公开(公告)号：US09535544B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-03

申请号：US13907698

申请日：2013-05-31

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Marduke Yousefpor ,  Taif Ahmed Syed ,  Ahmad Al-Dahle ,  Kevin J. White ,  Abbas Jamshidi-Roudbari ,  Stephen S. Poon

IPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F2203/04107

摘要： A touch screen to reduce touch pixel coupling. In some examples, the touch screen can include a first display pixel and a second display pixel in a row of display pixels, where the first display pixel can be configurable to be decoupled from the second display pixel during at least a touch sensing phase of the touch screen. In some examples, the touch screen can include a display pixel having a first and a second transistor, where the second transistor can be electrically connected to a gate terminal of the first transistor, and can be diode-connected. In some examples, the touch screen can include two display pixels, each display pixel having two transistors, where two of the transistors can be electrically connected to a first gate line, and the remaining two transistors can be individually electrically connected to a second and third gate line, respectively.

摘要翻译： 触摸屏可以减少触摸像素耦合。 在一些示例中，触摸屏可以包括一排显示像素中的第一显示像素和第二显示像素，其中第一显示像素可以被配置为在至少一个触摸感测阶段期间与第二显示像素解耦 触摸屏。 在一些示例中，触摸屏可以包括具有第一和第二晶体管的显示像素，其中第二晶体管可以电连接到第一晶体管的栅极端子，并且可以二极管连接。 在一些示例中，触摸屏可以包括两个显示像素，每个显示像素具有两个晶体管，其中两个晶体管可以电连接到第一栅极线，并且剩余的两个晶体管可以单独地电连接到第二和第三晶体管 门线。

公开(公告)号：US20160094219A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-31

申请号：US14502899

申请日：2014-09-30

申请人： APPLE INC.

发明人： Ahmad Al-Dahle ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Weijun Yao ,  Yingxuan Li

IPC分类号： H03K17/687 ,  G09G3/36

CPC分类号： H03K17/6872 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3696 ,  G09G2300/08 ,  H03K17/145 ,  H03K17/687 ,  H03K2217/0054

摘要： Systems, methods, and devices to control a transistor to maintain one or more substantially constant characteristics while activated or deactivated are provided. One such system includes a transistor that receives an activation signal on a gate terminal to become activated during a first period and receives a deactivation signal on the gate terminal to become deactivated during a second period. The transistor receives an input signal on an input terminal during the first period and the second period. The input signal varies during the first period and during the second period. The transistor may have improved reliability (e.g., substantially constant on resistance RON) because a first difference between the input signal and the activation signal substantially does not vary during the first period and a second difference between the input signal and the deactivation signal substantially does not vary during the second period.

摘要翻译： 提供了控制晶体管以在激活或去激活时维持一个或多个基本恒定特性的系统，方法和装置。 一个这样的系统包括晶体管，其在栅极端子处接收激活信号，以在第一时段期间被激活，并且在第二周期期间接收在栅极端子上的去激活信号以使其失效。 晶体管在第一周期和第二周期期间在输入端子上接收输入信号。 输入信号在第一周期和第二周期期间变化。 晶体管可能具有改进的可靠性（例如，基本上恒定的导通电阻RON），因为输入信号和激活信号之间的第一差异在第一周期内基本上不变，而输入信号和去激活信号之间的第二差基本上不是 在第二期间有所不同。

公开(公告)号：US20160092015A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-31

申请号：US14639406

申请日：2015-03-05

申请人： APPLE INC.

发明人： Ahmad Al-Dahle ,  Yingxuan Li ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Weijun Yao

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G06F3/044

CPC分类号： G09G3/3648 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G06F2203/04106 ,  G06F2203/04107 ,  G09G2354/00

摘要： Systems and method of performing touch and force sensing in an electronic device. The device includes a cover and an array of touch-sensor electrodes disposed below the cover. The first array of electrodes may be configured to sense a touch on the cover using a capacitive sensing scheme. The device also includes a force-sensor drive electrode disposed below the first array of electrodes and a force-sensor sense electrode disposed below the force-sensor drive electrode. The force-sensor drive and sense electrode may be configured to sense a force on the cover. The device also includes a shared drive circuit having an output that is operatively coupled to the array of touch-sensor electrodes and the force-sensor drive electrode.

摘要翻译： 在电子设备中执行触摸和力感测的系统和方法。 该装置包括盖子和设置在盖子下方的触摸传感器电极阵列。 第一电极阵列可以被配置为使用电容感测方案感测盖上的触摸。 该装置还包括设置在第一电极阵列下方的力传感器驱动电极和设置在力传感器驱动电极下方的力传感器感测电极。 力传感器驱动和感测电极可以被配置为感测盖上的力。 该装置还包括具有可操作地耦合到触摸传感器电极阵列和力传感器驱动电极的输出的共享驱动电路。

公开(公告)号：US20150036065A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-05

申请号：US14451076

申请日：2014-08-04

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Marduke Yousefpor ,  Jean-Marie Bussat ,  Benjamin B. Lyon ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Dale Setlak

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  H05K1/11 ,  G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06K9/0002 ,  G06K9/228 ,  H04M1/0266 ,  H04M1/67

摘要： A fingerprint sensor is incorporated in a display stack in an electronic device. A single fingerprint can be captured at one time at a single pre-defined fixed location on a display. Alternatively, a single fingerprint can be acquired at one time at any location on a display. Alternatively, multiple touches on the display can be acquired substantially simultaneously where only one fingerprint is captured at a time or where all of the fingerprints are acquired at the same time. The fingerprint sensor can be implemented as an integrated circuit connected to a bottom surface of a cover sheet, near the bottom surface of the cover sheet, or connected to a top surface of a display. Alternatively, the fingerprint sensor can be implemented as a full panel fingerprint sensor.

