A couple of new Head-Mounted Device Patents were published today covering Thermals and an Optical System
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published two patent applications from Apple that relate to a future Head-Mounted Device that will display VR/ AR and Mixed Reality content. The first patent relates to structures and methods of cooling high-resolution display panels (e.g., OLED or uOLED panels) found in a visual headset. The second patent relates to an HMD display system that provides localized optical adjustments.
In this first of two HMD patent filings from Apple, they first describe what problem(s) their invention is to solve. Apple begins by noting that certain display panels, such as OLED and uOLED panels, for example, can operate at high temperatures. In known systems, such as wearable HMDs, for example, display panels are usually supported by a carrier, bezel, or other such structure, which is often formed from a lightweight material (e.g., plastic) to r