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Another Smartglasses Patent from Apple surfaced last week in an International Filing

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While there's little doubt that smartglasses will be a viable Apple device in the future, Apple is presently in the phase of amassing patents to protect its future device. At present, so-called smartglasses on the market are either too bulky or rather useless. Those from Facebook offer extremely limited functionality. Taking videos for the length of a minute, isn't all that innovative.

Apple continues to work on a wide variety of patents that will one day in-part or in-whole be part of Apple's smartglasses, It's very possible that they may double as a limited version of an iPhone. Apple has filed many smartglasses patents over the years, with a few of them being made public in the last month: 01, 02 and 03. Last Thursday a fourth smartglasses patent surfaced in an international filing.  

Apple's patent relates to Head-Mounted Devices (HMDs). Apple notes that examples of head-mountable electronic devices can include virtual reality or augmented reality devices that include an optical component. In the case of augmented reality devices, optical eyeglasses can be worn on the head of a user such that optical lenses and/or optical displays are positioned in front of the user's eyes.

Head-mountable electronic devices, such as head-mountable optical devices delivering virtual and augmented reality experiences, can be used in a variety of different settings and during a variety of activities. For example, a user may lie down on a sofa or a bed while watching a movie or playing a game with a head-mountable virtual reality device. That same device, or some other augmented reality device, such as electronic glasses, can be used while exercising indoors on an exercise machine. Similarly, devices like augmented reality glasses can be used while being active outdoors. either while hiking, biking, or swimming. 

The devices of the present disclosure include components, such as securement arms, which can be adapted to effectively secure head-mountable devices to the user during any of the various activities in which the user participates.

The securement arm can include multiple portions and one or more electronic components used to operate the head-mountable electronic device. These electronic components can include any components used by the head-mountable electronic device to produce a virtual or augmented reality experience.

For example, electronic components of the securement arm can include one or more speakers, processors, batteries, circuitry components including wires and circuit boards, or any other electronic components used in the head-mountable device to deliver augmented or virtual reality visuals, sounds, and other outputs.

Disposing various electronic components within the securement arm reduces weight and space needed for the viewing frame and lenses and/or display screens of the device.

Apple's patent FIGS. 2A & 2B illustrate crude examples of future smartglasses that confirms the focus of the patent; FIG. 4 shows a side view of an example of smartglasses with a removable securement arm.

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Considering that this isn't a design patent, the patent figures above are simply provided to illustrate the basic concept of their smartglasses invention with emphasis on the securement arm.

To review its full details, review Apple's patent application WO2023192316 filed in Europe filed internationally on October 5, 2023.

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