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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul X Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fletcher R Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A head-mounted device may be provided with displays. The displays and lenses through which images on the displays are viewed may be mounted in optical modules. Lens positioners may be used to move the optical modules toward and away from eye boxes to adjust eye relief distance. Control circuitry may gather sensor data such as motion sensor data from a motion sensor indicating whether the head-mounted device is in free fall and/or image sensor data from a front-facing camera indicating whether the head-mounted device is headed toward a collision with an external surface. The control circuitry may use the lens positioners to automatically increase the eye relief distance in response to sensor data if a collision is predicted. The lens positioners may include solenoids or other actuators. The positions of the lenses may be adjusted without necessarily adjusting a distance between the lens and the display.