Apple files for three patents for the rumored ‘Apple Glasses’ — Apple World Today

In some CGR experiences, the CGR experience is altered based on the body pose of the user. For example, as the user moves, a perspective of a CGR environment being presented changes. In such CGR experiences, providing a realistic CGR experience requires knowing a body pose of the user. Apple is looking to do this with the Apple Glasses by including an environmental sensor, a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the environmental sensor and the non-transitory memory. 

Patent number 20200490147 is for an “adjustable electronic device system with facial mapping” via which Apple’s HMD would sport a three-dimensional image sensor. The three-dimensional image sensor may capture a three-dimensional image of a user’s face. 

Control circuitry would analyze the three-dimensional image to identify which of multiple versions of a customizing face-fit module should be used in the electronic device to fit the device to the user’s face. An appropriate face-fit module may be identified based on facial features such as facial size and the shapes of a user’s forehead, nose, and cheeks. 

After identifying which version of the face-fit module is to be used by the user, that version of the face-fit module may be coupled to a non-custom portion of a main unit for the head-mounted device using magnets or other coupling structures. In other words, Apple wants to make the Apple Glasses as comfortable as possible.