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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yi Zou, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vedant A Dhandhania, San Jose, CA (US);

Danning Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); D03D 15/547 (2021.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 27/065 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); D03D 15/547 (2021.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 2307/40 (2013.01); B32B 2437/04 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01); D10B 2401/18 (2013.01); D10B 2401/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A head-mounted device may include a housing with a display that displays images that are viewable from an eye box. A light seal may be coupled the housing and may block outside light from reaching the eye box. The light seal may include a light-emitting fabric. The light-emitting fabric may include light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes and/or light guides that produce visual output on the light seal and/or on other portions of the head-mounted device. The visual output may be coordinated with images on the display. Light guides may have light-scattering structures that allow light to escape from the light guides and thereby form illuminated regions on the light-emitting fabric. The light-scattering structures may be aligned with openings in the fabric. Light-emitting diodes may be mounted to the fabric or may emit light through openings in the fabric.


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