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Trevor J Ness

Fletcher R Rothkopf

Erik G De Jong

Tyler S Bushnell

Makiko K Brzezinski

David I Nazzaro

Colin M Ely

Jason C Sauers

Rex Tyler Ehman

Michael Benjamin Wittenberg

James G Horiuchi

Jonathan P Ive

Jody R Akana

Julian Hoenig

Benjamin Andrew Shaffer

Steven P Cardinali

William C Lukens

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Christopher J Stringer

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Daniele De Iuliis

Daniel J Coster

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Jeremy D Bataillou

Shota Aoyagi

Anthony Michael Ashcroft

Mikael M Silvanto

Marc A Newson

Stephen Paul Zadesky

Eric Steven Jol

Phillip Michael Hobson

Jayesh Nath

Brad G Boozer

Martha Evans Hankey

Christopher Matthew Werner

Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

Samuel Bruce Weiss

Benjamin J Kallman

David M Pelletier

Mattia Pascolini

Jeremy C Franklin

Christopher S Graham

Yi Jiang

Naoto Matsuyuki

Siwen Yong

Carlo Di Nallo

Adam Thomas Clavelle

Lijun Zhang

Stephen E Dey

Ryan C Perkins

Nikolas T Vitt

Phil M Hobson

Michael K McCord

Mario Martinis

Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima

Zheyu Wang

Shannon X Yang

Peter J Kardassakis

Katherine E Tong

Stefan A Kowalski

Xu Han

Jiahui Liang

Stephen P Jackson

Julian Jaede

Paul Xiaopeng Wang

Marcelo M Lamego

Edward S Huo

Chin San Han

Yoonhoo Jo

Guocheng Shao

Tobias J Harrison-Noonan

Alan C Dye

Stephen Olivier Lemay

M Evans Hankey

Nicolas Pedro Lylyk

Daniel William Jarvis

William A Sorrentino, Iii

Benjamin J Pope

Rico Zörkendörfer

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Seung Wook Kim

Samuel Gilkison Smith

Dhaval N Shah

Jiangfeng Wu

Ray Ling Chang

Sean Anthony Mayo

Dustin A Hatfield

Forrest C Wang

Christopher T Cheng

Jeffrey C Olson

Marinus Meursing

Jesse A Lippert

James H Foster

Mushtaq A Sarwar

Shankar S Pennathur

Sivesh Selvakumar

A head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.

Head mountable display

A display system includes a controller and a head-mounted display. The head-mounted display includes a display, a head support coupled to the display for supporting the display on a head of a user to be viewed by the user, and sensors coupled to the head support for sensing an environment from the head-mounted display unit in low light. The sensors include one or more of an infrared sensor for sensing the environment with infrared electromagnetic radiation, or a depth sensor for sensing distances to objects of the environment, and also include an ultrasonic sensor for sensing the environment with ultrasonic sound waves. The controller determines graphical content according to the sensing of the environment with the one or more of the infrared sensor or the depth sensor and with the ultrasonic sensor, and operates the display to provide the graphical content concurrent with the sensing of the environment.

Head-mounted display with low light operation

A biometric button assembly may be disposed in an opening of an enclosure of an electronic device. The biometric button assembly may include an input member that forms an exterior surface of the button housing and is configured to receive inputs, for example from a user of the electronic device. The biometric button assembly may further include a biometric sensor for detecting the received inputs and transmitting a signal to a processor of the electronic device. The signal may correspond to a biometric characteristic, such as a fingerprint. A flexible conduit may transmit the signal to the processor. A portion of the flexible conduit and a seal may be positioned between the button assembly and the enclosure that prevents contaminants from entering the button housing and the enclosure.

Electronic device having sealed button biometric sensing system

A connectible component is connected to a housing. A sensor of the housing is utilized to detect an identity element of the at connectible component. The connectible component is identified utilizing the at least one sensor. In some implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify whether or not a connectible component is connected to the housing. In other implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify the type of connectible component that is connected. In such implementations, the housing may house an electronic device and the electronic device may be configured based on the type of connectible component that is connected.

Connectible component identification

A modular button assembly includes a button housing that may be disposed in an opening of an enclosure of an electronic device. The modular button assembly may include an input member that forms an exterior surface of the button housing and is configured to receive inputs, for example from a user of the electronic device. The modular button assembly may further include a sensor to detect the received inputs and transmit a signal to a processor of the electronic device. The modular button assembly may be configured such that disposing the button housing in the opening of the enclosure forms a seal that prevents contaminants from entering the button housing and the enclosure.

Modular button assembly for an electronic device

An electronic watch may include a housing at least partially defining an interior cavity divided into at least a first volume and a second volume, a pressure-sensing component positioned within the first volume, a speaker positioned within the first volume, a processor positioned within the second volume, a battery positioned within the second volume, and a barometric vent that allows air pressure equalization between the first volume and an external environment.

Electronic watch with barometric vent

Housing for an electronic device

Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that allows a user to adjust both the magnitude, location, and direction of forces applied to the face of the user. Examples of adjustment mechanisms described herein allow a user to control the tilt of the head-mountable device relative to a head securement element, as well as the tightness of the head securement element. Accordingly, the user can select a fit that distributes forces widely, maximizes comfort, allows the user to enjoy the head-mountable device for longer durations of time.

Adjustable head securement for head-mountable device

A wearable consumer electronic product includes at least a housing arranged to carry operational components comprising a processor and a band having a pliable band body and a securing means arranged to secure the band body to the housing. In one embodiment, the pliable band body has a size and shape suitable for wrapping around an individual appendage and that includes an opening that leads to a cavity within the band body suitable for accumulating an amount of water and a band sensor embedded within the band body in communication with the cavity.

Portable electronic device as health companion

A tracking system includes a stylus comprising a light emitter, a head-mounted device comprising an optical sensor configured to detect the light emitter, and a processor communicatively coupled to the optical sensor and configured to determine a position of the stylus based on detection of the light emitter.

Stylus-based input system for a head-mounted device

Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that is integrated with a light seal module, which provides effective and comfortable engagement with a face of the user. By providing the head securement element with a light seal module, both head securement and face engagement can be customized or otherwise selected for achieving the desired fit for a given user. Accordingly, the head securement element (e.g., band, arms, and the like) can be primarily or exclusively secured to an HMD module via a light seal module.

Head securement for head-mountable device

A head-mountable device can include multiple microphones for directional audio detection. The head-mountable device can also include a speaker for audio output and/or a display for visual output. The head-mountable device can be configured to provide visual outputs based on audio inputs by displaying an indicator on a display based on a location of a source of a sound. The head-mountable device can be configured to audio outputs based on audio inputs by modifying an audio output of the speaker based on a detected sound and a target characteristic. Such characteristics can be based on a direction of a gaze of the user, as detected by an eye sensor.

Head-mountable device with indicators

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Trevor J Ness