Apple smart ring patent approved, interactive MacBook, iPhone, Vision Pro head display, etc.

CTOnews.com, August 2 (Xinhua)-- according to a list released today by the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office (USPTO), Apple has obtained a patent for a smart ring that can be used as an input interactive device for devices such as MacBook, TVs, AirPods, smart glasses and iPhone.

CTOnews.com attached the following picture: Apple shows 16 ways to interact with the smart ring in the patent, figure 2 shows the interactive picture of the ring, and figure 4 shows the side view, which shows that the ring is divided into the inner ring and the outer ring.

Figure 10 shows that the user can turn the outer ring clockwise or counterclockwise; figure 12 shows that the user can move the outer ring around the vertical angle.

Apple shows different ways of interacting in figure 17-20, which can be implemented in VR, AR, and / or MR systems.