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公开(公告)号:US12042255B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US18196953
申请日:2023-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas P. Allec , Albert E. Cerussi , Maximillian C. Bruggeman , Xiyu Duan , Ueyn L. Block
CPC classification number: A61B5/02416 , A61B5/681 , G04B47/063 , G06F1/163
Abstract: A wearable device includes a housing; a wrist band attached to the housing; first and second emitters positioned within the housing and configured to respectively emit, through a back of the housing, a first beam of electromagnetic radiation having a first infrared (IR) wavelength and a second beam of electromagnetic radiation having a second IR wavelength. The second IR wavelength is different from the first IR wavelength. The wearable device also includes a photodetector positioned within the housing and filtered to detect a set of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths including the first IR wavelength and the second IR wavelength; and a matter differentiation circuit configured to indicate, at least partly in response to signals indicating amounts of the first IR wavelength and the second IR wavelength received by the photodetector, whether the back of the housing is likely proximate to human tissue.
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公开(公告)号:US20230404419A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18196953
申请日:2023-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Nicholas P. Allec , Albert E. Cerussi , Maximillian C. Bruggeman , Xiyu Duan , Ueyn L. Block
CPC classification number: A61B5/02416 , G04B47/063 , G06F1/163 , A61B5/681
Abstract: A wearable device includes a housing; a wrist band attached to the housing; first and second emitters positioned within the housing and configured to respectively emit, through a back of the housing, a first beam of electromagnetic radiation having a first infrared (IR) wavelength and a second beam of electromagnetic radiation having a second IR wavelength. The second IR wavelength is different from the first IR wavelength. The wearable device also includes a photodetector positioned within the housing and filtered to detect a set of electromagnetic radiation wavelengths including the first IR wavelength and the second IR wavelength; and a matter differentiation circuit configured to indicate, at least partly in response to signals indicating amounts of the first IR wavelength and the second IR wavelength received by the photodetector, whether the back of the housing is likely proximate to human tissue.
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公开(公告)号:US11635786B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-25
申请号:US17019172
申请日:2020-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ueyn L. Block , Devon K. Copeland , Guocheng Shao , Vivek Venugopal
IPC: H04B17/27 , H04B1/3827 , H01L27/146 , H01L31/0232 , H05K5/00 , G06F1/16 , H01Q1/27
Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing that includes an optically transparent component. First and second light emitters can be positioned in the internal volume defined by the housing. A light detector can be positioned in the internal volume and can be optically isolated from the first and second light emitters within the internal volume. An opaque material can be disposed on the optically transparent component and can be positioned to inhibit light emitted from the second light emitter from reaching the light detector and to allow light emitted from the first light emitter to reach the light detector.
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公开(公告)号:US20230052087A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-16
申请号:US17974076
申请日:2022-10-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Adam T. Clavelle , Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan , Erik G. de Jong , Ueyn L. Block
Abstract: A watch having a cover is described. An optical sensor subsystem is attached adjacent to or directly on an interior surface of the cover. In some cases, the optical sensor subsystem includes a substrate to which a light emitter and a light receiver are attached. The light receiver is configured to receive light emitted by the light emitter and reflected from the skin of a person that wears the watch. In some cases, the light emitter and light receiver are separated by a light-blocking wall that abuts the interior surface of the cover. In some cases, a light filter is attached adjacent or directly on the interior surface of the cover, between the cover and the light receiver.
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公开(公告)号:US20230022354A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17881917
申请日:2022-08-05
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Adam T. Clavelle , Maegan K. Spencer , Jaden Alyssa Barney , Dale N. Memering , Ueyn L. Block , Paul D. Mannheimer
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B5/1455 , A61B5/024
Abstract: An integrated window for a photosensor for use in an electronic device has first and second transparent regions separated by an opaque region. The first transparent region allows a transmitter to emit light out of the housing of the electronic device and the second transparent region allows a receiver to receive light through the housing. The opaque region is disposed between the first and second transparent regions to isolate them from one another such that the transmitted light is isolated from the received light.
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公开(公告)号:US20220342163A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17456614
申请日:2021-11-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Vivek Venugopal , Jacky G. Ko , Ueyn L. Block , James R. Wilson , Christopher D. Jones
IPC: G02B6/42 , G02B6/08 , H01L31/0232
Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture, and an electromagnetic radiation emitter and an electromagnetic radiation detector disposed in the housing. An optical component can be disposed in the aperture and can include a first region of a first material having a first index of refraction, the first region aligned with the electromagnetic radiation emitter, a second region of the first material, the second region aligned with the electromagnetic radiation detector, and a bulk region surrounding a periphery of the first region and a periphery of the second region, the bulk region including a second material having a second index of refraction that is lower than the first index of refraction.
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公开(公告)号:US11406325B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-09
申请号:US16900045
申请日:2020-06-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Adam T. Clavelle , Maegan K. Spencer , Jaden Alyssa Barney , Dale N. Memering , Ueyn L. Block , Paul D. Mannheimer
IPC: A61B5/00 , A61B5/1455 , A61B5/024
Abstract: An integrated window for a photosensor for use in an electronic device has first and second transparent regions separated by an opaque region. The first transparent region allows a transmitter to emit light out of the housing of the electronic device and the second transparent region allows a receiver to receive light through the housing. The opaque region is disposed between the first and second transparent regions to isolate them from one another such that the transmitted light is isolated from the received light.
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公开(公告)号:US10918322B2
公开(公告)日:2021-02-16
申请号:US15874614
申请日:2018-01-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Guocheng Shao , Mathieu Charbonneau-Lefort , Ueyn L. Block
IPC: A61B5/1455 , G01J1/04 , A61B5/024 , G02B3/08 , G02B5/22
Abstract: This relates to an electronic device configured for optical sensing having shared windows and including light restriction designs. The light restriction designs can include one or more of optical layers, optical films, lenses, and window systems configured to reduce or eliminate crosstalk between optical components. A plurality of accepting sections and a plurality of blocking sections can be employed to selectively allow light having an angle of incidence within one or more acceptance viewing angles and block light with angles of incidence outside of the acceptance viewing angles. In some examples, the light restriction designs can include variations in optical and structural properties can allow the light restriction designs to have spatially varying acceptance angles. Variations in structural properties can include, but are not limited to, differences in widths, heights, and/or tilts of the accepting sections and/or blocking sections.
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公开(公告)号:US10537284B1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-21
申请号:US15253529
申请日:2016-08-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Richard Ruh , Ueyn L. Block , Guocheng Shao
Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to electronic devices and methods for sensor signal collection. The electronic devices may include retroreflectors for redirecting scattered light back to the photodetector. The retroreflectors may be positioned at various locations on or in the electronic device, and may employ various geometric elements having retroreflective capability.
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