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公开(公告)号：US11768928B2
公开(公告)日：2023-09-26
申请号：US17356491
申请日：2021-06-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matthew E. Last
CPC classification number: G06F21/35 , H04L63/083 , H04L63/0876 , H04L63/101 , H04W12/06 , H04W12/08
Abstract: A method of unlocking a locked device includes receiving a device identifier over a wireless communication protocol, determining if the device identifier is associated with a list of trusted devices, transmitting a request to generate an acoustic signal over the wireless communication protocol based on the determination, receiving the acoustic signal as an audio sound generated external to the locked device, estimating a distance between a source of the audio sound and the locked device, and unlocking the locked device based on the estimation.
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公开(公告)号：US20230079840A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-16
申请号：US17990572
申请日：2022-11-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir , Arthur Y. Zhang , Matthew E. Last
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20210383569A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-09
申请号：US17406369
申请日：2021-08-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matthew E. Last , Ricardo da Silveira Cabral , Daniel E. Potter , Paul Furgale
Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide localization systems and methods using surface imaging. In one implementation, a raw image of a target surface is captured using at least one imager. The raw image is encoded into a template using at least one transform. The template specifies a course direction and an intensity gradient at one or more spatial frequencies of a pattern of the target surface. The template is compared to a subset of reference templates selected from a gallery stored in one or more storage media. A location of the target surface is identified when the template matches a reference template in the subset.
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公开(公告)号：US20210199871A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-01
申请号：US17199095
申请日：2021-03-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Gregory A. Cohoon , Clarisse Mazuir , Matthew E. Last
IPC: F21V8/00 , F21S43/245 , F21S43/237 , F21S41/24 , B60Q3/208 , B60Q3/64
Abstract: A lighting system may include one or more light sources and one or more light guides. A lighting system may be integrated into a window, a skylight, an exterior light such as a headlight, a tail light, or a high center-mounted stop light, or other exterior or interior portions of a system such as a vehicle. The light guide may be embedded in an adhesive layer in a vehicle structure. The light guide may be index-matched to the adhesive layer so that unilluminated portions of the light guide are indistinguishable from the vehicle structure. The light guide may be formed from optical fibers. The optical fibers may include a light-scattering optical fiber that scatters light out of the vehicle structure. The light-scattering optical fiber may be fused to a non-scattering optical fiber that guides light from a light source to the light-scattering optical fiber.
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公开(公告)号：US10466395B1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US15703749
申请日：2017-09-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Malcolm J. Northcott , Matthew E. Last , Irene Perali , Bradford J. Zercoe
Abstract: A system such as a vehicle system, building, or electrical equipment may be provided with one or more optical components. The optical components may include a near-infrared camera or other components that operate at near-infrared wavelengths. A visible-light-reflecting-and-infrared-light-transmitting layer may overlap the optical component. This overlapping layer may have first and second index-matched layers and an interposed textured layer. The textured layer may be a thin-film interference filter or other coating that is configured to reflect visible light while transmitting infrared light. The transmitted infrared light may pass to the optical component with minimal wavefront distortion due to the index matching of the first and second layers. The texture of the textured layer may cause visible light to reflect diffusely and thereby provide the visible-light-reflecting-and-infrared-light-transmitting layer with a matte appearance.
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公开(公告)号：US20190164344A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-30
申请号：US15552536
申请日：2017-08-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel E. Potter , Bivin J. Varghese , Christopher P. Child , Mira S. Misra , Clarisse Mazuir , Malcolm J. Northcott , Albert J. Golko , Daniel J. Reetz , Matthew E. Last , Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner , Christopher J. Sataline , Michael A. Cretella , Collin J. Palmer
IPC: G06T19/00 , B60Q1/50 , B60R25/31 , B60R16/037 , G06T7/70
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve projecting an interactive scene onto a surface from a projecting object. In one particular embodiment, the interactive scene is projected from a vehicle and may be utilized by the vehicle to provide a scene or image that a user may interact with through various gestures detected by the system. In addition, the interactive scene may be customized to one or more preferences determined by the system, such as user preferences, system preferences, or preferences obtained through feedback from similar systems. Based on one or more user inputs (such as user gestures received at the system), the projected scene may be altered or new scenes may be projected. In addition, control over some aspects of the vehicle (such as unlocking of doors, starting of the motor, etc.) may be controlled through the interactive scene and the detected gestures of the users.
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公开(公告)号：US10262538B1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-16
申请号：US15710027
申请日：2017-09-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matisse J. Milovich , YoungWoo Seo , Matthew E. Last
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for creating a database of pull-off areas for a vehicle based on aggregated pull-off information received from a plurality of vehicles and other sources. In one embodiment, the aggregated, crowd-sourced pull-off information may be available to a mobile device (such as an autonomous vehicle or mobile communication device) for reference by the device to understand the condition, location, and availability of potential pull-off areas near a roadway.
