Future Apple Pros could come with a case that automatically realigns and recalibrates the lenses as hinted by a new patent filing.
The patent filing is dubbed “Storage Systems With Calibration Capabilities.” In it Apple notes that electronic devices have components such as displays and other optical components. During operation, there is a risk that components may become misaligned with respect to each other due to drop events and other undesired high-stress events. This poses challenges for ensuring satisfactory component performance.
Apple’s idea is for a system that may include a head-mounted device and a storage case for storing and calibrating the head-mounted device. The storage case may include a recess that receives the head-mounted device.
The case may include optically detectable features for calibrating cameras in the head-mounted device. For example, the case may include “optical charts, physical fiducials, and/or reflective calibration spheres for calibrating inward-facing cameras on the head-mounted device such as gaze tracking image sensors.”
The case may include other features for calibrating the head-mounted device. For example, a lid on the case may apply an expected amount of pressure to a force sensor on the head-mounted device when the head-mounted device is stored in the case. Control circuitry in the system may compare the measured force value from the force sensor with the expected force value to determine if the force sensor needs calibration. A motion sensor in the case may be used to calibrate motion sensors in the head-mounted device.
About the Vision Pro
Demos of the Apple Vision Pro at Apple Stores in the U.S. can be reserved on Apple.com. To reserve a free Vision Pro demo online, go here, then follow the steps to book an appointment at your local Apple Store.
Pricing for the Vision Pro starts at US$3,499 with 256GB of storage. ZEISS Optical Inserts are available: $99 for reading lens and $149 for prescription lens.
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