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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jia Tao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Aidan N. Zimmerman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Phil M. Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ivan S. Maric, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason C. Sauers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jan K. Quijalvo, Mississauga, CA;
Eric N. Vergo, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
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.