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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Dustin A. Hatfield, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel M. Strongwater, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kristi E. Bauerly, Los Altos, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A head-mounted display includes a display unit and a facial interface. The display unit includes a display for displaying graphical content to a user. The facial interface is coupled to the display unit and configured to engage a face of the user to support the display thereon. The facial interface includes discrete engagement regions that are configured to engage respective facial regions of the user. The discrete engagement regions include force distributors that are configured to apply forces to the respective facial regions. A first force distributor of a first discrete engagement region is configured to apply a first force to a first facial region of the user, and a second force distributor of a second discrete engagement region is configured to apply a second force to a second facial region of the user that is different than the first force.