Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Illuminated device enclosure with dynamic trackpad
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Application No.: US15965840Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10732676B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Qiliang Xu , Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli , Richard G. Huizar , Genie Kim , Robert J. Lockwood , Robert Y. Cao
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F1/16
- IPC: G06F1/16 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/0354 ; G06F3/02 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F3/01 ; F21V8/00 ; G06F3/041 ; G04G21/00 ; H01H13/14 ; H01H13/20 ; H01H13/83

Abstract:
Embodiments are directed to an electronic device having an illuminated body that defines a virtual or dynamic trackpad. The electronic device includes a translucent layer defining a keyboard region and a dynamic input region along an external surface. A keyboard may be. positioned within the keyboard region and including a key surface and a switch element (e.g., to detect a keypress). A light control layer positioned below the translucent layer and within the dynamic input region may have a group of illuminable features. The electronic device may also include a group of light-emitting elements positioned below the optical diffuser. One or more of the light control layer or the group of light-emitting elements may be configured to illuminate the dynamic input region to display a visible boundary of an active input area. At least one of a size or a position of the visible boundary may be dynamically variable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190073003A1 ILLUMINATED DEVICE ENCLOSURE WITH DYNAMIC TRACKPAD Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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