公开(公告)号：US11719865B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17176992

申请日：2021-02-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian S. Tryon ,  Lijie Bao ,  Martin Melcher ,  Sonja R. Postak

IPC: G02B5/08 ,  G02B5/28

CPC classification number: G02B5/0833 ,  G02B5/286

Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures having a visible-light-reflecting coating. The coating may include a seed layer, transition layers, a neutral-color base layer, and an uppermost layer that forms a single-layer interference film. The neutral-color base layer may be opaque to visible light. The interference film may include silicon and may have an absorption coefficient between 0 and 1. The interference film may include, for example, CrSiCN or CrSiC. The composition of the interference film, the thickness of the interference film, and/or the composition of the base layer may be selected to provide the coating with a desired color in the visible spectrum (e.g., at blue or purple wavelengths). The color may be relatively stable even if the thickness of the coating varies across its area.

公开(公告)号：US20230228921A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18145209

申请日：2022-12-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Martin Melcher ,  Christopher E Glazowski ,  David L Wei ,  Michael B Wittenberg ,  Sebastian Knitter ,  Yu Wang

IPC: G02B5/08 ,  G02B5/28 ,  H10K59/65 ,  H10K50/84 ,  H10K50/86

CPC classification number: G02B5/08 ,  G02B5/285 ,  H01L27/3234 ,  H01L51/524 ,  H01L51/5281

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a display cover layer. The display may have an active area with pixels and an inactive area adjacent to the active area. A reflective layer or a reflective portion of the cover layer may be formed in the inactive area and may have a reflectivity that matches a reflectivity of the active area of the display. The reflective portion may include texture or particles embedded in an ink layer. A PVD layer may be formed on the reflective layer and may have a color that matches a color of the active area. A polarizer layer may also extend across the active areas and inactive areas. In this way, an appearance of the inactive area may match an appearance of the active area when the display is off.

公开(公告)号：US11641724B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-02

申请号：US17649167

申请日：2022-01-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jiahui Liang ,  Anirban Das ,  Jungyup Kim ,  Martin Melcher ,  Srinivasan Varadharajan ,  Wolf Oetting

IPC: H05K5/06 ,  C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/14 ,  G04G17/08 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  G09F9/30 ,  G04G17/02 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing component that can define an interior surface and an exterior surface of the device, a metallic film deposited on the interior surface and extending at least partially onto the exterior surface, and a ceramic film deposited on the exterior surface and at least partially over a portion of the metallic film on the exterior surface. The ceramic film can be in electrical communication with a portion of the metallic film deposited on the interior surface to form an electrical pathway from the exterior surface to the interior surface.

公开(公告)号：US20230013056A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17949112

申请日：2022-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher D. Jones ,  Ibuki Kamei ,  James R. Wilson ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  John Raff ,  Budhadipta Dan ,  David E. Kingman ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: B60J3/04 ,  G02F1/01 ,  B60J3/00

Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have adjustable structures such as adjustable windows. Adjustable windows may have adjustable layers such as adjustable tint layers, adjustable reflectivity layers, and adjustable haze layers. Adjustable window layers may be incorporated into a window with one or more transparent structural layers such as a pair of glass window layers. Adjustable components such as adjustable reflectivity layers, adjustable haze layers, and adjustable tint layers may be interposed between the pair of glass window layers. Fixed partially reflective mirrors, fixed tint layers, and/or fixed haze layers may be used in place of adjustable tint, haze, and reflectivity layers and/or may be incorporated into windows in addition to adjustable tint, haze, and reflectivity layers.

公开(公告)号：US20220284715A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

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: G06V20/59 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G06V10/145 ,  G06V10/98

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：US11432766B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16118282

申请日：2018-08-30

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：US11426091B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US16128210

申请日：2018-09-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Adam T. Clavelle ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  C23C14/06

Abstract: This disclosure describes a portable electronic device that includes a first housing component having an exterior-facing surface and an interior-facing surface; and a second housing component cooperating with the first housing component to define an interior volume. A seal fills an interface between the first and second housing components. Electrically conductive material that forms an electrically conductive pathway extends across portions of the interior and exterior-facing surfaces of the first housing component. The electrically conductive pathway is configured to transmit and/or receive signals or power between an exterior and interior of the portable electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US11272631B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16564655

申请日：2019-09-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jiahui Liang ,  Anirban Das ,  Jungyup Kim ,  Martin Melcher ,  Srinivasan Varadharajan ,  Wolf Oetting

IPC: H05K5/06 ,  C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/14 ,  G04G17/08 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/02 ,  G09F9/30 ,  G04G17/02 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing component that can define an interior surface and an exterior surface of the device, a metallic film deposited on the interior surface and extending at least partially onto the exterior surface, and a ceramic film deposited on the exterior surface and at least partially over a portion of the metallic film on the exterior surface. The ceramic film can be in electrical communication with a portion of the metallic film deposited on the interior surface to form an electrical pathway from the exterior surface to the interior surface.

公开(公告)号：US10739292B1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US15650709

申请日：2017-07-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Martin Melcher ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  James R. Wilson

IPC: H05B3/84 ,  H05B3/86 ,  H05B3/20 ,  H05B3/28 ,  G01N27/20 ,  H05B3/12 ,  H05B3/18 ,  B32B17/10 ,  G01R27/02

Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have windows with one or more conductive layers. The conductive layers may form part of an infrared-light-blocking layer or other layer. The infrared-light-blocking layer or other layer may be formed as a coating on a transparent structural window layer such as an outer or inner glass layer in a laminated window or may be embedded in a polymer layer between the outer and inner layers. Segmented terminals and elongated terminals that may extend past two or more segmented terminals may be coupled to the edges of the conductive layers. Using these terminals, control circuitry can apply localized ohmic heating currents and can make resistance measurements on the conductive layers to detect cracks.

公开(公告)号：US20200229761A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

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

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.