US 12,422,682 B2
Adjusting a tunable lens in an electronic device
Igor Stamenov, San Ramon, CA (US); Gareth D Hastings, San Jose, CA (US); James E Pedder, Oxon (GB); Jason Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Matthew D Hollands, Cambridge (GB); and Amrith V Ram, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/625,114.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/515,505, filed on Jul. 25, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/499,906, filed on May 3, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0369841 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 3/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 3/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/0093 (2013.01); G02F 1/294 (2021.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a head-mounted support structure;
one or more sensors coupled to the head-mounted support structure; and
a lens module coupled to the head-mounted support structure, wherein the lens module comprises a tunable lens that is configured to:
in response to a determination, based on data from the one or more sensors, that a nearby object is being viewed through the lens module, change from a first mode in which the lens module has a first spherical power to a second mode in which the lens module has a second spherical power that is greater than the first spherical power, wherein the tunable lens is configured to change from the first mode to the second mode during a transition period and wherein the transition period has a duration that is greater than 0.1 seconds.