US 12,464,255 B2
Synchronization of image capture and visual light transmission
Robert Molholm, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/026,191
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/049196
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/060589, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,920, filed on Sep. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370728 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/75 (2023.01); G02F 1/163 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/75 (2023.01) [H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/665 (2023.01); G02F 1/163 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining that a second device will perform an image capture event in which an image of a portion of a first device will be captured by the second device while the first device is worn by a user in front of at least one eye of the user, wherein the second device is separate from the first device, wherein the first device is configured to darken in response to a lighting condition in a way that prevents visibility of the at least one eye through the portion of the first device in the light condition; and
in accordance with determining that the image capture event will occur, controlling a visual light transmission property of the portion of the first device during the image capture event such that the at least one eye of the user is visible through the portion of the first device in the image in spite of the light condition being present during the image capture event.