公开(公告)号：US12044373B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-23

申请号：US18179998

申请日：2023-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Tang ,  Kurt R Stiehl ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Christopher P Child

IPC: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/153

CPC classification number: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/153

Abstract: A system may have lights produce illumination. A light may be provided with a collimated light source that produces collimated light. The collimated light source may use lenses or reflective optical elements to produce the collimated light. The light may have an array of light elements each of which emits a respective beam of the illumination. Each light element may have a preshaping lens that receives the collimated light and produces corresponding preshaped output light and an output lens that receives the output light from the preshaping lens and produces a corresponding beam of the illumination. An electrically adjustable shutter may be located between each preshaping lens and output lens to adjust the illumination between a low-beam pattern and high-beam pattern.

公开(公告)号：US12019027B1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17356352

申请日：2021-06-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Jack E. Graves ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G01N21/78 ,  G01N21/77 ,  G01N33/543 ,  G03B15/02 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G01N21/78 ,  G03B15/02 ,  G01N2021/7769 ,  G01N2021/7796 ,  G01N33/54386 ,  G01N2800/26 ,  H04M1/0264

Abstract: A test system may be used to measure biological samples and other samples. Samples may be placed on a test substrate such as a test slide or other transparent substrate. The substrate may have patches of reactant-coated gold nanorods or other nanostructures that exhibit plasmonic resonances. An accessory may be removably coupled to a portable electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The accessory may have a lens and a light source that emits light into an edge of the test slide. The light may scatter from the nanostructures in a perpendicular direction towards a camera in the portable electronic device so that the portable electronic device can gather images of the illuminated substrate and measure spectral shifts associated with reactions between the samples and the reactant, thereby helping to analyze the composition of the samples.

公开(公告)号：US12017577B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17721146

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher P Child ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Kurt R Stiehl ,  Mark A Zurcher ,  Mikael B Mannberg ,  Ryan J Garrone ,  Xiaofeng Tang

IPC: B60Q1/11 ,  B60Q1/00 ,  B60Q1/10 ,  B60Q1/115 ,  G01B11/24 ,  G01B11/27 ,  G01M11/06 ,  G01S17/89

CPC classification number: B60Q1/11 ,  B60Q1/0023 ,  B60Q1/10 ,  B60Q1/115 ,  G01B11/272 ,  G01M11/064 ,  G01M11/065 ,  G01M11/068 ,  G01S17/89 ,  B60Q2300/13 ,  B60Q2300/322 ,  B60Q2300/324 ,  G01B11/24

Abstract: A vehicle may have lights such as headlights. The lights may be moved using a positioner. Control circuitry in the vehicle may use sensor circuitry to monitor the environment surrounding the vehicle. The sensor circuitry may include one or more sensors such as a lidar sensor, radar sensor, image sensor, and/or other sensors to measure the shape of a surface in front of the vehicle and the location of the surface relative to the vehicle. These sensors and/or other sensors in the sensor circuitry also measure headlight illumination on the surface. Based on the known shape of the surface in front of the vehicle and the distance of the surface from the vehicle, the control circuitry can predict where a headlight should be aimed on the surface. By comparing predictions of headlight illumination on the surface to measurements of headlight illumination on the surface, the vehicle can determine how to move the headlight with the positioner to align the headlight.

公开(公告)号：US11851030B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17804287

申请日：2022-05-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Jack E. Graves ,  James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: G06V20/56 ,  B60S1/48 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/90

CPC classification number: B60S1/485 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/90 ,  B60R2300/30 ,  G05D2201/0213

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.

公开(公告)号：US20230395015A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18193203

申请日：2023-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Brian P Graves ,  Yong Seok Choi ,  Xiaofeng Tang ,  Syed Tauseen Aqeel Shah ,  Tao Zhan ,  Rong Liu ,  Yu P Sun

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  H01L27/15 ,  G02B5/02 ,  G02B5/28 ,  G02B27/00 ,  H01L33/44

CPC classification number: G09G3/32 ,  H01L27/156 ,  G02B5/021 ,  G02B5/283 ,  G02B27/0068 ,  H01L33/44 ,  G02B2207/123 ,  G09G2300/0439

Abstract: A display may have a display panel with an array of pixels formed from light-emitting diodes. Optical films that help collimate and homogenize light from the light-emitting diode pixels may overlap the light-emitting diodes. A transparent cover may overlap the display. The transparent cover may have an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, which may have areas of compound surface curvature. Louvers that serve to reduce off-axis solar light reflections while allowing light from the display panel to be emitted may be formed from molded polymer supported by a transparent cover layer in the cover. A diffuser may be formed by embedding light-scattering particles in a polymer layer covering the louvers and/or by forming light-scattering surface structures such as ridges and/or other texture on the surface of the polymer layer. Electrically adjustable light modulator layers and electrically adjustable louvers may be used in the display.

