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公开(公告)号:US20200097747A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-26
申请号:US16583072
申请日:2019-09-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. WANG , Keith J. HENDREN , Adam T. GARELLI , Antonio CLARKE , Joshua L. DAIGLE , Dinesh C. MATHEW
Abstract: This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20150334799A1
公开(公告)日:2015-11-19
申请号:US14279191
申请日:2014-05-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alejandro Lara ASCORRA , Adam I. PAPAMARCOS , Asif HUSSAIN , Mohammad J. NAVABI-SHIRAZI , Keith J. HENDREN , Thai Q. LA
CPC classification number: H05B33/0845 , G06F1/1662 , H01H13/83 , H01H2219/039 , H05B33/0863
Abstract: This application relates to a dynamic lighting circuit for a keyboard of a computing device. The lighting circuit described herein includes several light emitting diode (LED) drivers having multiple channels for controlling multiple LEDs. The lighting circuit also includes an electrically erasable read-only memory (EEPROM) for storing configuration data for the LED drivers. Each LED is configured to individually illuminate a single key of the keyboard, allowing the lighting circuit to modify the brightness of each key without affecting the brightness of other keys. In this way, more lighting schemes are available for the keyboard, while also providing a thinner mechanical design for the keyboard. Lighting schemes can include illuminating a group or groups of keys at a different brightness level than other keys that are not contained in the group. Additionally, lighting schemes can include animations executed by varying the brightness levels of keys over a period of time.
Abstract translation: 本申请涉及用于计算设备的键盘的动态照明电路。 本文描述的照明电路包括具有用于控制多个LED的多个通道的几个发光二极管(LED)驱动器。 照明电路还包括用于存储LED驱动器的配置数据的电可擦除只读存储器(EEPROM)。 每个LED被配置为单独地照亮键盘的单个键,允许照明电路修改每个键的亮度而不影响其他键的亮度。 以这种方式,更多的照明方案可用于键盘,同时还为键盘提供更薄的机械设计。 照明方案可以包括以与组中不包含的其他键不同的亮度级别照亮一组或多组键。 此外,照明方案可以包括通过在一段时间内改变键的亮度水平而执行的动画。
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公开(公告)号:US20240037984A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-01
申请号:US18449333
申请日:2023-08-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. WANG , Keith J. HENDREN , Adam T. GARELLI , Antonio CLARKE , Joshua L. DAIGLE , Dinesh C. MATHEW
IPC: G06V40/16 , G06F3/00 , G06V10/145 , H04N23/80
CPC classification number: G06V40/166 , G06F3/005 , G06V10/145 , G06V40/172 , H04N23/80 , G06V20/64
Abstract: This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20170003718A1
公开(公告)日:2017-01-05
申请号:US15264385
申请日:2016-09-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Houtan R. FARAHANI , Craig C. LEONG , Matthew W. BLUM , Zheng GAO , Kevin M. ROBINSON , Keith J. HENDREN
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1635 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1666 , G06F1/1688 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/1698 , G06F3/016 , G06F3/0216 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/03547 , G06F3/041
Abstract: A portable electronic device having several features is disclosed. The device can include a retention member that retains flexible circuits extending from a top portion to a bottom portion of the device, thereby allowing some components to be moved from a top portion of the device to a bottom portion. The device may include a cover plate can be secured with a display in the top portion to cover the retention member and other internal components. The device can include an omni-directional port designed to receive a connector different orientations and provide power to the device. The device can include a flexible keyboard having butterfly keycaps. The device can include an array of openings for an audio driver, with some of the array including through holes and blind holes. The device can also include a touch pad having a force feedback sensor and a haptic device.
