公开(公告)号：US20210199871A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17199095

申请日：2021-03-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gregory A. Cohoon ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Matthew E. Last

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  F21S43/245 ,  F21S43/237 ,  F21S41/24 ,  B60Q3/208 ,  B60Q3/64

Abstract: A lighting system may include one or more light sources and one or more light guides. A lighting system may be integrated into a window, a skylight, an exterior light such as a headlight, a tail light, or a high center-mounted stop light, or other exterior or interior portions of a system such as a vehicle. The light guide may be embedded in an adhesive layer in a vehicle structure. The light guide may be index-matched to the adhesive layer so that unilluminated portions of the light guide are indistinguishable from the vehicle structure. The light guide may be formed from optical fibers. The optical fibers may include a light-scattering optical fiber that scatters light out of the vehicle structure. The light-scattering optical fiber may be fused to a non-scattering optical fiber that guides light from a light source to the light-scattering optical fiber.

公开(公告)号：US20200081284A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16682221

申请日：2019-11-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Martin Melcher ,  James R. Wilson ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  David E. Kingman

IPC: G02F1/133 ,  B60J3/04 ,  B60J3/06 ,  G02F1/1334 ,  G02F1/137

Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have window that exhibit adjustable transparency. The windows may include liquid crystal devices and polymer dispersed liquid crystal devices that exhibit adjustable amounts of light transmission and haze. An optical property of a window such as window transparency may be modulated using an alternating-current modulation waveform. Modulation of the transparency of the window may be synchronized with modulated light output from a light source. The light source may be located inside the vehicle or may be located outside of the vehicle. By synchronizing the modulation of the transparency of the window with the light source output, privacy may be enhanced or glare may be reduced.

公开(公告)号：US20190164344A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US15552536

申请日：2017-08-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel E. Potter ,  Bivin J. Varghese ,  Christopher P. Child ,  Mira S. Misra ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Albert J. Golko ,  Daniel J. Reetz ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner ,  Christopher J. Sataline ,  Michael A. Cretella ,  Collin J. Palmer

IPC: G06T19/00 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60R25/31 ,  B60R16/037 ,  G06T7/70

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve projecting an interactive scene onto a surface from a projecting object. In one particular embodiment, the interactive scene is projected from a vehicle and may be utilized by the vehicle to provide a scene or image that a user may interact with through various gestures detected by the system. In addition, the interactive scene may be customized to one or more preferences determined by the system, such as user preferences, system preferences, or preferences obtained through feedback from similar systems. Based on one or more user inputs (such as user gestures received at the system), the projected scene may be altered or new scenes may be projected. In addition, control over some aspects of the vehicle (such as unlocking of doors, starting of the motor, etc.) may be controlled through the interactive scene and the detected gestures of the users.

公开(公告)号：US12234962B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18321304

申请日：2023-05-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Christopher P Child ,  Xiaofeng Tang

IPC: F21S41/63 ,  F21S41/143 ,  F21S41/25 ,  F21S41/29 ,  F21S41/64 ,  F21Y113/10

Abstract: A system may have lights for providing illumination. The lights may be electrically adjustable so that the color and pattern of the illumination may be varied. Sensor data and/or other data may be used in determining how to adjust the lights. A light may have a light source such as a white light source or multicolored light source, a light collimator that receives light from the light source, and an adjustable lens array that receives collimated light from the light collimator and outputs corresponding adjustable vehicle illumination. The adjustable lens array may have fixed and/or adjustable lens elements and corresponding electrically adjustable light modulator elements.

公开(公告)号：US12136691B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US18145489

申请日：2022-12-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Tang ,  Bryce E Wallis ,  Christopher P Child ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Kurt R Stiehl ,  Rong Liu ,  Yong Seok Choi ,  Yu P Sun

IPC: H01L33/60 ,  F21S43/14 ,  F21S43/20 ,  F21S43/30 ,  H01L27/15 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: A system may have an exterior display. The exterior display may display symbols that correspond to intended actions for the system or instructions for nearby viewers. The exterior display may include an array of light-emitting diodes, a collimator, a one-way filter to prevent sunlight from washing out the display, and a cover layer. The one-way filter may include a microlens array and a masking layer. The collimator is configured to collimate light from the array of light-emitting diodes and provide the collimated light to the one-way filter. The microlens array receives the collimated light and focuses the collimated light through a plurality of holes in the masking layer. In this way, the majority of display light is passed through the one-way filter towards a viewer. However, the majority of ambient sunlight is blocked by the masking layer, thus preserving a high contrast for the exterior display even in bright sunlight.

