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公开(公告)号：US10521065B2
公开(公告)日：2019-12-31
申请号：US15275254
申请日：2016-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Steven P. Hotelling , Brian R. Land , Mark Arthur Hamblin , Tang Yew Tan
IPC: G06F3/044 , B32B7/12 , G02F1/1333 , G06F3/041 , B32B37/12 , G02F1/1335
Abstract: A multi-touch sensor panel is disclosed that can include a glass subassembly having a plurality of column traces of substantially transparent conductive material that can be formed on the back side, wherein the glass subassembly can also act as a cover that can be touched on the front side. Row traces of the same or different substantially transparent conductive material can then be located near the column traces, and a layer of dielectric material can be coupled between the column traces and the row traces. The row and column traces can be oriented to cross over each other at crossover locations separated by the dielectric material, and the crossover locations can form mutual capacitance sensors for detecting one or more touches on the front side of the glass subassembly.
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公开(公告)号：US09977484B2
公开(公告)日：2018-05-22
申请号：US15680102
申请日：2017-08-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian R. Land , Dong Zheng , Venkata Siva Sunil Kumar Reddy Bommu
CPC classification number: G06F1/3265 , G01J1/4204 , G01J1/44 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/3287 , G09G5/006 , G09G5/10 , G09G2320/0626 , G09G2330/021 , G09G2360/144
Abstract: An ambient light sensor that is operable in high gain mode and low gain mode is provided. The high gain mode may help provide satisfactory sensitivity at low light levels but may generate saturated output levels in bright ambient lighting conditions. Low gain mode may therefore be switched into use when bright ambient lighting conditions are detected. The ambient light sensor may be placed in high gain mode by default. An auto-gain switch controller may detect whether the ambient light reading is saturated during a given period of time. In response to determining that the ambient light reading is saturated for a programmable number of consecutive time periods, the auto-gain switch controller may reset and switch the ambient light sensor to the low gain mode. The gain state may optionally be embedded into the ambient light sensor output.
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公开(公告)号：US20170344097A1
公开(公告)日：2017-11-30
申请号：US15680102
申请日：2017-08-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian R. Land , Dong Zheng , Venkata Siva Sunil Kumar Reddy Bommu
CPC classification number: G06F1/3265 , G01J1/4204 , G01J1/44 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/3287 , G09G5/006 , G09G5/10 , G09G2320/0626 , G09G2330/021 , G09G2360/144
Abstract: An ambient light sensor that is operable in high gain mode and low gain mode is provided. The high gain mode may help provide satisfactory sensitivity at low light levels but may generate saturated output levels in bright ambient lighting conditions. Low gain mode may therefore be switched into use when bright ambient lighting conditions are detected. The ambient light sensor may be placed in high gain mode by default. An auto-gain switch controller may detect whether the ambient light reading is saturated during a given period of time. In response to determining that the ambient light reading is saturated for a programmable number of consecutive time periods, the auto-gain switch controller may reset and switch the ambient light sensor to the low gain mode. The gain state may optionally be embedded into the ambient light sensor output.
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公开(公告)号：US20170068303A1
公开(公告)日：2017-03-09
申请号：US14849147
申请日：2015-09-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian R. Land , Dong Zheng , Venkata Siva Sunil Kumar Reddy Bommu
CPC classification number: G06F1/3265 , G01J1/4204 , G01J1/44 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/3287 , G09G5/006 , G09G5/10 , G09G2320/0626 , G09G2330/021 , G09G2360/144
Abstract: An ambient light sensor that is operable in high gain mode and low gain mode is provided. The high gain mode may help provide satisfactory sensitivity at low light levels but may generate saturated output levels in bright ambient lighting conditions. Low gain mode may therefore be switched into use when bright ambient lighting conditions are detected. The ambient light sensor may be placed in high gain mode by default. An auto-gain switch controller may detect whether the ambient light reading is saturated during as given period of time in response to determining that the ambient light reading is saturated for a programmable number of consecutive time periods, the auto-gain switch controller may reset and switch the ambient light sensor to the low gain mode. The gain state may optionally be embedded into the ambient light sensor output.
