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Is a smart glasses patented?
Short answer: specific designs of a smart glasses have been patented many times, but "a smart glasses" as a general idea is not what is protected. What matters is the exact combination of features in your version.
What our index shows
- 3,606 US and WO patent publications since 2000 have a title matching “smart glasseseyewear” or a close variant (our index of 9.7 million patent families; one publication per family).
- Among the 413 best keyword matches we examined, 345 were published in 2020 or later, and the earliest was published in 2014.
- Most frequent assignees in those matches: BOSCH GMBH ROBERT (34), META PLATFORMS TECH LLC (31), SOLOS TECH SHENZHEN LIMITED (22), HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (18).
- Most common patent classes (CPC subclasses): G02B (260), G02C (146), G06F (142), G06T (42).
Counts come from keyword matching on titles and abstracts, so they are indicative, not a legal count. Some matches are different products that share a word.
14 real patent publications related to a smart glasses
- System and Method For Fitting Prescription Lenses To Smart Glasses Using an Auxiliary Display Screen US-2026140396-A1 2026 · OPTIKAM TECH INC
A system and method for fabricating prescription lenses for smart glasses having a first camera. Using a first technique, a second camera views the smart glasses. A reference pattern of known dimensions is provided at a known posi…
View on Google Patents - Smart eyewear system, smart glasses, and method for instant messaging playback US-2026197287-A1 2026 · SOLOS TECH SHENZHEN LIMITED
Disclosed are a smart eyewear system, smart glasses, and a method for instant messaging playback. The smart eyewear system includes smart glasses and an intelligent terminal communicatively connected with the smart glasses. The in…
View on Google Patents - Polymer resin and preparation method therefor, optical lens, and smart glasses WO-2026137724-A1 2026 · META BOUNDS INC
A polymer resin and a preparation method therefor, an optical lens, and smart glasses, relating to the technical field of resin materials. The polymer resin comprises a thioamide group, a thioether group, and an aromatic group, an…
View on Google Patents - Smart glasses frame, smart glasses and glasses lens, and method for assembling smart glasses US-2025347933-A1 2025 · tooz technologies GmbH
A smart glasses frame for smart glasses includes a glasses frame designed to hold and position an exchangeable glasses lens; a display, connected to the glasses frame, designed to generate a virtual image; and glasses frame guidan…
View on Google Patents - Smart glasses with outward-facing display US-12437481-B2 2025 · SNAP INC
A wearable device comprises a frame and a pair of optical elements integrated into the frame. The wearable device further comprises an inward-facing display component coupled to the frame, the inward-facing display component to pr…
View on Google Patents - Beam combiner, beam-combining assembly, spectacle lens, and smart glasses WO-2024170183-A1 2024 · tooz technologies GmbH
The invention relates to a beam combining assembly (100), which has: a beam combiner (1), for combining a plurality of light beams (2, 3, 4) to form a combined light beam (5): and displays (15, 16, 17), which are associated with t…
View on Google Patents - Eye detection based smart glasses display device US-12007574-B2 2024 · MEDITHINQ CO LTD
The present invention provides an eye detection based smart glasses display device including: a plurality of distance measurement units irradiating a laser to an eyeball including a fundus and measuring a first distance from the f…
View on Google Patents - Ambient light sensors and camera-based display adjustment in smart glasses for immersive reality applications WO-2023091421-A1 2023 · META PLATFORMS TECH LLC
A headset for use with immersive reality applications is provided. The headset includes a left eyepiece and a right eyepiece mounted on a frame, a display in at least one of the left eyepiece or the right eyepiece, the display com…
View on Google Patents - Method for displaying advertisement on smart glasses WO-2023219236-A1 2023 · VIVE STUDIOS CO LTD
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, provided is a method by which a computing device displays an advertisement on smart glasses. The method may comprise the steps of: acquiring environment information from the s…
View on Google Patents - Smart glasses, wireless earphones, wearable device assembly, and control method therefor US-2023119236-A1 2023 · VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO LTD
Smart glasses are provided, which can be electrically connected to wireless earphones, where wireless earphones include a second electrical connection part. The smart glasses includes a main body and glasses legs rotatably connect…
View on Google Patents - Optical system, head-mounted display device and smart glasses US-2021302746-A1 2021 · GOERTEK TECH CO LTD
An optical system includes a reflecting-mirror group having a focal-power reflecting face and a free-form-surface-prism group. the latter includes an imaging prism. The focal-power reflecting face of the reflecting-mirror group is…
View on Google Patents - Portable smart glasses wearable device and control method therefor WO-2021035780-A1 2021 · HIGH DIMENSION SHENZHEN BIOINFORMATIC INTELLIENGCE CO LTD
The present invention relates to a portable smart glasses wearable device and a control method therefor. Said device comprises a glasses main body, a power supply circuit, a communication circuit, an angular velocity detection cir…
View on Google Patents - Method for verifying a personal pin code of a user, corresponding system, wearable smart glasses and trusted server WO-2016038060-A1 2016 · GEMALTO SA
The invention concerns notably a method for verifying a personal PIN code of a user at a first device (10) comprising a screen or at a trusted server, the first device (10) being able to display a scrambled PIN pad on its screen. …
View on Google Patents - Sign language translation apparatus with smart glasses as display featuring a camera and optionally a microphone WO-2015143114-A1 2015 · THOMSON LICENSING
Methods and apparatus for a system providing translation of sign language symbols to set of smart glasses without a translator are described. The system captures at least one image and processes it to determine if it closely resem…
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What this means for your idea
Because patents cover specific combinations of features, the useful question is not “has a smart glasses been patented?” but “has my combination of features been described before?” Consumer electronics are among the most heavily patented areas; the specific circuit, mounting, or interaction is what distinguishes a design.
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First-look landscape. Not exhaustive. Not legal advice. This page lists keyword-matched publications from a limited database; it does not say whether any product is or isn't covered by a patent, whether a patent is still in force, or whether your idea is patentable. Consult a registered patent attorney or agent.