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公开(公告)号:US20180232009A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-16
申请号:US15952111
申请日:2018-04-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Bryan W. Posner , Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Joss Nathan Giddings , Thomas W. Wilson, JR. , Victor H. Yin , Jun Qi , Paul Xiaopeng Wang
IPC: G06F1/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1616 , G06F2200/1612 , H04M1/0266 , H04M1/185 , H05K5/02
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which a display is mounted. A gasket may be mounted in a groove between the display and housing. The gasket may contain an embedded stiffener. Corner brackets may be installed in the corners of the housing. The housing may have inner and outer concentric ribs. Recesses in the housing may be configured to receive the corner brackets. The recesses may be formed between the inner and outer concentric ribs. Gap filling structures such as a foam layer may be interposed between a rear housing wall and a display backlight unit. Display color variations may be corrected by using a backlight unit having an array of light-emitting diodes of different colors. An electrostatic discharge protection layer may be grounded to a housing using conductive tape. Black edge coatings and adhesive-based structures may block stray light. Camera window regions may be supported using adhesive.
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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.
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公开(公告)号:US09990001B2
公开(公告)日:2018-06-05
申请号:US14754455
申请日:2015-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Bryan W. Posner , Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Joss Nathan Giddings , Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. , Victor H. Yin , Jun Qi , Meizi Jiao , Paul Xiaopeng Wang
CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1616 , G06F2200/1612 , H04M1/0266 , H04M1/185 , H05K5/02
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which a display is mounted. A gasket may be mounted in a groove between the display and housing. The gasket may contain an embedded stiffener. Corner brackets may be installed in the corners of the housing. The housing may have inner and outer concentric ribs. Recesses in the housing may be configured to receive the corner brackets. The recesses may be formed between the inner and outer concentric ribs. Gap filling structures such as a foam layer may be interposed between a rear housing wall and a display backlight unit. Display color variations may be corrected by using a backlight unit having an array of light-emitting diodes of different colors. An electrostatic discharge protection layer may be grounded to a housing using conductive tape. Black edge coatings and adhesive-based structures may block stray light. Camera window regions may be supported using adhesive.
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公开(公告)号:US09069525B2
公开(公告)日:2015-06-30
申请号:US14321533
申请日:2014-07-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. , Victor H. Yin , Bryan W. Posner , Chris Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Peteris K. Augenbergs , John Z. Zhong , Steve Hotelling , Lynn Youngs , Kuo-Hua Sung
IPC: G02F1/1345 , G02F1/1333 , G06F1/16 , H01J9/20 , G02F1/1335
CPC classification number: G06F1/1616 , G02F1/13306 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/133528 , G02F1/13452 , G02F1/13454 , G02F1/1368 , G02F2001/133388 , G02F2203/01 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/1613 , G06F1/1686 , H01J9/205 , H01J2211/44 , Y10T156/108
Abstract: An electronic device display may have a color filter layer and a thin film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin film transistor layer. A layer of polarizer may be laminated onto the surface of the color filter layer. Laser trimming may ensure that the edges of the polarizer are even with the edges of the color filter layer. The thin film transistor layer may have an array of thin film transistors that control pixels of the liquid crystal material in the display. Driver circuitry may be used to control the array. The driver circuitry may be encapsulated in a planarized encapsulant on the thin film transistor layer or may be mounted to the underside of the color filter layer. Conductive structures may connect driver circuitry on the color filter layer to the thin film transistor layer.