Abstract translation: 提供可在高增益模式和低增益模式下工作的环境光传感器。 高增益模式可能有助于在较低的光照水平提供令人满意的灵敏度，但在明亮的环境照明条件下可能产生饱和的输出电平。 因此，当检测到明亮的环境照明条件时，可以将低增益模式切换到使用中。 默认情况下，环境光传感器可能处于高增益模式。 自动增益开关控制器可以响应于确定环境光读数在可编程数量的连续时间段内饱和，在给定的时间周期期间环境光读数是否饱和，自动增益开关控制器可以复位， 将环境光传感器切换到低增益模式。 可以将增益状态可选地嵌入到环境光传感器输出中。
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公开(公告)号：US20160307542A1
公开(公告)日：2016-10-20
申请号：US15194158
申请日：2016-06-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dong Zheng , Brian R. Land
CPC classification number: G09G5/10 , G01J1/32 , G01J1/4204 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044 , G09G2320/0626 , G09G2360/144
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with a brightness that is adjusted based on ambient light data from multiple ambient light sensors. Sensors that are shadowed can be ignored. A touch sensor array in the display may have electrodes that overlap ambient light sensors. When a touch sensor signal indicates that an external object is covering one of the ambient light sensors, data from that ambient light sensor can be discarded. The ambient light sensors may include a primary ambient light sensor such as a human-eye-response ambient light sensor and may include an array of secondary ambient light sensors such as non-human-eye-response sensors. The secondary ambient light sensors may be formed on a display layer such as a thin-film-transistor layer and may be formed from thin-film materials. An algorithm may be used to dynamically calibrate non-human-eye-response ambient light sensors to the human-eye-response ambient light sensor.
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16.发明申请DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING USER INTERFACES BASED ON FINGERPRINT SENSOR INPUTS 审中-公开基于手指传感器输入的用户界面操作的设备，方法和图形用户界面公开(公告)号：US20150135108A1
公开(公告)日：2015-05-14
申请号：US14402087
申请日：2013-05-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Benjamin J. Pope , Daniel W. Jarvis , Nicholas G. Merz , Scott A. Myers , Michael A. Cretella , Michael Eng , James H. Foster , Terry L. Gilton , Myra Haggerty , Byron B. Han , M. Evans Hankey , Steven P. Hotelling , Brian R. Land , Stephen Brian Llynch , Paul Meade , Mushtaq A. Sarwar , John P. Ternus , Paul M. Thompson , Marcel Van Os , John A. Wright
IPC: G06F3/0484 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/0488 , G06K9/00
CPC classification number: G06F3/0484 , A63F13/2145 , A63F13/218 , A63F13/42 , A63F13/537 , A63F13/837 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1671 , G06F1/169 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/04883 , G06F3/04897 , G06F3/1431 , G06F2200/1614 , G06K9/00006 , G06K9/00013
Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.
Abstract translation: 提供了用于基于指纹传感器输入来操纵用户界面的设备，方法和图形用户界面。 当具有指纹传感器的电子设备的显示器显示第一用户界面时，该设备可以检测指纹传感器上的指纹的移动。 根据确定指纹的移动处于第一方向，该设备允许通过第一用户接口进行导航，并且根据指纹的移动处于与第一方向不同的第二方向的确定， 该设备允许显示与显示器上的第一用户界面不同的第二用户界面。
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17.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20240418644A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-19
申请号：US18814695
申请日：2024-08-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Chin San Han , Ueyn L. Block , Brian R. Land , Nevzat Akin Kestelli , Serhan Isikman , Albert Wang , Justin S. Shi
Abstract: A photoplethysmographic (PPG) device is disclosed. The PPG device can include one or more light emitters and one or more light sensors to generate the multiple light paths for measuring a PPG signal and perfusion indices of a user. The multiple light paths between each pair of light emitters and light detectors can include different separation distances to generate both an accurate PPG signal and a perfusion index value to accommodate a variety of users and usage conditions. In some examples, the multiple light paths can include the same separation distances for noise cancellation due to artifacts resulting from, for example, tilt and/or pull of the device, a user's hair, a user's skin pigmentation, and/or motion. The PPG device can further include one or more lenses and/or reflectors to increase the signal strength and/or and to obscure the optical components and associated wiring from being visible to a user's eye.
