公开(公告)号：US11243403B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-08

申请号：US17185639

申请日：2021-02-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  James W. Vandyke ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02F1/1335

Abstract: An electronic device has an electrically adjustable optical layer. Displays and other optical components may be supported by a housing structure. The housing structure may form a handheld device housing, a head-mounted housing, or other housing for the electronic device. Control circuitry in the electronic device may adjust the electrically adjustable optical layer. The control circuitry may reduce light transmission for the electrically adjustable optical layer to hide the optical components, may increase light transmission to reveal the optical components while the optical components are being used to receive light or to output light, and may otherwise adjust the electrically adjustable optical layer to exhibit a desired set of optical characteristics depending on the mode of operation of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20210361233A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US16879403

申请日：2020-05-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Tyler A. Marshall

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  G01J1/42 ,  G01J1/04

Abstract: An electronic device including an optical component and an enclosure comprising a glass ceramic region is disclosed. The optical properties of the glass ceramic region and the positioning of the glass ceramic region with respect to the optical component can affect the performance of the optical component, the visual appearance of the optical component, or both.

公开(公告)号：US10902796B1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US15651820

申请日：2017-07-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David E. Kingman ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  James R. Wilson

IPC: G09G3/34 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H04R1/02

Abstract: Electronic equipment in a system such as a vehicle or building may include one or more displays. The displays may display image frames for users with light-modulating glasses. The image frames may include interspersed image frames corresponding to unique content for each of the users. Dummy frames may be incorporated into the displayed frames on the display to help obscure displayed content from external observers. The light-modulating glasses may have light modulators such as liquid crystal light modulators. Control circuitry in the glasses may adjust the light modulators to exhibit transparent intervals that overlaps desired image frames and opaque intervals that are aligned with other image frames and the dummy frames. This allows each user to view unique content on a shared display while preventing external observers without glasses from observing the content that is being presented.

公开(公告)号：US20210014992A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US17032813

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc

Inventor： Andi M. Limarga ,  James R. Wilson ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen ,  Bijumon Varkey

IPC: H05K5/03 ,  C03C17/38 ,  H05K5/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  C03C15/00 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H04M1/02 ,  C03C19/00 ,  C03C21/00 ,  C03C17/36 ,  H05K5/00 ,  G02B1/18

Abstract: Textured cover assemblies for electronic devices are disclosed. The textured cover assemblies may provide a combination of optical and tactile properties to the electronic devices. In some cases, a textured cover assembly may be provided over decorative coating.

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：US20200087219A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-19

申请号：US16262776

申请日：2019-01-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  Andi M. Limarga

IPC: C04B41/83 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  C04B41/00 ,  C04B41/48

Abstract: A ceramic composite article includes a substrate including a matrix of ceramic material defining a network of interstitial regions and a transparent material occupying at least some of the interstitial regions of the substrate. The transparent material can have a melting point lower than a melting point of the ceramic material. The matrix of ceramic material can be formed by a 3D printing process.

公开(公告)号：US20200064628A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：US16379000

申请日：2019-04-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna V. Mirabella ,  James R. Wilson

IPC: G02B27/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/02

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have a transparent member supported by head-mounted support structures. Optical sensors such as time-of-flight sensors and other optical sensors may have light-emitting components and light-detecting components. A stray light blocking structure may be formed in the transparent member. The stray light blocking structure may be configured to block stray light that is traveling laterally through an interior portion of the polymer layer. This prevents the stray light from being received by the light-detecting detecting device. The stray light blocking structure may formed by providing the polymer layer with light redirecting structures such as protrusions and/or recesses. Light-absorbing coatings and/or patterned surfaces such as textured surfaces may be incorporated into the stray light blocking structure.

公开(公告)号：US10537023B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US16375635

申请日：2019-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Prest ,  Marta M. Giachino ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Que Anh S. Nguyen

IPC: H05K1/03 ,  H05K5/00 ,  G09F3/02 ,  G02B5/28 ,  C03C17/22 ,  C03C27/10 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/02 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within an interior of a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer may be provided with regions having different appearances. The regions may be textured, may have coatings such as thin-film interference filter coatings formed from stacks of dielectric material having alternating indices of refraction, may have metal coating layers, and/or may have ink coating layers. Textured surfaces may be formed on thin glass layers and polymer films that are coupled to the glass layer. A glass layer may be formed from a pair of coupled glass layers. The coupled layers may have one or more recesses or other structures to visually distinguish different regions of the glass layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190384062A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16412292

申请日：2019-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James R. Wilson ,  James W. Vandyke ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/1335

Abstract: An electronic device has an electrically adjustable optical layer. Displays and other optical components may be supported by a housing structure. The housing structure may form a handheld device housing, a head-mounted housing, or other housing for the electronic device. Control circuitry in the electronic device may adjust the electrically adjustable optical layer. The control circuitry may reduce light transmission for the electrically adjustable optical layer to hide the optical components, may increase light transmission to reveal the optical components while the optical components are being used to receive light or to output light, and may otherwise adjust the electrically adjustable optical layer to exhibit a desired set of optical characteristics depending on the mode of operation of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US10466392B1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-05

申请号：US15678904

申请日：2017-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Martin Melcher ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  James R. Wilson ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Gregory A. Cohoon ,  Matthew E. Last

IPC: G02B5/02 ,  G02B5/22 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/01 ,  B60J3/06 ,  B60K35/00

Abstract: A window or other component may have glass layers and an interposed polymer layer in which a textured light-scattering layer with a diffuse reflectivity is embedded. The textured light-scattering layer may have a textured polymer carrier film coated with a partially reflective layer such as a metal layer. The polymer carrier film may be textured to cause gaps to form within the partially reflective layer. The gaps may be patterned to form ohmic heating current paths or other signal paths through the partially reflective layer. The partially reflective layer may also serve as an electrode in a light modulator such as a liquid crystal light modulator or other light modulator. Images may be projected onto the textured light-scattering layer. The light-scattering layer may also help extract light from a light guiding layer adjacent to the partially reflective layer.