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Granted Patent B2
US 12,210,169 · App. 18/478,305 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Head mountable display

Inventors: Divakar Singamsetty (San Jose, CA); Jeffrey C Olson (San Francisco, CA); Timothy Y. Chang (Campbell, CA); Yu Song (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: APPLE INC.
G02B30/27
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Patent No.
US 12,210,169
App. No.
18/478,305
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display assembly includes a curved display having pixels, a front cover, a curved lenticular lens array disposed between the display and the front cover, and a blinker film disposed between the curved lenticular lens array and the front cover, the blinker film and the curved lenticular lens array defining an air gap between the blinker film and the curve lenticular lens array.

Claims (41)

1. A display assembly, comprising:

a front cover;

a curved display having pixels configured to project light in an active region through the front cover;

a curved lenticular lens array disposed between the display and the front cover; and

a blinker film disposed between the curved lenticular lens array and the front cover within an outer perimeter of the active region, the blinker film and the curved lenticular lens array defining an air gap between the blinker film and the curved lenticular lens array.

2. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the curved display is configured to project light from the pixels through the front cover.

3. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein:

the display assembly further comprises a shroud disposed between the curved lenticular lens array and the front cover; and

the blinker film is adhered to an inner surface of the shroud, the inner surface facing the curved display.

4. The display assembly of claim 3 , further comprising a haze film adhering the blinker film to the shroud, the haze film including an adhesive.

5. The display assembly of claim 3 , wherein the shroud includes an opaque portion and a transparent portion, the curved display configured to project light through the transparent portion.

6. The display assembly of claim 1 , wherein the curved display and the curved lenticular lens array are curved in a first direction.

7. The display assembly of claim 6 , wherein the front cover is curved in the first direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

8. The display assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a shroud disposed between the curved display and the front cover.

9. A head-mountable device, comprising:

a display;

a front cover;

a shroud disposed between the front cover and the display, the shroud including an opaque portion and a transparent portion, the transparent portion aligning with the display;

a bracket coupling the display to the shroud; and

a blinker film disposed within an outer perimeter of the display and between the display and the shroud, the blinker film disposed against the shroud and configured to hide the display from view when the display is not projecting light through the front cover.

10. The head-mountable device of claim 9 , further comprising a lenticular lens array disposed between the display and the shroud.

11. The head-mountable device of claim 10 , wherein:

the lenticular lens array includes a plurality of lenticular lenses; and

a first angle of a first lenticular lens of the plurality of lenticular lenses relative to the display is different than a second angle of a second lenticular lens of the plurality of lenticular lenses relative to the display, the first lenticular lens being adjacent the second lenticular lens.

12. The head-mountable device of claim 10 , wherein the bracket comprises a thermally conductive material.

13. The head-mountable device of claim 12 , wherein the bracket comprises magnesium.

14. The head-mountable device of claim 12 , further comprising a graphite layer disposed on the bracket.

15. The head-mountable device of claim 14 , wherein the bracket is disposed between the graphite layer and the display.

16. A display assembly for a wearable electronic device, comprising:

a transparent cover defining an external surface of the device;

a display screen defining an active area;

a shroud disposed between the display screen and the transparent cover;

a bracket coupling the display screen to the shroud; and

a blinker film disposed on the shroud between the shroud and the display;

wherein the shroud defines:

an opaque portion obscuring a view of the bracket through the transparent cover;

a transparent portion aligned with the active area, the display screen configured to project light through the transparent portion and the transparent cover in the active area; and

the blinker film is disposed between the transparent cover and the active area, the shroud surrounding an outer perimeter of the blinker film.

17. The display assembly of claim 16 , the shroud comprising an opaque film disposed on a surface of the shroud, the opaque film defining the opaque portion.

18. The display assembly of claim 16 , wherein the blinker film is secured to the shroud via an adhesive.

19. The display assembly of claim 18 , further comprising a haze film disposed between the blinker film and the shroud, the haze film comprising the adhesive.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 4, 2024
From: SINGAMSETTY, DIVAKAR; CHANG, TIMOTHY Y.; OLSON, JEFFREY C.; SONG, YU
To: APPLE INC.
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Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 63586403 · Sep 28, 2023
Provisional Application 63506020 · Jun 2, 2023
Provisional Application 63502408 · May 15, 2023
Related Publication 20240385464A1 · Nov 21, 2024
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