Abstract translation: 公开了具有若干特征的便携式电子设备。 该装置可以包括保持构件,其保持从装置的顶部延伸到底部的柔性电路,从而允许一些部件从装置的顶部移动到底部。 该装置可以包括可以用顶部中的显示器固定盖板以覆盖保持构件和其它内部部件。 该设备可以包括全向端口,其被设计成接收连接器不同的取向并向设备提供电力。 该装置可以包括具有蝶形键帽的柔性键盘。 该装置可以包括用于音频驱动器的开口阵列,其中一些阵列包括通孔和盲孔。 该装置还可以包括具有力反馈传感器和触觉装置的触摸板。
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公开(公告)号:US20160327986A1
公开(公告)日:2016-11-10
申请号:US15215532
申请日:2016-07-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Houtan R. FARAHANI , Craig C. LEONG , Matthew W. BLUM , Zheng GAO , Kevin M. ROBINSON , Keith J. HENDREN
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/01
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1635 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1666 , G06F1/1688 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/1698 , G06F3/016 , G06F3/0216 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/03547 , G06F3/041
Abstract: A portable electronic device having several features is disclosed. The device can include a retention member that retains flexible circuits extending from a top portion to a bottom portion of the device, thereby allowing some components to be moved from a top portion of the device to a bottom portion. The device may include a cover plate can be secured with a display in the top portion to cover the retention member and other internal components. The device can include an omni-directional port designed to receive a connector different orientations and provide power to the device. The device can include a flexible keyboard having butterfly keycaps. The device can include an array of openings for an audio driver, with some of the array including through holes and blind holes. The device can also include a touch pad having a force feedback sensor and a haptic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20200326847A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-15
申请号:US16818951
申请日:2020-03-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Keith J. HENDREN , Alex J. LEHMANN
IPC: G06F3/0488 , G06F3/0481 , G02B27/01
Abstract: The operation of a keyboard, another input device, and/or any surface can be enhanced by features of a head-mounted device, which can display feedback, outputs, or other features based on the user's actions. For example, the head-mounted device can display text generated by the user's operation of the keyboard. The text can be displayed in a manner that allows a user to readily see the keyboard, the user's hands, and the text that is generated by operation of the keyboard. The head-mounted device can further display features that facilitate the user's operation of the keyboard. For example, suggested text, keystrokes, or other features correlated with keys of the keyboard can be displayed for selection by a user. By further example, the keyboard can be displayed in a position and orientation that conforms to an arrangement of the user's hands within a field of view of the head-mounted device.
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公开(公告)号:US20190220065A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16248704
申请日:2019-01-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Simon Regis Louis LANCASTER-LAROCQUE , Kent JOHNSTON , Michael MALONEY , John C. DIFONZO , Gurshan DEOL , Kamal H. HABBOUB , Keith J. HENDREN , Karan BIR , Steven J. OSBORNE , Christiaan A. LIGTENBERG
CPC classification number: G06F1/1679 , F16B21/20 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1681 , H01F7/0252
Abstract: This application relates to hidden fasteners within an electronic device. An electronic device can include a top portion and a base portion that includes a housing and a cover attached to the housing by at least one fastener that is not visible through an external surface of the cover. Each fastener includes a receiver housing that retrains spherical components and a pin that can be inserted into an opening in the receiver housing. The pin is retained in the receiver housing by a force imparted against a surface of the pin by the spherical components, which are biased towards an inner surface of the receiver housing sloped towards the opening. The pin can be released when an external magnetic field from a magnet placed proximate the bottom surface of the receiver housing retracts the spherical components away from the opening, thereby reducing the force against the surface of the pin.
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公开(公告)号:US20160327980A1
公开(公告)日:2016-11-10
申请号:US15215530
申请日:2016-07-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Houtan R. FARAHANI , Craig C. LEONG , Matthew W. BLUM , Zheng GAO , Kevin M. ROBINSON , Keith J. HENDREN
IPC: G06F1/16 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/01 , H05K5/04
CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 , G06F1/16 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1683 , G06F1/1688 , G06F1/169 , G06F1/1698 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/016 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/0202 , G06F3/0227 , G06F3/03547 , G06F3/041 , G06F2203/04105 , H05K5/04
Abstract: A portable electronic device having several features is disclosed. The device can include a retention member that retains flexible circuits extending from a top portion to a bottom portion of the device, thereby allowing some components to be moved from a top portion of the device to a bottom portion. The device may include a cover plate can be secured with a display in the top portion to cover the retention member and other internal components. The device can include an omni-directional port designed to receive a connector different orientations and provide power to the device. The device can include a flexible keyboard having butterfly keycaps. The device can include an array of openings for an audio driver, with some of the array including through holes and blind holes. The device can also include a touch pad having a force feedback sensor and a haptic device.
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