Electronic devices having infrared-transparent antireflection coatings

    公开(公告)号:US10890700B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16566627

    申请日:2019-09-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display cover layer provided with an infrared-transparent antireflection coating. A pixel array may emit visible light through the cover layer and the coating. An infrared emitter may emit infrared light and an infrared sensor may receive infrared light through the coating and the cover layer. The coating may include a stack of thin-film interference layers. The stack may include alternating lower and higher refractive index layers. The layers may have thicknesses and materials that configure the coating to exhibit an infrared transmittance of greater than 94% from 920 nm to 960 nm and a photopic reflectance of less than 1.5%. The coating may reflect visible light to prevent displayed images from being obscured by visible reflections. At the same time, some photopic reflectance of the coating may be sacrificed to maximize infrared transmittance and accommodate operation by the infrared emitter and sensor.

    Electronic device having display with thin-film encapsulation

    公开(公告)号:US10483493B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15864983

    申请日:2018-01-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels formed from a layer of thin-film circuitry. The thin-film circuitry may be formed on a glass layer that serves as an inner layer of encapsulation for the array of pixels formed from the thin-film circuitry. A thin-film encapsulation layer may overlap the array of pixels and may serve as an opposing outer layer of encapsulation for the array of pixels formed by the thin-film circuitry. An electronic device may have opposing front and rear faces. The display may be mounted in a housing on the front face. The housing may have a planar rear wall on the rear face. A display cover layer associated with the display may overlap the pixel array. A touch sensor and optical layers such as a circular polarizer layer and a compensation layer may be interposed between the display cover layer and the thin-film.

    Electronic Device Having Display With Thin-Film Encapsulation

    公开(公告)号:US20190044093A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US15864983

    申请日:2018-01-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels formed from a layer of thin-film circuitry. The thin-film circuitry may be formed on a glass layer that serves as an inner layer of encapsulation for the array of pixels formed from the thin-film circuitry. A thin-film encapsulation layer may overlap the array of pixels and may serve as an opposing outer layer of encapsulation for the array of pixels formed by the thin-film circuitry. An electronic device may have opposing front and rear faces. The display may be mounted in a housing on the front face. The housing may have a planar rear wall on the rear face. A display cover layer associated with the display may overlap the pixel array. A touch sensor and optical layers such as a circular polarizer layer and a compensation layer may be interposed between the display cover layer and the thin-film.

    Heat dissipation for head-mountable device

    公开(公告)号:US11751366B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17228589

    申请日:2021-04-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H05K7/20963 G02B27/0172 G02B27/0176 G02B2027/0178

    Abstract: A head-mountable device can provide passive cooling that utilizes surfaces of an optical assembly to allow heat to be managed in a manner that does not detrimentally impact the visual information displayed to the user. Lenses can be coated with a transparent and thermally conductive material, such as silver nanowire. Such a thermal layer can provide superior thermal conductivity, transmittance, flexibility, flat transmission, low cost, and angular color stability. The thermal layer can passively manage heat by increasing the surface area across which heat can be efficiently dissipated.

    Electronic Devices Having Infared-Transparent Antireflection Coatings

    公开(公告)号:US20200096686A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16566627

    申请日:2019-09-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display cover layer provided with an infrared-transparent antireflection coating. A pixel array may emit visible light through the cover layer and the coating. An infrared emitter may emit infrared light and an infrared sensor may receive infrared light through the coating and the cover layer. The coating may include a stack of thin-film interference layers. The stack may include alternating lower and higher refractive index layers. The layers may have thicknesses and materials that configure the coating to exhibit an infrared transmittance of greater than 94% from 920 nm to 960 nm and a photopic reflectance of less than 1.5%. The coating may reflect visible light to prevent displayed images from being obscured by visible reflections. At the same time, some photopic reflectance of the coating may be sacrificed to maximize infrared transmittance and accommodate operation by the infrared emitter and sensor.

    Dual Display Equipment With Enhanced Visibility and Suppressed Reflections
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    发明申请
    Dual Display Equipment With Enhanced Visibility and Suppressed Reflections 有权
    双显示设备增强可见性和抑制反射

    公开(公告)号:US20170039018A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-09

    申请号:US14862012

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Electronic equipment with displays may be provided. A first display may be mounted in a first housing and a second display may be mounted in a second housing that is adjacent to the first housing. The first housing may rotate relative to the second housing about a hinge axis. The first housing may be a lid and the second housing may be a base housing that is coupled to the lid by a hinge. A first display may be mounted in the first housing and a second display may be mounted in the second housing. Polarizer layers and other optical layers in the displays may be configured to provide a viewer with the ability to view images on the displays while wearing vertically polarized sunglasses and to suppress reflections of light emitted by the first display off of the second display.

    Abstract translation: 可提供具有显示器的电子设备。 第一显示器可以安装在第一壳体中,并且第二显示器可以安装在与第一壳体相邻的第二壳体中。 第一壳体可绕铰链轴线相对于第二壳体旋转。 第一壳体可以是盖子,并且第二壳体可以是通过铰链联接到盖子的基座壳体。 第一显示器可以安装在第一壳体中,并且第二显示器可以安装在第二壳体中。 显示器中的偏振器层和其它光学层可以被配置为向观看者提供在佩戴垂直偏振太阳镜的同时在显示器上观看图像并且抑制由第一显示器发射的光的反射离开第二显示器的能力的能力。

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