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公开(公告)号：US10338755B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-02
申请号：US15514452
申请日：2015-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: A touch-sensitive textile device that is configured to detect the occurrence of a touch, the location of a touch, and/or the force of a touch on the touch-sensitive textile device. In some embodiments, the touch-sensitive textile device includes a first set of conductive threads oriented along a first direction, and a second set of conductive threads interwoven with the first set of conductive threads and oriented along a second direction. The device may also include a sensing circuit that is operatively coupled to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may be configured to apply a drive signal to the first and second set of conductive threads. The sensing circuit may also be configured to detect a touch or near touch based on a variation in an electrical measurement using the first or second set of conductive threads.
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公开(公告)号：US20190136423A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-09
申请号：US16240594
申请日：2019-01-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Yohji Hamada
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include warp strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and weft strand positioning equipment that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. One or more of the warp strands may be selectively modified along its length using a warp strand modification unit. The warp strand modification unit may be interposed between the fabric and a reed, may be interposed between the fabric and the warp strand positioning equipment, may be mounted to the reed, or may be incorporated elsewhere in the weaving equipment. Warp strand modifications may include adding segments of metallic paint coatings or other conductive coatings, adding insulating coatings, applying other liquids to segments of the warp strand, modifying the stretchiness of warp strands, removing material from segments of the warp strand, and attaching electrical components to the warp strand.
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公开(公告)号：US10191550B1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-29
申请号：US15592049
申请日：2017-05-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Michael B. Nussbaum , Mark J. Beesley , Daniel D. Sunshine , Christopher A. Schultz , Daniel A. Podhajny
Abstract: An electronic device may have haptic output devices based on shape memory alloy wire. The electronic device may have control circuitry that supplies current to the shape memory alloy wire to heat and thereby contract the shape memory wire to create vibrations for a user's finger. The vibrations may serve as haptic feedback in a device such as a keyboard, a strap with embedded buttons, or other electronic devices. The shape memory alloy wire may run between upper and lower fabric layers in a spacer fabric, may form loops that attached to a fabric layer, or may be tensioned across an opening in a printed circuit or other rigid support structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20190013275A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-10
申请号：US15752480
申请日：2015-08-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Paul S. Drzaic , Daniel A. Podhajny , David M. Kindlon , Hoon Sik Kim , Kathryn P. Crews , Yung-Yu Hsu
IPC: H01L23/538 , H01L23/31 , H01L25/075 , H01L33/62 , H01L33/56 , D02G3/44 , G01D11/30
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric layers and other layers of material. An array of electrical components may be mounted in the fabric-based item. The electrical components may be mounted to a support structure such as a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may have a mesh shape formed from an array of openings. Serpentine flexible printed circuit segments may extend between the openings. The electrical components may be light-emitting diodes or other electrical devices. Polymer with light-scattering particles or other materials may cover the electrical components. The flexible printed circuit may be laminated between fabric layers or other layers of material in the fabric-based item.
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公开(公告)号：US20180364804A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-20
申请号：US15940876
申请日：2018-03-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Storrs T. Hoen , Daniel D. Sunshine , Aidan N. Zimmerman , Daniel A. Podhajny , Maurice P. May
IPC: G06F3/01 , A61B5/00 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/045 , D03D1/00 , A41D1/00 , A41D31/02 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/0488
CPC classification number: G06F3/014 , A41D1/005 , A41D31/02 , A61B5/6806 , A61B5/6843 , D02G3/441 , D03D1/0082 , D03D1/0088 , D10B2401/16 , D10B2401/18 , G01L1/146 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/045 , G06F3/04883 , G06F2203/04102
Abstract: A fabric-based item such as a fabric glove may include force sensing circuitry. The force sensing circuitry may include force sensor elements formed from electrodes on a compressible substrate such as an elastomeric polymer substrate. The fabric may include intertwined strands of material including conductive strands. Signals from the force sensing circuitry may be conveyed to control circuitry in the item using the conductive strands. Wireless circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to convey force sensor information to external equipment. The compressible substrate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. Electrodes for the force sensor elements may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces. Stiffeners may overlap the electrodes to help decouple adjacent force sensor elements from each other. Integrated circuits can be attached to respective force sensing elements using adhesive.
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公开(公告)号：US20180195210A1
公开(公告)日：2018-07-12
申请号：US15912291
申请日：2018-03-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , John Arthur Maasberg , Kathryn P. Crews , Kirk M. Mayer , Yohji Hamada
CPC classification number: D02G3/441 , D03D1/0088 , D10B2401/16 , D10B2401/18
Abstract: An item may include fabric or other materials formed from intertwined strands of material. The item may include circuitry that produces signals. The strands of material may include non-conductive strands and conductive strands. The non-conductive strands and conductive strands may be close in size. The conductive strands may carry the signals produced by the circuitry. Each conductive strand may have a strand core, a conductive coating on the strand core, and an insulating coating on the conductive coating. The strand cores may be strands formed from polymer. The conductive coating may be formed from metal. The insulating coating may have a relatively thin thickness and may be formed from a polymer.
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公开(公告)号：US20180068538A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-08
申请号：US15812924
申请日：2017-11-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Patrick Kessler , Daniel A. Podhajny
IPC: G08B6/00
Abstract: A fabric-based electronic device may include an electronic device housing coupled to fabric. Control circuitry may be mounted in the electronic device housing and may control the movement of an output device in the fabric that provides tactile output to a user. For example, the output device may include a wire enclosed within a flexible tube. The flexible tube may be intertwined with fibers in the fabric. The wire may include a kink or other irregularity that presses against the inner surface of the flexible tube. When the wire is rotated or moved into an appropriate position, the kink may press against the inner surface of the tube, which in turn forms a protrusion on the fabric. The protrusion may press against the user's body and may therefore be used to obtain the attention of a user that is wearing or holding the fabric-based electronic device.
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公开(公告)号：US20170251555A1
公开(公告)日：2017-08-31
申请号：US15514440
申请日：2015-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Yohji Hamada
Abstract: Apparatus, comprising fabric (62) formed from fibers (74); and an electrical component (20) having first and second perpendicular fiber guiding structures, wherein a first of the fibers is soldered in the first fiber guiding structure and a second of the fibers is soldered in the second fiber guiding structure.
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公开(公告)号：US20250027235A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-23
申请号：US18906038
申请日：2024-10-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response to information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light.
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公开(公告)号：US12018412B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-25
申请号：US18145215
申请日：2022-12-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Didio V. Gomes , Maurice Philip May , David M. Kindlon , Andrew L. Rosenberg
CPC classification number: D03D49/04 , D03D51/06 , B32B5/024 , D03D15/56 , G05B2219/49384
Abstract: Weaving equipment may include warp strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and weft strand positioning equipment that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The fabric may include insulating strands and conductive strands. The conductive strands may be coupled to electrical components. The warp strand positioning equipment may position the warp strands to form a shed. Component insertion equipment may be used to insert electrical components into the shed. The weaving equipment may have a reed. The reed may be used to help position an electrical component in the fabric. The weaving equipment may have take-down equipment and individually controllable warp fiber positioning and tensioning devices.
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