公开(公告)号：US20230239602A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US18295620

申请日：2023-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Kathleen A. Bergeron ,  Mingjing Ha ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Yung-Yu Hsu ,  David W. Lum

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G10L15/20 ,  H04R5/02 ,  G06F1/18

CPC classification number: H04R1/023 ,  G06F1/181 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G10L15/20 ,  H04R5/02

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.

公开(公告)号：US11450297B1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16503328

申请日：2019-07-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： William W. Sprague ,  David W. Lum ,  Pretesh A. Mascarenhas ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Tyler B. Milhem

IPC: G09G5/37 ,  G09G5/14 ,  G09G5/02 ,  G06T3/00 ,  G02B7/02 ,  G09G3/32

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have a display that is viewable by a user from eye boxes. The electronic device may have a gaze tracking system that monitors a user's eyes in the eye boxes to gather gaze direction information. The display may have a central portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion may have a lower resolution than the central portion and may be used in displaying content that is viewable in a user's peripheral vision. During operation, control circuitry in the electronic device may adjust peripheral content on the peripheral portion to correct for parallax-induced mismatch between the peripheral content and central content on the central portion of the display. The control circuitry may also depower peripheral pixels that are determined to be unviewable based on the gaze direction. Diffusers may be used to hide seams between the central and peripheral display portions.

公开(公告)号：US20240096275A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US17933457

申请日：2022-09-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Jonathan H. Beck ,  Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Snehal T. Jariwala ,  Salman Kabir ,  Josiah Smith

IPC: G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2320/0666 ,  G09G2320/0673 ,  G09G2320/0693 ,  G09G2330/021

Abstract: A electronic display device designed to calibrate brightness levels in a flat-panel display by using adjacent code calibration for a variable electroluminescence voltage supply in the flat-panel display.

公开(公告)号：US20220007095A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US17475094

申请日：2021-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Kathleen A. Bergeron ,  Mingjing Ha ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Yung-Yu Hsu ,  David W. Lum

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G10L15/20 ,  H04R5/02 ,  G06F1/18

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.

公开(公告)号：US20190313172A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-10

申请号：US16140409

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Kathleen A. Bergeron ,  Mingjing Ha ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Yung-Yu Hsu ,  David W. Lum

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H04R5/02 ,  G10L15/20

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.

公开(公告)号：US11653128B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17475094

申请日：2021-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Kathleen A. Bergeron ,  Mingjing Ha ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Yung-Yu Hsu ,  David W. Lum

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G10L15/20 ,  H04R5/02 ,  G06F1/18

CPC classification number: H04R1/023 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/181 ,  G10L15/20 ,  H04R5/02

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.

公开(公告)号：US11442503B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US16609176

申请日：2018-05-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yung-Yu Hsu ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Mingjing Ha ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Chang-Chia Huang ,  Han-Chieh Chang ,  Bryce T. Bradford ,  David W. Lum ,  Bhaskar Banerjee ,  Adam Adjiwibawa ,  David A. Doyle ,  Hong Luo ,  Michael J. Brown

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K1/02

Abstract: An electronic device such as a wearable electronic device may have a band. The band may form a stand-alone device or a strap for a wristwatch unit or other device. Electrical components may be mounted on flexible printed circuit substrates. A substrate may be encapsulated by elastomeric polymer material or other material forming the band. The elastomeric polymer material may form cavities that receive the electrical components. Components such as light-emitting diodes may be mounted to the flexible printed circuit substrates so that the light-emitting diodes are located in the cavities. Reflective sidewalls in the cavities may reflect light from the light-emitting diodes outwardly through a thinned portion of the band. Light-diffusing material in the cavities may be formed from clear polymer with light-scattering particles.

公开(公告)号：US11146871B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16140409

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Tirshathah A. Hunter ,  Kathleen A. Bergeron ,  Mingjing Ha ,  Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Yung-Yu Hsu ,  David W. Lum

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G10L15/20 ,  H04R5/02 ,  G06F1/18

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing characterized by a vertical longitudinal axis. A flexible substrate such as a flexible mesh substrate with component support regions coupled by flexible segments may be wrapped around the housing and the vertical axis. The housing may have surface regions with compound curvature. The flexible substrate may conform to the regions with compound curvature. A fabric spacer layer may be interposed between the flexible substrate and the housing. Electrical components such as input-output devices may be mounted to the component support regions. A display may be formed from an array of light-emitting devices that are mounted on respective component support regions. Light from the light-emitting devices may pass through the fabric spacer layer toward the housing and back out away from the housing. An outer fabric layer may cover the mesh.