公开(公告)号：US20230259163A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18304285

申请日：2023-04-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  John P. Ternus ,  Justin R. Wodrich

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01M10/04 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G06F1/3234 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/00 ,  H01M50/213 ,  H01M50/293 ,  H01M50/216 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H10K77/10 ,  G09G3/3208

CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 ,  H01M10/0436 ,  H04M1/0268 ,  G06F1/1677 ,  G06F1/3265 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/035 ,  H01M50/213 ,  H01M50/293 ,  H01M50/216 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H10K77/111 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G09G3/2092 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G06F1/163 ,  H01M2220/30 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  H04M1/0216 ,  H04M1/0262 ,  Y02E10/549 ,  Y02D10/00 ,  H01M50/409

Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.

公开(公告)号：US20230029049A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17959193

申请日：2022-10-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Tianjia Sun ,  Chang Zhang ,  Dominic P. McCarthy ,  Eric Shyr ,  John B. Morrell ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: G09G5/12 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/14 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G01D5/241 ,  H04M1/72412

Abstract: A system may include electronic devices that communicate wirelessly. When positioned so that a pair of devices overlap or are adjacent to one another, the devices may operate in a linked mode. During linked operations, devices may communicate wirelessly while input gathering and content displaying operations are shared among the devices. One or both of a pair of devices may have sensors. A capacitive sensor or other sensor may be used to measure the relative position between two devices when the two devices overlap each other. Content displaying operations and other linked mode operations may be performed based on the measured relative position between the two devices and other information.

公开(公告)号：US11462194B1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16049643

申请日：2018-07-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Tianjia Sun ,  Chang Zhang ,  Dominic P. McCarthy ,  Eric Shyr ,  John B. Morrell ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: G09G5/12 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G09G5/14 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G01D5/241 ,  H04M1/72412

Abstract: A system may include electronic devices that communicate wirelessly. When positioned so that a pair of devices overlap or are adjacent to one another, the devices may operate in a linked mode. During linked operations, devices may communicate wirelessly while input gathering and content displaying operations are shared among the devices. One or both of a pair of devices may have sensors. A capacitive sensor or other sensor may be used to measure the relative position between two devices when the two devices overlap each other. Content displaying operations and other linked mode operations may be performed based on the measured relative position between the two devices and other information.

公开(公告)号：US20220276672A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17748958

申请日：2022-05-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

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.

公开(公告)号：US11209961B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US14402087

申请日：2013-05-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin J. Pope ,  Daniel W. Jarvis ,  Nicholas G. Merz ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Michael A. Cretella ,  Michael Eng ,  James H. Foster ,  Terry L. Gilton ,  Myra Haggerty ,  Byron B. Han ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Brian R. Land ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Paul Meade ,  Mushtaq A. Sarwar ,  John P. Ternus ,  Paul M. Thompson ,  Marcel Van Os ,  John A. Wright

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  A63F13/837 ,  A63F13/42 ,  A63F13/537 ,  A63F13/218 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  G06F3/14

Abstract: Devices, methods and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interfaces based on fingerprint sensor inputs are provided. While a display of an electronic device with a fingerprint sensor displays a first user interface, the device may detect movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device allows navigating through the first user interface, and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device allows displaying a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.

公开(公告)号：US20200152714A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-14

申请号：US16745185

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02B5/20 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H01L51/00 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US10431636B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US16179713

申请日：2018-11-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G02F1/1345 ,  H01L27/32 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G02B5/20

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US10219386B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-26

申请号：US15690146

申请日：2017-08-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul S. Drzaic ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: H05K1/18 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G02F1/1345

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display and a multi-layer printed circuit. Integrated circuits and other components may be mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit. The display and multi-layer printed circuit may share a common layer formed from a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may have portions that are integrated into the display and portions that are integrated into the multi-layer printed circuit board. The flexible substrate may contain patterned conductive traces that are used to route signals from components in the multi-layer printed circuit to display circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit. An array of thin-film transistors may be used to control the emission of light from the display and may be formed on portions of the flexible substrate that are integrated into the display. The display may be a flexible display that includes an array of organic light-emitting diodes.

公开(公告)号：US10121831B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-06

申请号：US15812884

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G02F1/1345 ,  H01L27/32 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G02B5/20

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US20180124934A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-03

申请号：US15859118

申请日：2017-12-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  John P. Ternus ,  Sean Corbin ,  Stephen R. McClure

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H04M1/23

CPC classification number: H05K5/0017 ,  G02F1/133308 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F2001/133322 ,  G02F2201/42 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1633 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H04M1/0266 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H05K1/028

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have layers such as polarizer layers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. Display layers such as color filter layers and thin-film-transistor layers may have glass substrates. Notches or other openings may be formed in the layers of a display. For example, a notch with a curved chamfered edge may be formed in a lower end of a thin-film-transistor layer. A component such as a button may overlap the notch. Structures such as sensors, cameras, acoustic components, and other electronic components, buttons, communications path structures such as flexible printed circuit cables and wire bonding wires, and housing structures may be received within a display layer notch.