Electronic devices with structural glass members

    公开(公告)号:US12210378B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18233362

    申请日:2023-08-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

    Environment classification based on light assessment

    公开(公告)号:US12209902B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18238712

    申请日:2023-08-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a type of environment based on light assessment. For example, an example process may include obtaining a first set of light data from a first sensor (e.g., a multiwavelength ambient light sensor) in a physical environment that includes a light source. The first set of light data may identify diffuse light in each of multiple light wavelength ranges that is received by the first sensor. The process may further include obtaining a second set of data from the second sensor in the physical environment. The process may further include determining, based on the first set of light data and the second set of data, that the physical environment is a first type of environment (e.g., indoor) or a second type of environment (e.g., outdoor) based on a set of criteria (e.g., artificial light vs. sunlight).

    Safety systems for modular seating
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12208760B1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-28

    申请号:US18151561

    申请日:2023-01-09

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A positioning system for a reaction surface is usable with a support having a rearward position spaced from the reaction surface and a forward position proximate to the reaction surface. A controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of an event, receive a signal indicative of the support being in the rearward position, and send a command configured to move the support from the rearward position to the forward position based on the signal indicative of the event and based on the signal indicative of the support being in the rearward position.

    SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR AUDIO PRESENTATION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20250031002A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18781885

    申请日:2024-07-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for presenting audio associated with events associated with spatialized audio effects or non-spatialized audio effects in three-dimensional environments are disclosed. The spatialized and/or non-spatialized audio effects correspond with displaying, via a display generation component, a three-dimensional environment from a viewpoint of a user. While displaying the three-dimensional environment from the viewpoint of the user, the computer system detects an event. When the computer system detects an event which corresponds to a spatialized sound effect, the computer system presents the sound effect as emanating from a location in the three-dimensional environment associated with the event. When the computer system detects an event which corresponds to a non-spatialized sound effect, the computer system presents the sound effect as emanating from a predetermined location for audio in the three-dimensional environment that has a predetermined spatial relationship relative to the viewpoint of the user

    TRANSIENT SETUP OF APPLICATIONS ON COMMUNAL DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20250030751A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18907810

    申请日:2024-10-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for initiating transient sessions on a communal device. An example method includes a receiving, from a media streaming device, a request for a session of a streaming service, the request associated with a user account. The method can further include determining that the user account is associated with the streaming service. The method can further include transmitting a session token to the media streaming device based at least in part on determining that the user account is associated with the streaming service, the session token comprising an expiration parameter for ending the session.

    Obfuscating Location Data Associated with a Physical Environment

    公开(公告)号:US20250029379A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-23

    申请号:US18909154

    申请日:2024-10-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Ian M. Richter

    Abstract: Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods for obfuscating location data associated with a physical environment. In some implementations, a method includes obtaining, via an environmental sensor, environmental data corresponding to a physical environment. A first portion of the environmental data that corresponds to a first location is identified. In response to the first location being of a first location type, location data indicative of the first location is obfuscated from the environmental data by modifying the first portion of the environmental data.

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