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18.发明授权公开(公告)号：US09285477B1
公开(公告)日：2016-03-15
申请号：US14160382
申请日：2014-01-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott T. Smith , Matthew E. Last , Edward A. Valko
IPC: G01S17/89
CPC classification number: G01S17/89 , G01S7/4817 , G01S17/10 , G01S17/36 , G01S17/42
Abstract: A light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system has an emitter which produces a sequence of outgoing pulses of coherent collimated light that transmitted in a given direction, a mirror system having a scanning mirror that is positioned to deflect the outgoing pulse sequence towards a scene, and a detector collocated with the emitter and aimed to detect a sequence of incoming pulses being reflections of the outgoing pulses that are returning from said given direction and have been deflected by the scanning mirror. An electronic controller communicates with the emitter and the detector and controls the scanning mirror, so that the outgoing pulses scan the scene and the controller computes a radial distance or depth for each pair of outgoing and incoming pulses and uses the computed radial distance to provide a scanned 3D depth map of objects in the scene. Other embodiments are also described.
Abstract translation: 光检测和测距（LIDAR）系统具有发射器，其产生沿给定方向传输的相干准直光的输出脉冲序列，镜系统具有扫描镜，定位成将输出脉冲序列偏转到场景， 以及与发射器并置的检测器，目的在于检测输入脉冲序列，作为从所述给定方向返回并被扫描镜偏转的输出脉冲的反射。 电子控制器与发射器和检测器通信并控制扫描镜，使得输出脉冲扫描场景，并且控制器计算每对输出和输入脉冲的径向距离或深度，并使用计算的径向距离来提供 扫描场景中物体的3D深度图。 还描述了其它实施例。
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公开(公告)号：US09217675B2
公开(公告)日：2015-12-22
申请号：US13658690
申请日：2012-10-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Henry H. Yang , Matthew E. Last
CPC classification number: G01K7/02 , G01K1/16 , G01K7/00 , G01K13/00 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/002 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/0412
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with electronic components such as buttons and environmental sensors. An environmental sensor may be temperature sensor for gathering temperature data associated with the environment surrounding the device. The temperature sensor may be mounted to a button member for the button. The button member may be an actuating member that moves within an opening in a device housing and that extends beyond an outer surface of the housing into the surrounding environment. The button member may be arranged so that an internal electronic switch is activated when the button member is moved within the opening. The button member may be thermally isolated from other device structures using insulating material on the button member. The button member may be formed from a thermally conductive material that transmits the temperature of environmental materials that contact the button member to the temperature sensor.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有电子部件，例如按钮和环境传感器。 环境传感器可以是用于收集与设备周围的环境相关联的温度数据的温度传感器。 温度传感器可以安装到用于按钮的按钮构件。 按钮构件可以是致动构件，其在装置壳体中的开口内移动并且延伸超过壳体的外表面进入周围环境。 按钮构件可以被布置成使得当按钮构件在开口内移动时内部电子开关被激活。 按钮构件可以使用按钮构件上的绝缘材料与其他装置结构热隔离。 按钮构件可以由导热材料形成，该导热材料将接触按钮构件的环境材料的温度传递到温度传感器。
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公开(公告)号：US20150296622A1
公开(公告)日：2015-10-15
申请号：US14250942
申请日：2014-04-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Tongbi T. Jiang , Matthew E. Last , Henry H. Yang
CPC classification number: H05K1/028 , G01L1/2268 , G01L1/2293 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1671 , G06F1/1684 , G06F2203/0338 , G06K9/0002 , H01L2224/18 , H05K1/167 , H05K1/182 , H05K1/186 , H05K1/189 , H05K2201/0154 , H05K2201/0391 , H05K2201/09072 , H05K2201/09263 , H05K2201/10151
Abstract: A semiconductor strain gauge may be incorporated into a flexible printed circuit. The semiconductor strain gauge may be mounted in an opening in the flexible printed circuit. Electrical connections such as wire bonds may couple the semiconductor strain gauge to metal traces on a flexible printed circuit substrate in the flexible printed circuit. A flexible printed circuit opening may be filled with an encapsulant that encapsulates a semiconductor strain gauge. Vias may be formed through the encapsulant to contact the semiconductor strain gauge. Metal traces that run across the surface of the substrate and the encapsulant may contact the vias to form paths to the semiconductor strain gauge. A semiconductor strain gauge may be mounted on a substrate and covered with dielectric. Metal traces in a redistribution layer in the dielectric may overlap the semiconductor strain gauge and make contact to the semiconductor strain gauge.
Abstract translation: 半导体应变计可以并入到柔性印刷电路中。 半导体应变计可以安装在柔性印刷电路中的开口中。 诸如引线接合的电连接可以将半导体应变计耦合到柔性印刷电路中柔性印刷电路基板上的金属迹线。 柔性印刷电路开口可以填充封装半导体应变计的密封剂。 可以通过密封剂形成通孔以接触半导体应变仪。 穿过衬底表面的金属痕迹和密封剂可以接触通孔以形成到半导体应变计的路径。 半导体应变计可以安装在基板上并用电介质覆盖。 电介质中再分布层中的金属迹线可能与半导体应变计重叠，并与半导体应变计接触。
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