公开(公告)号：US20240318801A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18678380

申请日：2024-05-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Tang ,  Kurt R. Stiehl ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Christopher P. Child

IPC: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/153

CPC classification number: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/153

Abstract: A system may have lights produce illumination. A light may be provided with a collimated light source that produces collimated light. The collimated light source may use lenses or reflective optical elements to produce the collimated light. The light may have an array of light elements each of which emits a respective beam of the illumination. Each light element may have a preshaping lens that receives the collimated light and produces corresponding preshaped output light and an output lens that receives the output light from the preshaping lens and produces a corresponding beam of the illumination. An electrically adjustable shutter may be located between each preshaping lens and output lens to adjust the illumination between a low-beam pattern and high-beam pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20240004125A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18469110

申请日：2023-09-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David E Kingman ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Lai Wang ,  Se Hyun Ahn ,  Yongxing Hu ,  Yuan Chen

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  B60Q3/208

CPC classification number: G02B6/0095 ,  B60Q3/208 ,  G02B6/0041 ,  G02B6/0091

Abstract: A system may have windows. A window in the system may have first and second window layers such as structural layers of glass. The window may have a light guide layer between the first and second window layers. The light guide layer may have cladding layers and a core layer between the cladding layers. The core and cladding refractive index values may be selected so that the refractive index of the core is greater than the refractive index of the structural layers of glass while the refractive index of the claddings is less than the refractive index of the structural layer of glass. Light-scattering structures may be formed on the light guide to extract some of the light within the light guide and thereby provide illumination for the system.

公开(公告)号：US20230349528A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-02

申请号：US18179998

申请日：2023-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiaofeng Tang ,  Kurt R. Stiehl ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Christopher P. Child

IPC: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/153

CPC classification number: F21S41/265 ,  F21S41/153

Abstract: A system may have lights produce illumination. A light may be provided with a collimated light source that produces collimated light. The collimated light source may use lenses or reflective optical elements to produce the collimated light. The light may have an array of light elements each of which emits a respective beam of the illumination. Each light element may have a preshaping lens that receives the collimated light and produces corresponding preshaped output light and an output lens that receives the output light from the preshaping lens and produces a corresponding beam of the illumination. An electrically adjustable shutter may be located between each preshaping lens and output lens to adjust the illumination between a low-beam pattern and high-beam pattern.

公开(公告)号：US20230333308A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18337360

申请日：2023-06-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David E. Kingman ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  James R. Wilson ,  Peter F. Masschelein

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  B32B17/06 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B60Q3/208 ,  B60J1/00 ,  B60Q3/64 ,  B32B27/08

CPC classification number: G02B6/0061 ,  B32B17/06 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B60Q3/208 ,  B60J1/00 ,  G02B6/0041 ,  G02B6/0043 ,  B60Q3/64 ,  G02B6/0038 ,  B32B27/08 ,  B32B2605/00 ,  B32B2307/418 ,  B32B2307/412

Abstract: A system may have windows. A window may have a structural window layer such as a structural window layer formed from laminated glass layers. The window may separate an exterior region from an interior region within the vehicle. A light guide illuminator in the window may provide illumination for the interior region. The light guide illuminator may have a light guide that receives light from a light source. The light guide may have a density of light scattering structures that increases as a function of increasing distance from the light source so that the interior illumination is uniform across the light guide illuminator. An adjustable optical component layer such as a light modulator and/or a haze compensation layer with a density of light scattering structures that decreases as a function of distance from the light source may be interposed between the light guide and the structural window layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230001847A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17721146

申请日：2022-04-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher P. Child ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Kurt R. Stiehl ,  Mark A. Zurcher ,  Mikael B. Mannberg ,  Ryan J. Garrone ,  Xiaofeng Tang

IPC: B60Q1/11 ,  B60Q1/115 ,  G01S17/89

Abstract: A vehicle may have lights such as headlights. The lights may be moved using a positioner. Control circuitry in the vehicle may use sensor circuitry to monitor the environment surrounding the vehicle. The sensor circuitry may include one or more sensors such as a lidar sensor, radar sensor, image sensor, and/or other sensors to measure the shape of a surface in front of the vehicle and the location of the surface relative to the vehicle. These sensors and/or other sensors in the sensor circuitry also measure headlight illumination on the surface. Based on the known shape of the surface in front of the vehicle and the distance of the surface from the vehicle, the control circuitry can predict where a headlight should be aimed on the surface. By comparing predictions of headlight illumination on the surface to measurements of headlight illumination on the surface, the vehicle can determine how to move the headlight with the positioner to align the headlight.