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According to patentlyapple, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published an granted patent from Apple that is related to the Digital Crown, which may be part of Apple's future AR/VR headsets, and may eventually expand into smart glasses.

According to the patent description, the Digital Crown may control many unique functions, such as magnifying the image, controlling the volume, display brightness and so on.

The user wears a headset that displays visual information in the field of view, and the headset can be used as a VR/AR/MR system. The head-mounted display allows the user to selectively observe the external environment of the head-mounted device.

Other output pathways for the headset include speaker output and haptic feedback, and the user can further interact with the headset based on input patterns. For example, the user may provide tactile input, voice commands, and other inputs when the device is mounted on the user's head.

The headset can also provide an interaction mechanism for haptic feedback, allowing the user to provide input to the headset to support user interaction with the headset. However, when the haptic feedback mechanism is applied to the user's head device, the haptic feedback can be uncomfortable.

Desirably, when a user provides tactile input by contacting an input component with a body part (such as a finger or hand), the haptic feedback can be locally applied to a part of the user's body, allowing the haptic feedback to be delivered in a way that is efficient and effective for the user. happy.

The headset invention also covers input systems that allow the user to provide input by rotating or otherwise applying torque to the Digital Crown's crown, and the headset can interpret the rotation and/or torque as user input .

Not only that, but the Digital Crown can also include a feedback system that provides localized haptic feedback at the crown to allow the user's head to effectively perceive haptic feedback without causing the entire headset to respond to the user's head and/or face part vibrates.

Apple Patent Figure 1 shows a top view of a headset that includes Apple's Digital Crown module (#200) that receives user input and provides feedback to the user; Figure 2 illustrates a headset with a Digital Crown Top cross-sectional view; FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view depicting the integrated electrode pair; FIG. 6 depicts a perspective view including the galvanic skin activity sensor with the integrated electrode pair.