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Apple Invents an Apparatus that could Wirelessly Transfer Data and Power to a Future Vision Pro Headset

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Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that presents a possible future Apple Vision headset with a means of transferring/receiving data and power wirelessly without the need of electrical contacts. A part of the system could be attached to a ceiling or rack in an office or home.

Optical Communications for an HMD

Apple's invention can provide circuits, methods, and apparatus that can transfer data and power to an electronic device without the need for electrical contacts on the electronic device.

An illustrative embodiment of the present invention can provide an optical-communication device. This optical-communication device can include optical data paths for transmitting data to and receiving optical data from an electronic device.

The optical data can be infrared or other wavelength optical data. This optical-communication device can be a wireless charging and optical-communication device.

For example, it can include a coil that can be used to inductively generate currents in a corresponding coil in the electronic device that can be used to charge a battery in the electronic device.

The optical-communication device can further include one or more attachment structures to help secure the optical-communication device to the electronic device to allow power and data transfers. The optical-communication device can include one or more magnets or magnetic elements to be attracted to one or more magnets or magnetic elements in the electronic device.

The optical-communication device can further include an alignment magnet to be attracted to a corresponding alignment magnet in the electronic device to align the optical-communication device to the electronic device for optical data transmission and reception.

One embodiment of Apple's invention provides a wearable headset system with one or more remote optical transceivers, one or more remote cameras, one or more remote light sources, and one or more processing circuits.

The remote optical transceivers, remote cameras, and remote light sources can be attached to a wall, ceiling, or other surface. The remote optical transceivers, remote cameras, and remote light sources can also be attached to an optional attachment device, such as a rack, to form an attachment structure that can be attached to the ceiling, wall, or other appropriate surface.

The wearable headset can include one, two, or more optical transceivers that can communicate with the remote optical transceivers, remote cameras, and remote light sources.

The headset can further include one or more cameras that can be (as with the remote cameras) monochrome cameras, visible light cameras, or other types of cameras.

A processor can receive inputs from the one or more headset and remote cameras and can generate images for display on a screen of the wearable headset. The processor can be located in or on the wearable headset, the attachment structure, or elsewhere. The processor can be a distributed processor that is located in one or more of these locations. The distributed processor can communicate via the various optical transceivers or by other method, such as by using Bluetooth.

Apple's patent FIG. 4 below is a wearable headset system (future Vision Pro) #40 that can include wearable headset #800, first remote optical transceiver #730, second remote optical transceiver #732, one or more remote cameras #820, and one or more light sources #830.

The first remote optical transceiver, second remote optical transceiver, one or more remote cameras and one or more light sources can be attached a ceiling, wall, or other surface (not shown.)

The first and second remote optical transceivers, one or more remote cameras and one or more light sources can be attached to optional attachment device #720, such as a rack, to form attachment structure #700 attached a ceiling, wall, or other structure.

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To review its full details, review patent application 20230379057.

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