US 12,455,461 B2
Wearable electronic device for providing virtual image
Jina Jeon, Suwon-si (KR); Jinchoul Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Yeotak Youn, Suwon-si (KR); and Sehyun Cho, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,231.
Application 17/902,231 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/001824, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0026771 (KR), filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413308 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/0179 (2013.01) [G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G02B 27/0176 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0178 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0181 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable electronic device comprising:
a first assembly comprising:
a frame mountable on a head, and
a transparent display which is disposed on the frame to face an eye when the frame is mounted on the head and on which an image is displayed; and
a second assembly comprising:
a holder attachable to or detachable from the frame,
a lens which is positioned in the holder and faces the transparent display when the holder is attached to the frame, and
wherein the first assembly further comprises at least one processor and a memory electrically connected to the at least one processor, and
wherein the memory is configured to store instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the wearable electronic device to:
when the holder is attached to the frame, obtain a signal with respect to an inter-pupillary distance (IPD) for the lens, and
display the image on the transparent display, based on the signal,
wherein the first assembly further comprises a first connector electrically connected to the at least one processor,
wherein the second assembly further comprises a second connector, and
wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine the IPD, based on the signal according to a position of a current flow between the first connector and the second connector.