Abstract translation: 电子设备显示器可以具有滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层。 可以在滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间插入一层液晶材料。 偏振片层可以层叠在滤色器层的表面上。 激光修整可以确保偏光片的边缘与滤色器层的边缘均匀。 薄膜晶体管层可以具有控制显示器中的液晶材料的像素的薄膜晶体管阵列。 驱动器电路可用于控制阵列。 驱动器电路可以封装在薄膜晶体管层上的平面化密封剂中,或者可以安装到滤色器层的下侧。 导电结构可以将滤色器层上的驱动电路连接到薄膜晶体管层。
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公开(公告)号:US20140085556A1
公开(公告)日:2014-03-27
申请号:US13628811
申请日:2012-09-27
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Victor H. Yin , Jun Qi , Dinesh C. Mathew , Shih-Chang Chang , Cheng Chen , John Z. Zhong , Wei Chen , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Christiaan A. Ligtenberg
IPC: G02F1/136
CPC classification number: G02F1/133528 , G02F1/13454 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/136209 , G02F2001/133388 , G02F2001/133541 , G02F2001/133562
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display that has a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film-transistor layer. The thin-film-transistor layer may have a substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface. A circular polarizer may be formed on the upper surface. Thin-film transistor circuitry such as gate driver circuitry may be formed on the lower surface. A display driver circuit may be mounted on an inactive border region of the lower surface of the thin-film transistor substrate. Display pixels may form an array in a central active region of the display. A grid of metal gate and data lines may distribute signals from the display driver circuit and gate driver circuitry to the display pixels. A grid of non-reflecting lines may be interposed between the grid of metal lines and the lower surface.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有具有介于滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间的液晶材料层的显示器。 薄膜晶体管层可以具有具有上表面和下表面的基板。 可以在上表面上形成圆偏振器。 诸如栅极驱动器电路的薄膜晶体管电路可以形成在下表面上。 显示驱动器电路可以安装在薄膜晶体管基板的下表面的无效边界区域上。 显示像素可以在显示器的中心活动区域中形成阵列。 金属栅极和数据线的栅格可以将信号从显示驱动器电路和栅极驱动器电路分配到显示像素。 非反射线的网格可以插入金属线格栅和下表面之间。
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公开(公告)号:US20230333658A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-19
申请号:US18212137
申请日:2023-06-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christiaan A. Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Ron A. Hopkinson , Asif Hussain , Dinesh C. Mathew , Mikael M. Silvanto , Chang Zhang , Zheng Gao , Robert Y. Cao , Keith J. Hendren , Bryan W. Posner , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Alex J. Lehmann
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F1/16 , H03K17/96 , H01H13/785 , H01H13/85 , H01H13/86 , G06F3/04886 , G06F3/0354 , H03K17/94 , G06F3/02 , H03K17/98 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G06V40/10 , H10N30/20 , G06F3/0488 , H01H13/703 , H01H13/705
CPC classification number: G06F3/016 , G06F1/1662 , H03K17/9622 , H01H13/785 , H01H13/85 , H01H13/86 , G06F3/04886 , G06F3/03547 , H03K17/943 , H03K17/9647 , G06F3/0213 , G06F1/1616 , G06F3/0216 , G06F3/017 , H03K17/98 , G06F3/04144 , G06F3/0446 , G06F3/0447 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/044 , G06V40/107 , H10N30/20 , G06F1/165 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/0488 , H01H13/703 , H01H13/705 , H03K17/9643 , G06F1/266
Abstract: A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.
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公开(公告)号:US11740658B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-29
申请号:US17221533
申请日:2021-04-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. , Victor H. Yin , Bryan W. Posner , Chris Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Peteris K. Augenbergs
IPC: G06F1/16 , H05K5/00 , G02F1/1333 , H01L27/12
CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1601 , G06F1/1658 , H05K5/0017 , G02F1/13332 , G02F1/133308 , G02F1/133317 , G02F1/133331 , H01L27/124 , H01L27/1214 , H01L27/1218
Abstract: An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.
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公开(公告)号:US11079810B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-03
申请号:US16444764
申请日:2019-06-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Karan Bir , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Denis H. Endisch , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
Abstract: Apparatuses and systems can mitigate the ingress of debris such as small foreign particles or fluids passing into a joint of an electronic device. Some aspects of the systems prevent particles from passing between a flexible cable and a mandrel surface used to limit bending of the cable. Other aspects provide particle relief features including gaps, grooves, or reduced-size sections of the mandrel so that particles can pass into them and thereby cause no damage or pass out of the electronic device. Another aspect provides a protective layer configured to limit pressure applied to the cable by particles or other contaminants. These apparatuses and systems can improve the life and durability of the mandrel and cable, thereby improving the reliability of operating the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20200249725A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-06
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:US10353432B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-16
申请号:US15782458
申请日:2017-10-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. , Victor H. Yin , Bryan W. Posner , Chris Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Peteris K. Augenbergs
IPC: G02B6/00 , G06F1/16 , H05K5/00 , G02F1/1333 , H01L27/12
Abstract: An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.
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