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Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 12, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ritu Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Forrest C. Wang, Petaluma, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G02B 27/0101 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A publicly viewable front-facing display may be mounted on a front face of the head-mounted housing. A display cover layer may overlap a pixel array associated with the front-facing display. An inactive border area of the display cover layer may overlap optical components. Shutter systems may be provided between the display cover layer and the optical components to selectively block light. Actuators may move shutter members or other movable members to cover and uncover the optical components. A removable cover may be used to protect the display cover layer and may have portions in different areas that have different optical properties.


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