Apple wants to make it easier for you to properly fit your Vision Pro for the most comfort as evidenced by a newly granted patent for “Fit Guidance for Head-Mountable Devices.”
About the patent
In the patent Apple notes that many of the functions performed by a head-mountable device (such as a Vision Pro) are optimally experienced when the components are in their most preferred position and orientation with respect to a user wearing the head-mountable device. For example, the head-mountable device can include a display that visually outputs display-based information toward the eyes of the user. The position and orientation of the displays relative to the eyes depends, at least in part, on how the head-mountable device is positioned on the face of the user.
Additionally, the head-mountable device, while on the face of the user, can provide greater comfort in particular positions than it would in other positions. For example, the placement may determine where and how the forces (e.g., weight and/or tension) of the head-mountable device are applied to the face. Face-engaging portions of the head-mountable device can be selected to engage certain portions of the face.
However, the experience by the user may be less than optimal if such face-engaging portions are placed at locations other than those intended. Apple notes that a head-mountable device with a more preferred placement can allow a user to comfortably wear and operate the head-mountable device for a longer duration.
What’s more, a user or another person placing the head-mountable device on the face of the user may not recognize whether the head-mountable device is in the most optimal position to achieve these results. Apple says a method is needed to provide guidance and/or feedback to the user to assist with placement of the head-mountable device in a preferred position.
Apple’s patent involves systems to provide a head-mountable device such as the Vision Pro with interface elements to provide guidance for optimal placement of a head-mountable device. The spatial computer, or another device, can be operated to guide a user to position the head-mountable device in a manner that will achieve proper alignment of components with respect to the user and maximize user comfort. For example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can include sensors for detecting features of the user’s face, forces distributed on the face when worn, and/or alignment with the face (e.g., eyes).
By further example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can detect changes in adjustment and infer user discomfort based on the frequency and/or magnitude of such changes. By further example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can detect changes in features of the user’s face before, during, and/or after use of the head-mountable device.
Summary of the patent
Here’s Apple’s abstract of the patent: “A head-mountable device and/or another electronic device can provide guidance for optimal placement of the head-mountable device. The head-mountable device and/or another electronic device can be operated to guide a user to position the head-mountable device in a manner that will achieve proper alignment of components with respect to the user and maximize user comfort. For example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can include sensors for detecting features of the user’s face, forces distributed on the face when worn, and/or alignment with the face (e.g., eyes).
“By further example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can detect changes in adjustment and infer user discomfort based on the frequency and/or magnitude of such changes. By further example, the head-mountable device and/or another device can detect changes in features of the user’s face before, during, and/or after use of the head-mountable device.”
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