US 12,189,216 B2
Tunable and foveated lens systems
Patrick R. Gill, Los Altos, CA (US); Miikka M. Kangas, Campbell, CA (US); Jeffrey G. Koller, San Jose, CA (US); Alexander A. Miles, San Jose, CA (US); and Yu Horie, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,011.
Application 17/392,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/436,784, filed on Jun. 10, 2019, granted, now 11,086,143.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,520, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0026742 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02C 7/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1337 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01)
CPC G02C 7/081 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133345 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/1337 (2013.01); G02F 1/1343 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Eyeglasses, comprising:
control circuitry;
a sensor system that tracks gaze location;
a fixed lens; and
an adjustable lens that overlaps the fixed lens, wherein the adjustable lens comprises a foveated region with a different optical power than the rest of the adjustable lens, and wherein the control circuitry adjusts a location of the foveated region based on the gaze location.