US Patent Application 18214576. Head-Mounted Display and Facial Interface Thereof simplified abstract

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Head-Mounted Display and Facial Interface Thereof

Organization Name

Apple Inc.


Inventor(s)

Dustin A. Hatfield of Los Gatos CA (US)


Daniel M. Strongwater of San Francisco CA (US)


Kristi E. Bauerly of Los Altos CA (US)


Head-Mounted Display and Facial Interface Thereof - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18214576 Titled 'Head-Mounted Display and Facial Interface Thereof'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a head-mounted display that consists of a display unit and a facial interface. The display unit is responsible for showing graphical content to the user. The facial interface is connected to the display unit and is designed to rest on the user's face. It has an upper part that rests on the forehead and side parts that rest on the temples. The facial interface is designed in a way that when pressure is applied to the upper part by the forehead, it converts that force into inward pressure applied by the side parts to the temple regions.


Original Abstract Submitted

A head-mounted display includes a display unit and a facial interface. The display unit includes a display for displaying graphical content to a user. The facial interface is coupled to the display unit and configured to engage a face of the user to support the display unit thereon. The facial interface includes an upper portion that engages a forehead of the user and side portions that engage temple regions of the user. The facial interface converts forward force applied to the upper portion by the forehead into inward force applied by side portions to the temple regions.