公开(公告)号：US11184605B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16922350

申请日：2020-07-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Seung Wook Kim ,  Nicolas V. Scapel ,  Felipe Bacim De Arujo E Silva

IPC: H04N13/368 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N13/305

Abstract: In one implementation, a method of operating a lenticular display is performed by a device including a processor, non-transitory memory, an image sensor, and a lenticular display. The method includes displaying, via the lenticular display, first content at a horizontal angle of a first user and second content, different than the first content, at a horizontal angle of a second user. The method further includes displaying, via the lenticular display, the first content at a second horizontal angle of the first user and the second content at a second horizontal angle of the second user.

公开(公告)号：US20210297653A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：US17231941

申请日：2021-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi-Pai Huang ,  Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva ,  Ping-Yen Chou ,  ByoungSuk Kim ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Yi Huang ,  Michael J. Rockwell ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  Pretesh A. Mascarenhas

IPC: H04N13/383 ,  H04N13/305 ,  H04N13/368 ,  H04N13/133

Abstract: An electronic device may include a lenticular display. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film formed over an array of pixels. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. The display may have a number of independently controllable viewing zones. A eye and/or head tracking system may use a camera to capture images of a viewer of the display. Control circuitry in the electronic device may use the captured images from the eye and/or head tracking system to determine which viewing zones are occupied by the viewer's eyes. The control circuitry may disable or dim viewing zones that are not occupied by the viewer's eyes in order to conserve power. An unoccupied viewing zone and an adjacent, occupied viewing zone may display the same image to increase sharpness in the display.

公开(公告)号：US20210072555A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17005199

申请日：2020-08-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： ByoungSuk Kim ,  Yi Huang ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  Nicolas V. Scapel ,  Yi-Pai Huang

IPC: G02B30/27 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52 ,  G02F1/17

Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The louver film may have a plurality of transparent portions separated by opaque walls. The opaque walls may control the emission angle of light from the display, reducing crosstalk. The louver film may be interposed between the lenticular lens film and the display panel.

公开(公告)号：US20190004604A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-03

申请号：US16015043

申请日：2018-06-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Alex J. Lehmann ,  Michael J. Rockwell ,  Michael Y. Cheung ,  Ray L. Chang ,  Hongcheng Sun ,  Ian M. Bullock ,  Kyle J. Nekimken ,  Madeleine S. Cordier ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  David H. Bloom ,  Scott G. Johnston

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G01P15/00 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: A finger-mounted device may include finger-mounted units. The finger-mounted units may each have a body that serves as a support structure for components such as force sensors, accelerometers, and other sensors and for haptic output devices. The body may have sidewall portions coupled by a portion that rests adjacent to a user's fingernail. The body may be formed from deformable material such as metal or may be formed from adjustable structures such as sliding body portions that are coupled to each other using magnetic attraction, springs, or other structures. The body of each finger-mounted unit may have a U-shaped cross-sectional profile that leaves the finger pad of each finger exposed when the body is coupled to a fingertip of a user's finger. Control circuitry may gather finger press input, lateral finger movement input, and finger tap input using the sensors and may provide haptic output using the haptic output device.

公开(公告)号：US10129503B1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US15271072

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Seung Wook Kim ,  Megan A. McClain

IPC: H04N7/15 ,  H04N7/14 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/247 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G04B47/06

Abstract: An image-capturing device is disclosed. The image-capturing device may include two cameras, a watch body, and a watch band coupled to the watch body. The two cameras may simultaneously capture images. A processor of the image-capturing device may combine image data of the simultaneously-captured images from the two cameras into resultant image data representing a single continuous image. The images captured by the cameras may be moving images (i.e., video). The processor may identify a tracking target within the captured images and may continuously output target image data representing a target area of the image including the tracking target. Where the tracking target is a face captured from a low angle, the processor may angle-adjust the image so that the output target image data represents the face from a different angle (e.g., a front angle).

公开(公告)号：US12294692B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-06

申请号：US18189542

申请日：2023-03-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Pavel V Dudrenov ,  Zachary D Corley ,  Edwin Iskandar ,  Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  Yang Li ,  Menelik Baye Yimam ,  Gilles M Cadet

IPC: H04N13/368 ,  H04N13/122 ,  H04N13/305 ,  H04N13/376 ,  H04N13/383 ,  H04N13/398

Abstract: An electronic device may include a stereoscopic display with a plurality of lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display such that a viewer perceives three-dimensional images. The display may have different viewing zones that account for horizontal parallax as a viewer moves horizontally relative to the display. The display may be dimmed globally, blurred, and/or composited with a default image based on the detected vertical position of the viewer. The display may render content that compensates for the real-time vertical positions of multiple viewers.

