公开(公告)号：US20220077565A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17527906

申请日：2021-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Miroslav Samardzija ,  Yiren Wang ,  Yuehui Ouyang ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Ruben Caballero ,  Siwen Yong ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  G04R60/10 ,  G04G21/04 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H01Q9/04

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US11231814B1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-25

申请号：US17013057

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Daniel J. Barrett ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Lucy E. Browning ,  Marwan Rammah ,  Rasamy Phouthavong ,  Sameer Pandya

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G02B6/06 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An electronic device may have light-emitting devices. A light-emitting device may include light-emitting diodes, a display, or other components that emit visual output. One or more image transport layers may be included in the electronic device. An image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image and an output surface to which the image transport layer transports the image for viewing by a user. The image transport layers may have areas with compound curvature and other shapes. Deformed image transport layer structures such as deformed fibers in a coherent fiber bundle may be configured to hide gaps in displays and other structures. Displays may include light detectors that serve as a two-dimensional touch sensor. The touch sensor may detect touch input on an output surface of an image transport layer. Image transport layer material may be incorporated into buttons, elongated housings, wearable devices, and other equipment.

公开(公告)号：US20210405688A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-30

申请号：US17340893

申请日：2021-06-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Barrett ,  Dakota A. Bass ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Shang L. Tsuei ,  Elizabeth C. Porter ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Jingjing Xu ,  Jacquelynn M. Pok ,  Kiran S. Pillai ,  Xuan Liu ,  Adam J. Brinkman

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B3/04

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a display panel with an array of pixels on a flexible substrate. A display cover layer may overlap the display panel. The flexible substrate may have a protruding portion that forms a tail. The tail may be coupled to a printed circuit on which a display driver integrated circuit and/or other circuitry is mounted. When the display is mounted in the housing, the tail may be bent back on itself to create a bend. The bend may be embedded in a molded polymer member. The molded polymer member may be attached to the housing with adhesive and may directly contact an inner surface of the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210383657A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17409531

申请日：2021-08-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Trevor J. Ness

IPC: G08B5/22 ,  A45C11/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/04 ,  G06K7/14

Abstract: A connectible component is connected to a housing. A sensor of the housing is utilized to detect an identity element of the at connectible component. The connectible component is identified utilizing the at least one sensor. In some implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify whether or not a connectible component is connected to the housing. In other implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify the type of connectible component that is connected. In such implementations, the housing may house an electronic device and the electronic device may be configured based on the type of connectible component that is connected.

公开(公告)号：US20210204876A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17210348

申请日：2021-03-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameer Pandya ,  Adam T. Clavelle ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan ,  Martin Melcher ,  Zhipeng Zhang ,  Steven C. Roach ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  A61B5/282 ,  A61B5/332 ,  A61B5/339 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04G21/08

Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.

公开(公告)号：US10987054B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16841543

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameer Pandya ,  Adam T. Clavelle ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan ,  Martin Melcher ,  Zhipeng Zhang ,  Steven C. Roach ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/0404 ,  A61B5/0408 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/044 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04G21/08

Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.

公开(公告)号：US10962935B1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US15879223

申请日：2018-01-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: G04G21/00 ,  G04G9/00

Abstract: An input device includes a movable input surface protruding from an electronic device. The input device enables force inputs along three axes relative to the electronic device: first lateral movements, second lateral movements, and axial movements. The input device includes force or displacement sensors which can detect a direction and magnitude of input forces.

公开(公告)号：US10691169B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15975522

申请日：2018-05-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeffrey C. Mylvaganam ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Xiao Bing Cai ,  Palaniappan Chinnakaruppan ,  Jong Kong Lee ,  Srikanth Kamireddi ,  Sawako Kamei ,  Feng Min ,  Jing Zhang ,  Xiang Du ,  Sai Feng Liu

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G04B37/00 ,  B24B7/22 ,  G04B39/00 ,  B23K26/402 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  B28D5/00 ,  B24B29/00 ,  B24B37/04 ,  B24C11/00 ,  B23K26/364 ,  B05D1/02 ,  B24C1/08 ,  B23K103/00

Abstract: A cover for an electronic device and methods of forming a cover is disclosed. The electronic device may include a housing, and a cover coupled to the housing. The cover may have an inner surface having at least one of an intermediate polish and a final polish, a groove formed on the inner surface, and an outer surface positioned opposite the inner surface. The outer surface may have at least one of the intermediate polish and the final polish. The cover may also have a rounded perimeter portion formed between the inner surface and the outer surface. The rounded perimeter portion may be positioned adjacent the groove. The method for forming the cover may include performing a first polishing process on the sapphire component using a polishing tool, and performing a second polishing process on the groove of the sapphire component forming the cover using blasting media.

公开(公告)号：US20200073339A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16215607

申请日：2018-12-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven C. Roach ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Erik L. Wang ,  Peter J. Kardassakis ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: G04G21/08 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G17/08 ,  G01D5/30

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. The actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining an input surface and a crown ring coupled to the exterior portion of the crown shaft and electrically isolated from the crown shaft. The crown assembly may further include an optical encoder component attached to the actuation member and defining a group of optical features. The electronic watch may further include an optical detector configured to detect rotation of the crown assembly by detecting motion of the group of optical features and an electrocardiograph sensor comprising a sensing component. The sensing component may be conductively coupled to the actuation member via a conductive path at least partially defined by the crown shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20200044197A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：US16599039

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: H01L51/52 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/50

Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.