Apple Vision Pro head display patent granted: can simulate the smell of flowers and other odors

CTOnews.com, August 2 (Xinhua)-- according to a list published by the US Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO), Apple has recently obtained a technology patent numbered US 11715301 B2, which allows the Vision Pro head display to achieve "visualization of non-visible phenomena", allowing the wearer to see radio signals, sounds, etc., and simulate various smells.

Apple says the patent is intended to bridge the gap between augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and the physical environment, through computer generation to enhance content, so that the wearer perceives invisible features such as radio.

These invisible features include electromagnetic signals (such as Wi-Fi signals), airflow from HVAC systems, physical objects, the temperature of fluids or gases, auditory fences created for pets, auditory sensors for pets, sounds generated by musical instruments and / or hidden physical objects, and so on.

More interestingly, the patent shows that the Vision Pro head display can simulate a variety of odors, and CTOnews.com has learned from the patent that the combination can mimic gases, vapors or particles with one or more predefined odors.

In the scene described by Apple in the patent, if you enter the florist or fruit store in the virtual scene, you can smell the fragrance of flowers or fruit.