公开(公告)号：US12216833B1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US18355006

申请日：2023-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Michele Stoppa ,  Waleed Abdulla ,  Henning Tjaden ,  Sree Harsha Kalli ,  Senem E. Emgin ,  John B. Morrell ,  Seung Wook Kim

IPC: G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A physical keyboard can be used to collect user input in a typing mode or in a tracking mode. To use a tracking mode, first movement data is detected for a hand of a user in relation to a physical keyboard at a first location. A determination is made that the first movement data is associated with a tracking movement. In response to determining that the movement type is associated with the tracking movement, a tracking mode is initiated. User input is provided based on the movement data and in accordance with the tracking mode. Contact data and non-contact data is used to determine a user intent, and a user instruction is processed based on the user intent.

公开(公告)号：US20250022392A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-16

申请号：US18537216

申请日：2023-12-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Harini Kishan ,  Ralf Habel ,  Zhen Zhang ,  Yi Huang ,  Miguel Angel Lopez Alvarez ,  Shobhit Chaudhry ,  Pavel V Dudrenov ,  Gilles M Cadet ,  Ping-Yen Chou ,  Yang Li ,  Kevin Cossu ,  Alfred B Huergo Wagner ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva ,  Jessica Murphy ,  Lincoln-Shaun Sanders ,  Francisco H Imai ,  Jiaying Wu ,  Juan He ,  Jackson K Roland

IPC: G09G3/00

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have an inner display that displays images for a user and an outer display that informs nearby people of the status of the user and inner display. For example, the outer display may display an image of a face, an abstract layer, or both, depending on whether the inner display is operating in passthrough mode, mixed reality mode, or virtual reality mode. An ambient light sensor in the head-mounted device may be used to measure the brightness and color of ambient light. The white point of the face layer on the outer display may be adapted to the color of ambient light, whereas the white point of the abstract layer on the outer display may remain fixed. The white point of a display may be a correlated color temperature setting (e.g., measured in degrees Kelvin) that determines the warmth or coolness of displayed colors.

公开(公告)号：US12166957B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17990141

申请日：2022-11-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Seung Wook Kim ,  Zachary D. Corley ,  Edwin Iskandar ,  Felipe Bacim de Araujo e Silva ,  Karol E. Czaradzki ,  Pavel V. Dudrenov ,  Alfred B. Huergo Wagner

IPC: H04N13/368 ,  G06T15/20 ,  H04N13/279 ,  H04N13/305

Abstract: In some implementations, a method is performed at an electronic device including one or more processors, a non-transitory memory, a rendering system, and a display. The method includes determining a first rendering characteristic based on a first viewing angle of a first individual with respect to the display. The method includes determining a second rendering characteristic based on a second viewing angle of a second individual with respect to the display. The first rendering characteristic is different from the second rendering characteristic. The method includes generating, via the rendering system, first display content data according to the first rendering characteristic, and generating, via the rendering system, second display content data according to the second rendering characteristic. The first display content data is associated with the first viewing angle. The second display content data is associated with the second viewing angle.

公开(公告)号：US20240103656A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18472177

申请日：2023-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bart K. Andre ,  Brian T. Gleeson ,  Kristi E. Bauerly ,  William D. Lindmeier ,  Matthew J. Sundstrom ,  Geng Luo ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  Evangelos Christodoulou ,  Megan M. Sapp ,  Kainoa Kwon-Perez ,  David H. Bloom ,  Steven J. Taylor

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F3/04144 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/03543 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04105

Abstract: An input device, such as a mouse, can include a housing defining an exterior grip portion and an internal volume, a sensor assembly disposed in the internal volume, and an emitter electrically coupled to the sensor assembly. In response to the sensor assembly detecting a first touch input on the housing, the emitter sends a first signal including information regarding an angular position of the grip portion. In response to the sensor assembly detecting a second touch input on the housing, the emitter sends a second signal including information regarding a direction of a force exerted on the housing from the second touch input.