摘要翻译： 指纹传感器被结合在电子设备中的显示器堆叠中。 可以在显示屏上的单个预定义固定位置一次捕获单个指纹。 或者，可以在显示器上的任何位置一次获取单个指纹。 或者，可以基本上同时获取显示器上的多个触摸，其中一次只捕获一个指纹，或者同时获取所有指纹。 指纹传感器可以实现为连接到覆盖片的底表面，靠近盖片的底表面或连接到显示器的顶表面的集成电路。 或者，指纹传感器可以被实现为全面板指纹传感器。

公开(公告)号：US11592864B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US17682173

申请日：2022-02-28

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Manohar B. Srikanth ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Ting Sun ,  Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki ,  Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Ricardo J. Motta

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  H04N5/232

摘要： In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display having a front surface and a back surface. The display includes a plurality of pixel regions that emit light from the front surface to display a displayed image and a plurality of apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface. The apparatus includes a camera disposed on a side of the back surface of the display. The camera is configured to capture a captured image. The apparatus includes a processor coupled to the display and the camera. The processor is configured to receive the captured image and apply a first digital filter to a first portion of the captured image and a second digital filter, different than the first digital filter, to a second portion of the captured image to reduce image distortion caused by the display.

公开(公告)号：US11294422B1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16580477

申请日：2019-09-24

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Manohar B. Srikanth ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Ting Sun ,  Kathrin Berkner-Cieslicki ,  Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Ricardo J. Motta

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  H04N5/232

摘要： In one implementation, an apparatus includes a display having a front surface and a back surface. The display includes a plurality of pixel regions that emit light from the front surface to display a displayed image and a plurality of apertures that transmit light from the front surface to the back surface. The apparatus includes a camera disposed on a side of the back surface of the display. The camera is configured to capture a captured image. The apparatus includes a processor coupled to the display and the camera. The processor is configured to receive the captured image and apply a first digital filter to a first portion of the captured image and a second digital filter, different than the first digital filter, to a second portion of the captured image to reduce image distortion caused by the display.

公开(公告)号：US20210271843A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17326202

申请日：2021-05-20

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Brian Michael King ,  Marcus Yip ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Ehsan Khajeh ,  Aaron Tucker ,  Henry H. Yang

IPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  A61B5/1172 ,  A61B8/00

摘要： An acoustic imaging system includes multiple transducers disposed to circumscribe a portion of substrate. An acoustic imaging system also includes a controller and an image resolver. The transducers convert electrical signals into mechanical energy and/or mechanical energy into electrical signals. The controller is adapted to apply an electrical signal to the transducers which, in response, induce a mechanical wave, such as a surface wave, into the circumscribed portion. The controller is also adapted to receive electrical signals from the transducers. The image resolver uses the electrical signals received by the controller in order to construct an image of an object in physical contact with the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US11086444B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16192664

申请日：2018-11-15

申请人： APPLE INC.

发明人： Weijun Yao ,  Wei Hsin Yao ,  Yingxuan Li ,  Bingrui Yang ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Abbas Jamshidi-Roudbari ,  Ahmad Al-Dahle

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01L27/32

摘要： A self-capacitive touch sensor panel configured to have a portion of both the touch and display functionality integrated into a common layer is provided. The touch sensor panel includes a layer with circuit elements that can switchably operate as both touch circuitry and display circuitry such that during a touch mode of the device the circuit elements operate as touch circuitry and during a display mode of the device the circuit elements operate as display circuitry. The touch mode and display mode can be time multiplexed. By integrating the touch hardware and display hardware into common layers, savings in power, weight and thickness of the device can be realized.

公开(公告)号：US10712867B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US15522737

申请日：2015-10-27

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Yingxuan Li ,  Weijun Yao ,  Vivek Pant ,  Martin Paul Grunthaner ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Sumant Ranganathan

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0354

摘要： A touch sensor panel is disclosed. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of touch node electrodes. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a touch controller configured to drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a fully bootstrapped configuration to obtain a fully bootstrapped touch image, drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a second configuration, different from the fully bootstrapped configuration, to obtain a second touch image, the second touch image including an effect of water on the touch sensor panel, and determine a final touch image based on the fully bootstrapped touch image and the second touch image, the final touch image not including the effect of the water on the touch sensor panel. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a mutual capacitance configuration. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a partially bootstrapped configuration.

公开(公告)号：US10705658B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US15507722

申请日：2014-09-22

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Yingxuan Li ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Weijun Yao

IPC分类号： G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

摘要： A touch controller is disclosed. The touch controller can include sense circuitry configured to sense, during a self-capacitance portion of a touch frame, first one or more self-capacitances associated with a first plurality of touch pixels on a touch sensor panel, and sense, during a mutual capacitance portion of the touch frame, first one or more mutual capacitances associated with the first plurality of touch pixels. A touch processor can be configured to, based on the first one or more self-capacitances and the first one or more mutual capacitances, sense a single touch event associated with the touch frame.