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公开(公告)号：US12076142B2
公开(公告)日：2024-09-03
申请号：US18213506
申请日：2023-06-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Vivek Venugopal , Ueyn L. Block , Brian R. Land , Paul D. Mannheimer , Albert E. Cerussi
IPC: A61B5/1455 , A61B5/00 , A61L31/02 , H01L31/0203 , H01L31/0216 , H01L31/173
CPC classification number: A61B5/14552 , A61B5/7278 , A61L31/028 , H01L31/0203 , H01L31/02164 , H01L31/173 , A61B5/681 , A61B2562/0242 , A61B2562/04
Abstract: A wearable device is described. The wearable device includes a housing having a back cover, and an optical mask on first portions of the back cover. The back cover includes a set of windows, with a first subset of windows in the set of windows being defined by an absence of the optical mask on second portions of the back cover, and a second subset of windows in the set of windows being inset in a set of openings in the back cover. An optical barrier surrounds each window in the second subset of windows. A set of light emitters is configured to emit light through at least some of the windows in the set of windows. A set of light detectors is configured to receive light through at least some of the windows in the set of windows.
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19.发明授权公开(公告)号：US12072288B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-27
申请号：US18084342
申请日：2022-12-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Chin San Han , Ueyn Block , Brian R. Land , Nevzat Akin Kestelli , Serhan Isikman , Albert Wang , Justin Shi
CPC classification number: G01N21/4738 , A61B5/0059 , G01N21/55 , A61B5/02416 , A61B5/681 , A61B5/6898 , A61B5/7203 , A61B2560/0475 , A61B2562/0233 , G01N2201/0638 , G01N2201/068
Abstract: A photoplethysmographic (PPG) device is disclosed. The PPG device can include one or more light emitters and one or more light sensors to generate the multiple light paths for measuring a PPG signal and perfusion indices of a user. The multiple light paths between each pair of light emitters and light detectors can include different separation distances to generate both an accurate PPG signal and a perfusion index value to accommodate a variety of users and usage conditions. In some examples, the multiple light paths can include the same separation distances for noise cancellation due to artifacts resulting from, for example, tilt and/or pull of the device, a user's hair, a user's skin pigmentation, and/or motion. The PPG device can further include one or more lenses and/or reflectors to increase the signal strength and/or and to obscure the optical components and associated wiring from being visible to a user's eye.
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公开(公告)号：US11571135B1
公开(公告)日：2023-02-07
申请号：US16917824
申请日：2020-06-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joseph William Colosimo , Tao Shui , Brian R. Land
IPC: A61B5/024 , A61B5/1455 , A61B5/00 , G01V8/20
Abstract: An optical sensor can be multiplexed for different clients/features including estimating information or characteristics of a user's physiological signals. Additionally, the clients/features can include estimating information or characteristics independent from a user's physiological signals. As the number of clients increase and/or as the requirements for the clients increase, flexibility can be provided to accommodate the various clients. Parallelization of the optical sensor can be used to improve performance as the number of clients increase. For example, the hardware and software architecture can assemble patterns of time slots that measure all desired light paths for the multiple clients and distribute the corresponding measurements to each client according to the client requests. In some examples, the scanning sequence can be represented by frames including slots associated with multiple clients to compress the representation for larger or more complex scan sequences.
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