US 11,927,751 B2
Adjustable optical units for a wearable e-reader
Benjamin Eli Nelson Chelf, San Francisco, CA (US); John Aaron Boiles, Albany, CA (US); Nicholas Cory Johnson, Austin, TX (US); Kevin Robert McKinney, Los Gatos, CA (US); Steven David Oliver, San Jose, CA (US); Tun Yuen Yeung, Fremont, CA (US); Keith Alsberg, Chicago, IL (US); and Jeremiah O'Leary, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Sindarin, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Sindarin, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/888,023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/332,396, filed on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333381 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 25/00 (2006.01); G02C 5/20 (2006.01); G02C 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0149 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0045 (2013.01); G02B 6/0055 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); G02B 25/004 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G02C 5/20 (2013.01); G02C 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0154 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
two optical units, wherein the two optical units are part of the system that is wearable, and wherein each of the two optical units comprises an e-ink display and a lens assembly; and
an adjustable mounting, wherein the adjustable mounting enables a user to adjust a mounting position of the two optical units with respect to a nose bridge of a glasses frame, wherein the e-ink display is mounted to a first side of an angled backing, and wherein a surface of the e-ink display is not parallel with a second side of the angled backing opposite the first side of the angled backing.