公开(公告)号：US11614791B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US17111294

申请日：2020-12-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ramana V. Rachakonda ,  Peter F. Holland ,  Rohit K. Gupta ,  Brad W. Simeral

IPC: G06F1/3234 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/3218

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel. When content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively higher amounts of power, a controller of the electronic device may operate a switch to change a power supply of the display panel to be a power management integrated circuit of the electronic device. However, when content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively less amounts of power, the controller may operate the switch to change the power supply of the display panel to be a power supply of an electronic display, such as a power supply used to power driver circuitry of the electronic display.

公开(公告)号：US11442528B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-13

申请号：US17195362

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Peter F. Holland ,  Brad W. Simeral ,  Lior Zimet

IPC: G06F1/3234 ,  G06F1/3293 ,  G06F1/329

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel to display images based on corresponding image data and an image source to pre-render a flip-book including a first image frame for display at a first target presentation time and a second image frame for display at a second target presentation time. The electronic device may also include a display pipeline coupled between the display panel and the image source having image data processing circuitry to process image data for display. The electronic device may also include a controller to instruct the display pipeline to process image data, to determine a power-on time based on a target presentation time, and to instruct the display pipeline to power-gate the image data processing circuitry upon completion of the processing of image data and until the power-on time is reached.

公开(公告)号：US11334164B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-17

申请号：US16888094

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jody C. Fu ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Christopher R. Pasma ,  Katharine R. Chemelewski ,  Rex T. Ehman ,  Brad W. Simeral

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G04G17/04 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure having a transparent cover defining a touch-sensitive surface, a display positioned within the enclosure and below the transparent cover, and a haptic device configured to produce a haptic output along the touch-sensitive surface. The haptic device may include a battery element electrically coupled to the display, a magnetic element, and a coil assembly fixed with respect to the enclosure and configured to induce an oscillatory movement of the battery element parallel to the display to produce the haptic output. In other examples, the coil assembly may be coupled to the battery element and the first and second magnetic elements may be fixed with respect to the enclosure.

公开(公告)号：US20220083122A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17111294

申请日：2020-12-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ramana V. Rachakonda ,  Peter F. Holland ,  Rohit K. Gupta ,  Brad W. Simeral

IPC: G06F1/3234 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/3218

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel. When content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively higher amounts of power, a controller of the electronic device may operate a switch to change a power supply of the display panel to be a power management integrated circuit of the electronic device. However, when content of an image frame is expected to consume relatively less amounts of power, the controller may operate the switch to change the power supply of the display panel to be a power supply of an electronic display, such as a power supply used to power driver circuitry of the electronic display.

公开(公告)号：US20210191499A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-24

申请号：US17195362

申请日：2021-03-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Peter F. Holland ,  Brad W. Simeral ,  Lior Zimet

IPC: G06F1/3234 ,  G06F1/3293 ,  G06F1/329

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display panel to display images based on corresponding image data and an image source to pre-render a flip-book including a first image frame for display at a first target presentation time and a second image frame for display at a second target presentation time. The electronic device may also include a display pipeline coupled between the display panel and the image source having image data processing circuitry to process image data for display. The electronic device may also include a controller to instruct the display pipeline to process image data, to determine a power-on time based on a target presentation time, and to instruct the display pipeline to power-gate the image data processing circuitry upon completion of the processing of image data and until the power-on time is reached.

公开(公告)号：US20190027114A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US15716708

申请日：2017-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yue Jack Chu ,  Christopher P. Tann ,  Arthur L. Spence ,  Brad W. Simeral ,  Yafei Bi ,  Jiayi Jin ,  Ruo-Gu Huang ,  Haifeng Li ,  Weijun Yao ,  Chaohao Wang

IPC: G09G5/00 ,  G06T1/60 ,  G09G5/36

Abstract: In situations with reduced image changes, display panels, such as the ones disclosed herein, may reduce their power consumption by performing self-refresh cycles, in which they may display locally stored data in the display panel instead of retrieving it from an image buffer. Methods and circuitry for management of the self-refresh cycle may reduce jitter, luminance errors, and/or flickers that may be caused by untimely self-refresh cycles that may occur as a result of latency in the image buffer. In some implementations, the display panel may have a dedicated low latency input that notifies an arrival of an incoming image. In some implementations, the self-refresh cycles of the panel may be managed by a host or a buffer that is responsible for sending the images.

公开(公告)号：US20180092212A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-29

申请号：US15702046

申请日：2017-09-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul A. Martinez ,  Curtis C. Mead ,  Scott D. Morrison ,  Giancarlo F. De La Cruz ,  Lin Chen ,  Albert Wang ,  Brad W. Simeral

IPC: H05K1/18 ,  H05K3/34 ,  H03H7/01 ,  H03H7/38 ,  H03H1/00

CPC classification number: H05K1/181 ,  H01F27/29 ,  H01G2/06 ,  H01G4/12 ,  H01G4/228 ,  H01G4/30 ,  H01G4/40 ,  H03H1/00 ,  H03H7/0115 ,  H03H7/38 ,  H03H2001/0085 ,  H05K3/3436 ,  H05K2201/10015 ,  H05K2201/10022 ,  H05K2201/1003 ,  H05K2201/1006 ,  H05K2201/10515 ,  H05K2201/10636 ,  Y02P70/611 ,  Y02P70/613

Abstract: Methods and systems for producing circuitry using stackable passive components are discussed. More specifically, the present disclosure provides designs and fabrication methods for production of stackable devices that may be used as components in circuitry such as filters and impedance matching adaptors. Such components may be used to save space in printed circuit boards. Moreover, stackable passive components may be dual components, which may be improve the electrical performance in certain types of circuits such as matched component filters.