公开(公告)号：US10890953B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US16514923

申请日：2019-07-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  H01H3/02

Abstract: A touch sensing device is disclosed. The touch sensing device includes one or more multifunctional nodes each of which represents a single touch pixel. Each multifunctional node includes a touch sensor with one or more integrated I/O mechanisms. The touch sensor and integrated I/O mechanisms share the same communication lines and I/O pins of a controller during operation of the touch sensing device.

公开(公告)号：US10707971B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US13794383

申请日：2013-03-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian Michael King ,  David Amm ,  Scott P. Porter ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: H04B11/00

Abstract: Ultrasonic ranging for mobile devices is disclosed. A mobile device using ultrasonic ranging can include an ultrasound transmitter capable of emitting an ultrasound signal for detection by a proximate device and an ultrasound receiver capable of receiving an ultrasound signal from the proximate device. The mobile device can then use a time lapse associated with one or both of these ultrasound signals to find a range to the proximate device.

公开(公告)号：US10706252B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-07

申请号：US16354066

申请日：2019-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thayne M. Miller ,  Jean-Marie Bussat ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Sawyer I. Cohen ,  Tyler B. Cater

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  H03K17/96 ,  H03K17/975

Abstract: Input members with capacitive sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment of an electronic button, a first circuit is configured to capture a fingerprint of a user's finger placed on the electronic button, and a second circuit is configured to sense a force applied to the electronic button by the user's finger. The first circuit is further configured to provide temperature information to compensate for temperature sensitivities of the second circuit, and the second circuit is further configured to provide force information to the first circuit.

公开(公告)号：US10359813B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US16196772

申请日：2018-11-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01H3/02

Abstract: A touch sensing device is disclosed. The touch sensing device includes one or more multifunctional nodes each of which represents a single touch pixel. Each multifunctional node includes a touch sensor with one or more integrated I/O mechanisms. The touch sensor and integrated I/0 mechanisms share the same communication lines and I/O pins of a controller during operation of the touch sensing device.

公开(公告)号：US20190042718A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-07

申请号：US16050021

申请日：2018-07-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Deepti S. Prakash ,  Lucia E. Ballard ,  Jerrold V. Hauck ,  Feng Tang ,  Etai Littwin ,  Pavan Kumar Ansosalu Vasu ,  Gideon Littwin ,  Thorsten Gernoth ,  Lucie Kucerova ,  Petr Kostka ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Eitan Hirsh ,  Tal Kaitz ,  Jonathan Pokrass ,  Andrei Kolin ,  Moshe Laifenfeld ,  Matthew C. Waldon ,  Thomas P. Mensch ,  Lynn R. Youngs ,  Christopher G. Zeleznik ,  Michael R. Malone ,  Ziv Hendel ,  Ivan Krstic ,  Anup K. Sharma ,  Kelsey Y. Ho

IPC: G06F21/32 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to biometric authentication, e.g., facial recognition. In some embodiments, a device is configured to verify that image data from a camera unit exhibits a pseudo-random sequence of image capture modes and/or a probing pattern of illumination points (e.g., from lasers in a depth capture mode) before authenticating a user based on recognizing a face in the image data. In some embodiments, a secure circuit may control verification of the sequence and/or the probing pattern. In some embodiments, the secure circuit may verify frame numbers, signatures, and/or nonce values for captured image information. In some embodiments, a device may implement one or more lockout procedures in response to biometric authentication failures. The disclosed techniques may reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of spoofing and/or replay attacks, in some embodiments.

公开(公告)号：US10168814B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US14651214

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Hotelling ,  Martin P. Grunthaner ,  Peter W. Richards ,  Romain A. Teil ,  Charley T. Ogata ,  Michael B. Wittenberg

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A force sensing device for electronic device. The force inputs may be detected by measuring changes in capacitance, as measured by surface flex of a device having a flexible touchable surface, causing flex at a compressible gap within the device. A capacitive sensor responsive to changes in distance across the compressible gap. The sensor can be positioned above or below, or within, a display element, and above or below, or within, a backlight unit. The device can respond to bending, twisting, or other deformation, to adjust those zero force measurements. The device can use measure of surface flux that appear at positions on the surface not directly the subject of applied force, such as when the user presses on a part of the frame or a surface without capacitive sensors.

公开(公告)号：US20180238734A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15960507

申请日：2018-04-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Hotelling ,  Marcelo M. Lamego

IPC: G01J1/44 ,  A61B5/021 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/11 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/08

CPC classification number: G01J1/44 ,  A61B5/02427 ,  A61B5/7225 ,  A61B5/7228 ,  G01J1/0228 ,  G01J1/18 ,  G01J2001/0257 ,  G01J2001/4242 ,  G01J2001/444

Abstract: An electronic device includes one or more light sources for emitting light toward a body part of a user and one or more optical sensors for capturing light samples while each light source is turned on and for capturing dark samples while the light source(s) are turned off. A signal produced by the one or more optical sensors is filtered and demodulated produce multiple demodulated signals each associated with a light source. Each signal associated with the light source(s) is analyzed to estimate or determine a physiological parameter of the user.

公开(公告)号：US10037118B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US15428082

申请日：2017-02-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John Greer Elias ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H03K17/955

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0418 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G06F2203/04107 ,  H03K17/955

Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that works to minimize an effect that a parasitic capacitance can have on the ability of the touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events.

公开(公告)号：US10025366B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-17

申请号：US15847454

申请日：2017-12-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wayne Carl Westerman ,  John Greer Elias ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Duncan Robert Kerr

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/32 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: This relates to an event sensing device that includes an event sensing panel and is able to dynamically change the granularity of the panel according to present needs. Thus, the granularity of the panel can differ at different times of operation. Furthermore, the granularity of specific areas of the panel can also be dynamically changed, so that different areas feature different granularities at a given time. This also relates to panels that feature different inherent granularities in different portions thereof. These panels can be designed, for example, by placing more stimulus and/or data lines in different portions of the panel, thus ensuring different densities of pixels in the different portions. Optionally, these embodiments can also include the dynamic granularity changing features noted above.

公开(公告)号：US09921684B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US15144615

申请日：2016-05-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David R. Falkenburg ,  David I. Simon ,  Jonah A. Harley ,  Andrea Mucignat ,  Brian R. Land ,  Christopher Tenzin Mullens ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F21/83 ,  G06F21/36 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06T11/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/0418 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F21/36 ,  G06F21/83 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G06F2203/04108 ,  G06T11/001

Abstract: An intelligent stylus is disclosed. The stylus can provide a stylus condition in addition to a touch input. The stylus architecture can include multiple sensors to sense information indicative of the stylus condition, a microcontroller to determine the stylus condition based on the sensed information, and a transmitter to transmit the determined condition to a corresponding touch sensitive device so as to cause some action based on the condition.