Apple is on the lookout for methods to scale back show distortion within the Imaginative and prescient Professional. The tech big has been granted a patent (quantity US 11927757 B1) for an “Digital Machine Show Having Distortion Compensation.”
In regards to the patent
Within the patent, Apple says that gentle from a show panel centered by a lens meeting in the direction of a viewer could trigger geometric distortion for a viewer viewing photos on the show by means of the lens meeting. To mitigate geometric distortion, geometric distortion compensation could also be carried out within the digital gadget.
Geometric distortion compensation reduces eye fatigue, improves visible consolation, mitigates chromatic aberration, mitigates geometric distortion, and improves content material registration in a pass-through mode. Geometric distortion compensation could embrace distorting photos on the show panel such that the photographs seen by the viewer by means of the lens meeting usually are not distorted.
Dynamic geometric distortion compensation that accounts for the place and/or gaze path of a viewer’s eyes could also be carried out through the operation of the gadget. A Imaginative and prescient Professional could embrace each a set lens component and a detachable lens component within the lens meeting. The detachable lens component could, for instance, compensate for a consumer’s eyeglasses prescription. The detachable lens component could also be modified, permitting the distortion perform related to the lens meeting to alter over time.
Apple’s plan is for the spatial laptop to successfully compensate for geometric distortion attributable to the lens meeting, each the distortion from the fastened lens component and the detachable lens component have to be accounted for. To dynamically compensate for geometric distortion attributable to a lens meeting with a detachable lens, ray tracing could also be used to find out the geometric distortion attributable to the lens meeting relying upon the actual detachable lens that’s current within the lens meeting.
Abstract of the patent
Right here’s Apple’s summary of the patent: “An digital gadget could have a show panel with an array of show pixels. Gentle from the show panel could also be centered by a lens meeting in the direction of a viewer. The presence of the lens meeting could trigger geometric distortion for a viewer viewing photos on the show by means of the lens meeting. To mitigate geometric distortion, geometric distortion compensation could also be carried out within the digital gadget.
“The digital gadget could embrace each a set lens component and a detachable lens component within the lens meeting. The detachable lens component could also be modified, permitting the distortion perform related to the lens meeting to alter over time. To dynamically compensate for geometric distortion attributable to a lens meeting with a detachable lens, ray tracing could also be used to find out the geometric distortion attributable to the lens meeting relying upon the actual detachable lens that’s current within the lens meeting.”
In regards to the Imaginative and prescient Professional
Demos of the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional at Apple Shops within the U.S. could be reserved on Apple.com. To order a free Imaginative and prescient Professional demo on-line, go right here, then observe the steps to e book an appointment at your native Apple Retailer.
Pricing for the Imaginative and prescient Professional begins at US$3,499 with 256GB of storage. ZEISS Optical Inserts can be found: $99 for studying lens and $149 for prescription lens.
