US 12,455,453 B2
Lens assembly with a supplemental mirror
Zachary A Granger, Redwood City, CA (US); Juan Carlos Minano Dominguez, Mountain View, CA (US); Julio Chaves, Redwood City, CA (US); Pablo Benitez Gimenez, Madrid (ES); and Pablo Zamora Herranz, Madrid (ES)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/590,368.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/498,138, filed on Apr. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0361599 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0172 (2013.01) [G02B 7/182 (2013.01); G02B 17/0856 (2013.01); G02B 27/0179 (2013.01); G02B 27/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a catadioptric optical assembly;
a display panel that is configured to emit light towards a central portion of the catadioptric optical assembly, wherein a subset of the light is reflected by the catadioptric optical assembly away from the catadioptric optical assembly; and
at least one mirror that is configured to receive the subset of the light from a peripheral portion of the catadioptric optical assembly, and to blur and reflect the subset of the light back towards the catadioptric optical assembly as a blurred and reflected subset of the light, and wherein an entirety of the catadioptric optical assembly is configured to pass at least a portion of the blurred and reflected subset of the light.