US 12,455,451 B2
Tunable lens in an electronic device controlled using a paired electronic device
James E Pedder, Oxon (GB); Igor Stamenov, San Ramon, CA (US); Matthew D Hollands, Cambridge (GB); and Thomas M Gregory, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,267.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/485,810, filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280817 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a head-mounted support structure;
an adjustable lens that is coupled to the head-mounted support structure; and
wireless communication circuitry configured to wirelessly receive information from a paired electronic device, wherein the adjustable lens is adjusted in response to the information received from the paired electronic device, wherein the information received from the paired electronic device comprises information regarding a gesture made with the paired electronic device, and wherein an optical power of the adjustable lens is increased in response to the information received from the paired electronic device indicating that the paired electronic device is being used.