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公开(公告)号：US20210397220A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-23
申请号：US17463167
申请日：2021-08-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Keith J. Hendren , Paul X. Wang , Adam T. Garelli , Brett W. Degner , Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Dinesh C. Mathew
Abstract: An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.
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公开(公告)号：US11169574B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-09
申请号：US16857686
申请日：2020-04-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Dinesh C. Mathew , Paul X. Wang
IPC: G06F1/16
Abstract: A computing device can include a housing including a peripheral housing defining an aperture, the peripheral housing having a constant cross-sectional area. The computing device can also include a display having a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface, the display disposed within the aperture defined by the peripheral housing and attached to the housing at one or more locations such that the first major surface and the second major surface of the display are substantially unobstructed by any other portion of the computing device.
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公开(公告)号：US11164917B1
公开(公告)日：2021-11-02
申请号：US16452171
申请日：2019-06-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Dinesh C. Mathew
IPC: G09G3/00 , G09G3/3208 , H01L27/32 , H01L51/52 , G02F1/13357 , H01L51/00 , G09F9/30
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may be mounted on a front side of the device and the housing may have a housing wall on the rear side of the device. The display may be formed from an array of pixels configured to display an image for a user. Pixel-free border areas that run along the edges of the array of pixels may be provided with an edge illuminator. The edge illuminator may provide illumination to the border areas during operation of the device. The edge illuminator may have crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, backlit liquid crystal devices or electrophoretic display components, or may have a light guide that is supplied with illumination from a light-emitting diode.
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公开(公告)号：US11086069B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-10
申请号：US16535736
申请日：2019-08-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Bart K. Andre , Bryan W. Posner , Daniele G. De Iuliis , Dinesh C. Mathew , Kamal H. Habboub , Sung-Ho Tan , Joshua A. Spechler
Abstract: An electronic device may have electrical components mounted in an interior region of the electronic device. A housing may surround the interior region and may separate the interior region from an exterior region that surrounds the electronic device. Arrays of recesses may be formed on opposing inner and outer sides of the housing. The arrays may be laterally offset from each other along the housing. The recesses on the inner and outer sides of the housing may meet at passageways within the housing. During operation of the electronic device, air may flow through the inner recesses, the passageways, and the outer recesses to cool electrical components within the interior region. Lighting may be provided for the housing. Light-emitting devices such as light-emitting diodes may be received within cavities in the housing. Light guiding structures, diffusers, reflectors, and other structures may be used to help adjust illumination from the light-emitting devices.
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公开(公告)号：US10984969B1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-20
申请号：US16032876
申请日：2018-07-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Aidan N. Zimmerman
Abstract: Systems and methods for providing illumination to illuminable portions of keys associated with a keyboard are described. A key disposed on a flexible substrate includes a light guide positioned below a keycap. The light guide includes one or more light extraction features to produce a substantially uniform light distribution of light from a light emitting element at an illuminable portion of the key. In one embodiment, a light emitting element is positioned on the flexible substrate and is optically coupled to the light guide. In another embodiment, a light emitting element is positioned below the flexible substrate and is optically coupled to the light guide via an optical interface.
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公开(公告)号：US10976834B1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-13
申请号：US16595930
申请日：2019-10-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang
IPC: G06F3/02 , G06F3/023 , H01H13/703 , H03K17/955 , H03K17/98
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a sensing membrane that is coupled with electrical terminals of a key switch and a light source. This may allow the membrane to be both configured to transmit a signal in response to actuation of keyboard key cap and illuminate an illuminable symbol of key cap. In one aspect, the membrane includes a set of deformable layers separated by a spacer layer. Terminals of the key switch are connected to distinct ones of the set of deformable layers and positioned within a cavity defined by the spacer layer. A light assembly may be positioned along and configured to move with one of the set of deformable layers. Depression of a key cap toward the set of deformable layers causes the set of terminals to move and initiate a switch event.
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公开(公告)号：US20210089077A1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-25
申请号：US16785394
申请日：2020-02-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Keith J. Hendren
Abstract: An electronic device can include a base portion, a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion, and a deployable feature. The deployable feature can be deployed from a surface of the base portion by an actuation component coupled to the deployable feature. The deployable feature can support the electronic device, increase clearance above a support surface for one or more portions of the electronic device, and/or allow additional functionality for the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号：US10945484B1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-16
申请号：US15962928
申请日：2018-04-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang
Abstract: Haptic output devices may provide haptic output to a user. The haptic output devices may include foot-shaped structures with cavities configured to receive the feet of users. The haptic output devices may also include foot platforms with planar exterior surfaces on which a user may stand. In hybrid arrangements, haptic output devices include foot-shaped support structures with components such as magnets and a foot platform components with corresponding electromagnets. Haptic output components such as piezoelectric components, electroactive polymer components, electromagnetic actuators, and other haptic output components may be mounted to haptic output device support structures in arrays. Shear forces and forces normal to the inner surfaces of a foot-shaped support surface and/or the exterior surface of a foot platform may be generated. Haptic output may be generated based on sensor signals such as sensor signals associated with foot movement.
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公开(公告)号：US20200351581A1
公开(公告)日：2020-11-05
申请号：US16932549
申请日：2020-07-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Paul X. Wang , Ivan S. Maric
Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enhancing a user's listening experience by adjusting physical attributes of an audio playback system based on detected environmental attributes of the system's environment.
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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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