Apple Filed another Update to their Video Headset back in August Describing Two Viewing Modes for iPhone
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals yet another advancement to Apple's future video headset. Patently Apple posted a patent report with an update to the headset last month that was originally filed in July of this year. Today it's revealed that in August Apple filed this update that focuses on the iPhone have two viewing modes, one specifically for the headset.
New Claim #1: A cellular telephone comprising: a speaker; a button; a camera; a connector; and a display, wherein the display is configured to operate in one of a normal viewing mode and a close up viewing mode and wherein the display is configured to operate in the close up viewing mode when the cellular telephone is connected to a head-mounted device.
Claim #1 on November 10: An apparatus operable with a removable cellular telephone comprising: a head-mounted frame that is configured to support the removable cellular telephone; and first and second lenses coupled to the head-mounted frame through which the removable cellular telephone is viewable when the removable cellular telephone is supported by the head-mounted frame.
In effect all of the patent claims have been updated or added in this patent application. This time Apple places emphasis on the changing iPhone display viewing style. Below are the additional patent claims that support this new emphasis:
Claim #6: A portable electronic device comprising: a speaker; a button; a camera; a connector; and a display, wherein the display is configured to operate in one of a first display mode and a second display mode, wherein the display presents images in a first format in the first display mode, wherein the display presents images in a second format that is different from the first format in the second display mode, and wherein the display is configured to divide an image frame into a left image frame and a right image frame while operating in the second display mode.
Claim #8: The portable electronic device defined in claim 7, wherein the first display mode is a normal display mode, and wherein the second display mode is a close up display mode.
Claim #10: The portable electronic device defined in claim 9, wherein the display operates in the second display mode when it is detected that the portable electronic device is being used for close up viewing.
Claim #11: A method of operating a cellular telephone that is configured to be coupled to a head-mounted device, the method comprising: presenting images according to a first format in a normal viewing mode; detecting that the portable electronic device is coupled to the head-mounted device; and in response to detecting that the portable electronic device is coupled to the head-mounted device, presenting images according to a second format that is different than the first format.
Claim #12: The method defined in claim 11, wherein presenting images according to the first format comprises presenting images with a first resolution.
Claim #13: The method defined in claim 12, wherein presenting images according to the second format comprises presenting images with a second resolution that is different than the first resolution.
Claim #14: The method defined in claim 11, wherein presenting images according to the second format comprises receiving an image frame and dividing the image frame into a first image frame and a second image frame.
Claim #15: The method defined in claim 14, wherein presenting images according to the second format comprises presenting images according to the second format using a display in the cellular telephone.
Claim #16: The method defined in claim 15, wherein presenting images according to the second format using the display comprises directing the first image frame to a first portion of the display and directing the second image frame to a second portion of the display.
Claim #17: The method defined in claim 16, wherein the first image frame is a left image frame and wherein the second image frame is a left image frame.
Apple patent application 20160365064 was only filed this past August to show their ongoing work on this project. Two major updates in two months is quite aggressive. Considering that this is a patent application, the timing of such a product to market is unknown at this time.
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