adjuster that applies tension to the user according to the tensioning command in order to restrain motion of the device housing with respect to the user.

Head-mounted device with tension adjustment

A head-mounted device includes a device housing, a support structure that is connected to the device housing to support the device housing with respect to a user, a display device that is connected to the device housing to display content, an optical system that is associated with the display device, and sensors that generate sensor output signals. The head-mounted device also includes a tension controller that determines a tensioning command based on the sensor output signals, and a tension adjuster that applies tension to the user according to the tension command in order to restrain motion of the device housing with respect to the user.

Head-mountable devices can provide comfortable securement to a head of a user while also providing operative connections for communication across a hinge of the head-mountable device. The securement can be based on an arrangement of spring elements that have biased configurations and allow gentle retraction against a head of the user. Head-mountable devices of the present disclosure can provide adjustable securement against a head of a user by allowing custom fitting, for example with a tensioner.

Head-mountable device with head securement mechanism

A head-mounted display includes an optical assembly and an actuator. The actuator includes a movement mechanism configured to adjust a position of an optical component within the optical assembly, a locking-release mechanism configured to modify operation of the movement mechanism upon detection of a dynamic event, and a dampening mechanism configured to control positional changes of the optical component during the dynamic event.

Adjustment mechanism for head-mounted display

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Eric N Vergo