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公开(公告)号：US11337654B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-24
申请号：US16370031
申请日：2019-03-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
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公开(公告)号：US11209783B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-28
申请号：US16523815
申请日：2019-07-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Sameer Pandya , Steven P. Cardinali
Abstract: A watch can include a user input component that employs an optical sensor to receive input from a user. The input components provide an ability for a user to interact with the watch in a manner similar to how a user would interact with a crown that is rotatable and/or translatable. The user can provide motions and gestures near the input component that the input component can detect and interpret and user inputs to control an aspect of the watch. The motions and gestures provided by the user can be directly detected with optical systems of the input component, so that the number of moving parts are reduced and space within the watch is more efficiently utilized. While providing these benefits, the input component provides a user experience that simulates user interactions with a crown that is rotatable and/or translatable.
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公开(公告)号：US11121709B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-14
申请号：US16845694
申请日：2020-04-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Adam T. Clavelle , Sameer Pandya , Sherry Tang
Abstract: A touch and force sensitive rocker switch or button array for a portable electronic device can include multiple dome switches or force sensors, as well as a capacitive sensing surface that can detect finger location and swipes. A cosmetic surface can cover the entire elongated switch/button and portions of device housing proximate the button, and can be configured to transfer each of multiple types of input there through to the button and also provide a seal to the device housing interior. The cosmetic surface can be a flexible polymer to allow local deformation, and/or the entire surface can tilt or bend to permit inputs to transfer there through. The elongated button/switch can be raised from a surface of the device, and can be located along a side of the device, with a front face of the device being a touchscreen, such as for a smart phone or watch.
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公开(公告)号：US11054861B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
申请号：US16390850
申请日：2019-04-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a flexible display layer covered by a protective display cover layer. The flexible display layer may be an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other layer with a flexible substrate. The flexible display layer may have a central region with peripheral edges. The central region may be rectangular, may be octagonal, or may have other shapes. Strip-shaped protrusions may extend along each of the peripheral edges of the central region. The strip-shaped protrusions may be bent to provide the protrusions with curved surface profiles. The display cover layer may have a cushion shape with bowed edges that overlap parts of the strip-shaped protrusions, may have curved inner and outer surfaces and/or planar surfaces, may have rounded corners with compound curvature, may have edges with curved surface profiles, and/or may have other configurations.
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公开(公告)号：US20210088981A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-25
申请号：US16890694
申请日：2020-06-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiahui Liang , Tyler S. Bushnell , Sherry Tang , Shannon Yang
Abstract: Embodiments include a wearable electronic device including a housing having an internal wall separating an internal chamber from an external chamber, an outer shell defining a port that connects the external chamber to an external environment, a membrane positioned at an opening in the internal wall and configured to equalize a pressure within the internal chamber with a pressure of the external environment, a first pressure-sensing device positioned in the internal chamber and configured to produce a first output, a second pressure-sensing device positioned in the external chamber and configured to produce a second output, and a processing unit configured to estimate the pressure of the external environment using the second output in accordance with a determination an accuracy condition satisfies a criteria and estimate the pressure of the external environment using the first output in accordance with a determination the accuracy condition does not satisfy the criteria.
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公开(公告)号：US10955937B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-23
申请号：US16708064
申请日：2019-12-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Collin R. Petty , Adam T. Clavelle
IPC: G06F3/0338 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/0362 , G04G21/08 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/0354 , G04C3/00
Abstract: An input mechanism for a portable electronic device includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.
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公开(公告)号：US10930915B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US14832683
申请日：2015-08-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Charles W. Werley , Richard M. Mank , Xiaoyun Hu , Thai T. Ton , George V. Anastas , Vijayasekaran Boovaragavan
IPC: H01M2/22 , H01M10/42 , B23K26/22 , B23K26/323 , B23K101/36 , B23K103/18 , B23K103/10 , B23K101/38
Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery cell with leads extending from the battery and a circuit including a substrate and contacts that extend from the substrate. The leads are coupled to the contacts by mechanical or adhesive bonds located on sections of the contacts extending from the substrate. In various implementations, the circuit may include a variety of different components coupled to the substrate. Such components may be operable to perform a variety of functions such as regulating, monitoring, controlling, and/or otherwise managing the battery cell. Such components may include one or more battery management units, safety circuits, capacity gauges, and/or other components.
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公开(公告)号：US20210018799A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-21
申请号：US16513270
申请日：2019-07-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Richard A. Davis , Christopher M. Werner
IPC: G02F1/1335 , G06F1/16 , H04M1/02
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be mounted in a housing. Electronic components may be mounted in an interior region of the device. The display may have an array of pixels configured to display an image. A border region such as a ring-shaped border may run along the outermost peripheral edge of the array of pixels. The display may be covered by a transparent display cover layer. The transparent display cover layer may have opposing inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface may face the interior region of the device. A laser-marked light-scattering structure may be embedded within an interior portion of the display cover layer between the inner and outer surfaces. The light-scattering structure may be located in the border region and may be illuminated by a light-emitting device.
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公开(公告)号：US10734997B2
公开(公告)日：2020-08-04
申请号：US16144901
申请日：2018-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Adam T. Clavelle , Sameer Pandya , Sherry Tang
Abstract: A touch and force sensitive rocker switch or button array for a portable electronic device can include multiple dome switches or force sensors, as well as a capacitive sensing surface that can detect finger location and swipes. A cosmetic surface can cover the entire elongated switch/button and portions of device housing proximate the button, and can be configured to transfer each of multiple types of input there through to the button and also provide a seal to the device housing interior. The cosmetic surface can be a flexible polymer to allow local deformation, and/or the entire surface can tilt or bend to permit inputs to transfer there through. The elongated button/switch can be raised from a surface of the device, and can be located along a side of the device, with a front face of the device being a touchscreen, such as for a smart phone or watch.
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公开(公告)号：US20200233495A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-23
申请号：US16800723
申请日：2020-02-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell , Benjamin J. Kallman , David M. Pelletier
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/0362
Abstract: An electronic device is configured to provide haptic feedback to a user based on an input action associated with an input device. The electronic device includes a haptic engine operably connected to a processing device. The haptic engine includes an electromagnetic actuator that detects an input action associated with the input device. The electromagnetic actuator also produces a haptic output in response to the detection of the input action.
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