MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202418062877 A) filed by Apple Inc. on August 20, 2024, for Electronic Device System With Supplemental Lenses.

Inventors include Weber, Andreas, G.; Franklin, Jeremy, C.; Sauers, Jason, C. Number; Chan, Victoria, C.; and Lin, Wey-Jiun.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: A system (8) supported on the head of a user by Head-mounted support structures (26) and having a display (14) that displays content for the user. A non-removable lens system may be supported by the head-mounted support structures (26). The headmounted support structures (26) may be configured to receive a removable supplemental lens system. The removable supplemental lens system may be used to customize the head-mounted display to accommodate the user's vision. Information such as information on the optical characteristics of the removable supplemental lens system and the user's eyeglass prescription may be stored in the removable supplemental lens system using bar codes, text, programmable memory, or other data storage. When the removable supplemental lens system is installed in the system (8), control circuitry (12) in the system (8) may retrieve the stored information. A gaze tracker system or other sensors may be used in retrieving the stored information.

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