Apple has obtained a patent for a smart ring that can be used for interactive AR / VR head display devices

CTOnews.com, December 30 (Xinhua)-- on the last patent filing day of 2022, the United States Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO) approved and announced a patent for Apple's smart ring. The ring is mainly used as an auxiliary interactive device for Apple's mixed reality head display device, but can be used with iPhone, iPad, AirPods, Mac and other devices.

In its description of the technology patent, Apple believes that traditional keymice and other input devices have fallen short of what they want in the AR / VR scenario. Some peripherals developed for traditional computers may be bulky, uncomfortable to wear for a long time, and the interactive experience is not very good.

CTOnews.com learned that Apple hopes to improve the interactive experience of the AR / VR world with a smart ring that includes force sensors that can be used to collect information about normal and shear forces in a finger device, as well as displacement sensors and other sensors to measure the movement of the side of the finger when the finger touches the outer surface.

In the interactive scene, the AR / VR head display device can collect the user input information from the smart ring, including the movement of the wearer's finger, and can provide the corresponding tactile output to the user's finger. For example, when the user is touching a real object or when the user is touching a virtual object, the tactile output can be used to provide a desired texture sensation for the user's fingers.

Users can use finger devices to interact with qualified electronic devices. For example, users can use one or more smart rings to interact with virtual reality or mixed reality systems and provide input instructions to desktop computers, tablets, mobile phones, and watches.