公开(公告)号：US11833959B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17173840

申请日：2021-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Budhadipta Dan ,  Christy F. Cull ,  Ryan J. Garrone

IPC: B60Q1/14 ,  F21V14/04 ,  F21V5/04 ,  H05B47/105 ,  H05B45/10 ,  B60Q3/51 ,  F21Y115/10 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  H04N7/18 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06V20/59 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06V40/70 ,  G06V20/05

CPC classification number: B60Q1/1423 ,  B60Q3/51 ,  F21V5/04 ,  F21V14/04 ,  H05B45/10 ,  H05B47/105 ,  F21Y2115/10 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06V20/05 ,  G06V20/597 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G06V40/70 ,  H04N7/181

Abstract: A lighting module comprising lighting elements and a controller configured to receive a control signal that identifies a user as present. In response to the control signal associated with user presence, the lighting module is configured to send a command to one or more of the lighting elements to illuminate a first zone where the user is present. The lighting module is configured to receive a control signal that identifies that illumination of a second zone was previously requested by the user at a current location, and in response to the control signal associated with the current location, send a command to one or more of the lighting elements to illuminate the second zone.

公开(公告)号：US11820285B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-21

申请号：US17990572

申请日：2022-11-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Matthew E. Last

IPC: B60Q3/233 ,  B60Q3/60 ,  B60Q3/80 ,  B60Q3/217 ,  B60Q3/292 ,  B60Q3/54

CPC classification number: B60Q3/233 ,  B60Q3/217 ,  B60Q3/292 ,  B60Q3/60 ,  B60Q3/80 ,  B60Q3/54

Abstract: Lighting may be provided using light sources such as lighting systems with arrays of light-emitting diodes. A lighting system may be integrated into interior portions of a system. The interior portions may be illuminated using lighting systems to provide ambient light, to provide custom surface textures and other decorative patterns, to provide icons, text, and other information, and to provide other illuminated regions. Illuminated regions may overlap sensors such as capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors. The light-emitting diodes in a lighting system may supply light that passes through openings in a cover layer. The layer may be formed from fabric, leather, or other materials. Lens structures may guide light through the openings.

公开(公告)号：US20230288040A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18321304

申请日：2023-05-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Christopher P Child ,  Xiaofeng Tang

IPC: F21S41/63 ,  F21S41/29 ,  F21S41/64 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/25

CPC classification number: F21S41/635 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/25 ,  F21S41/29 ,  F21S41/645 ,  F21Y2113/10

Abstract: A system may have lights for providing illumination. The lights may be electrically adjustable so that the color and pattern of the illumination may be varied. Sensor data and/or other data may be used in determining how to adjust the lights. A light may have a light source such as a white light source or multicolored light source, a light collimator that receives light from the light source, and an adjustable lens array that receives collimated light from the light collimator and outputs corresponding adjustable vehicle illumination. The adjustable lens array may have fixed and/or adjustable lens elements and corresponding electrically adjustable light modulator elements.

公开(公告)号：US20220390082A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17721147

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Tang ,  Christopher P. Child ,  Clarisse Mazuir

IPC: F21S41/683 ,  F21S41/20 ,  F21S41/43 ,  F21S41/32 ,  F21S41/27

Abstract: A vehicle may have lights such as headlights. The lights may emit visible and infrared light. Infrared light may be used to illuminate objects that are monitored using infrared image sensors or other infrared sensors. Visible light may be used to illuminate objects that are viewed by vehicle occupants and which may be monitored using sensors. Headlights and other lights in the vehicle may be adjustable. An adjustable light may have a light source that contains an infrared light-emitting device such as an infrared light-emitting diode and a visible light-emitting device such as a visible light-emitting diode. A reflector may reflect light from the light source towards a lens. An adjustable light-blocking device may be located between the reflector and the lens. The light-blocking device may allow infrared light to pass unimpeded while adjusting visible light passing to the lens.

公开(公告)号：US11097658B1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16671051

申请日：2019-10-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Matthew E. Last

IPC: B60Q3/00 ,  B60Q3/60

Abstract: Lighting may be provided using light sources such as lighting systems with arrays of light-emitting diodes. A lighting system may be integrated into a seat, a door panel, a dashboard, or other interior portions of a system such as a vehicle. The interior portions of the vehicle may be illuminated using lighting systems to provide ambient light, to provide custom surface textures and other decorative patterns, to provide icons, text, and other information, and to provide custom gauges and other illuminated regions. Illuminated regions may overlap sensors such as capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors. The light-emitting diodes in a lighting system may supply light that passes through openings in a cover layer. The layer may be formed from fabric, leather, or other materials. Lens structures may guide light through the openings.