US 12,294,692 B2
Displays with viewer tracking for vertical parallax correction
Pavel V Dudrenov, San Francisco, CA (US); Zachary D Corley, Newark, CA (US); Edwin Iskandar, San Jose, CA (US); Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva, San Jose, CA (US); Seung Wook Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Li, San Jose, CA (US); Menelik Baye Yimam, San Jose, CA (US); and Gilles M Cadet, Agoura Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,542.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/355,031, filed on Jun. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421749 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 13/368 (2018.01); H04N 13/122 (2018.01); H04N 13/305 (2018.01); H04N 13/376 (2018.01); H04N 13/383 (2018.01); H04N 13/398 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 13/368 (2018.05) [H04N 13/122 (2018.05); H04N 13/305 (2018.05); H04N 13/376 (2018.05); H04N 13/383 (2018.05); H04N 13/398 (2018.05)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device configured to be worn on a user's head, the electronic device comprising:
a display that includes an array of pixels and a lens film formed over the array of pixels, wherein the lens film spreads light from the display in at least a horizontal direction;
at least one sensor configured to obtain sensor data; and
control circuitry configured to:
determine first eye position information for a first viewer from the sensor data, wherein the first eye position information includes a first vertical eye position and a first horizontal eye position;
determine second eye position information for a second viewer from the sensor data, wherein the second eye position information includes a second vertical eye position and a second horizontal eye position; and
render content for the display, wherein the rendered content includes first content for the first viewer that is based at least partially on the first vertical eye position and second content for the second viewer that is based at least partially on a third vertical eye position different than the second vertical eye position.