公开(公告)号：US11105677B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16141183

申请日：2018-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Junhwan Lim ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Christopher L. Boitnott ,  Shih-Wei Chang ,  Sang Un Choi ,  Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera

IPC: G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/34 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1334 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G02F1/1333

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. An optical component window may be formed in the inactive area of the display. The optical component window may transmit infrared light from an infrared light source. The infrared light source may include a diffuser to allow the light source to operate in a flood illumination mode and a structured light mode. The diffuser may include liquid crystal material between first and second substrates. A sealant may surround the liquid crystal layer, and one or more spacer walls may be located between the sealant and the liquid crystal layer. An additional spacer wall may be used outside of the sealant to prevent metal from creating an electrical short between electrodes in the diffuser. Conductive material in the sealant may be used to couple a top electrode to a metal pad on a bottom substrate.

公开(公告)号：US10649248B1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-12

申请号：US15839195

申请日：2017-12-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang ,  Shih-Wei Chang ,  Yuan Chen ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Cheng Chen

IPC: G02F1/13 ,  G02F1/13357 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: A display may have display layers such as liquid crystal display layers having a liquid crystal layer interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer or organic light-emitting diode layers having organic light-emitting diodes formed from thin-film transistor circuitry. The display layers may be configured to form an array of pixels that display images and may include a polarizer. An angle-of-view adjustment layer may overlap the display layers. The angle-of-view adjustment layer may include one or more liquid crystal layers. A first polarizer may be interposed between first and second liquid crystal layers and the second liquid crystal layer may be overlapped by a second polarizer. The first and second polarizers may have pass axes that are aligned with a pass axis of the polarizer in the display layers. One or more liquid crystal layers in the angle-of-view adjustment layer may include dichroic dye.

公开(公告)号：US20190137333A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-09

申请号：US16141183

申请日：2018-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Junhwan Lim ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Christopher L. Boitnott ,  Shih-Wei Chang ,  Sang Un Choi ,  Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera

IPC: G01J1/04 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/34

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. An optical component window may be formed in the inactive area of the display. The optical component window may transmit infrared light from an infrared light source. The infrared light source may include a diffuser to allow the light source to operate in a flood illumination mode and a structured light mode. The diffuser may include liquid crystal material between first and second substrates. A sealant may surround the liquid crystal layer, and one or more spacer walls may be located between the sealant and the liquid crystal layer. An additional spacer wall may be used outside of the sealant to prevent metal from creating an electrical short between electrodes in the diffuser. Conductive material in the sealant may be used to couple a top electrode to a metal pad on a bottom substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20180164882A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15835046

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul V. Johnson ,  Yuan Chen ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Cheng Chen ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Jiaying Wu ,  Robert Y. Cao ,  Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang ,  Shih-Wei Chang ,  Xiaokai Li ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Dinesh C. Mathew

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G02F1/00 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: G06F3/013 ,  G02F1/0045 ,  G02F1/0063 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133536 ,  G02F1/13475 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. Input-output circuitry in the electronic device may be used to gather input from a viewer of the display. The input-output circuitry may include a gaze tracking system that gathers point-of-gaze information, vergence information, and head position information, may be a biometric sensor, may be an input device such as a button or touch sensor, may capture hand gestures, and/or may gather other information. The display may include a pixel array for producing images. An adjustable reflectance and transmittance layer may overlap the pixel array. Control circuitry in the electronic device may individually adjust different areas of the adjustable reflectance and transmittance layer. The control circuitry may place each area in a reflective mirror more or in a content-displaying mode and may move the areas in response to the information.