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公开(公告)号:US10353432B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-16
申请号:US15782458
申请日:2017-10-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Dinesh C. Mathew , Thomas W. Wilson, Jr. , Victor H. Yin , Bryan W. Posner , Chris Ligtenberg , Brett W. Degner , Peteris K. Augenbergs
IPC: G02B6/00 , G06F1/16 , H05K5/00 , G02F1/1333 , H01L27/12
Abstract: An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components.
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公开(公告)号:US10288788B2
公开(公告)日:2019-05-14
申请号:US15451223
申请日:2017-03-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Cheng Chen , Masato Kuwabara , Christopher L. Boitnott , Jun Qi , Nathan K. Gupta , Victor H. Yin , John Z. Zhong
IPC: G02B1/14 , G02B5/30 , G02B1/18 , G02F1/1335 , G02B1/11 , G02F1/1333
Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided with displays that have polarizers. A polarizer may have a polymer layer that has a portion covered with a dichroic dye to form a polarized region and a portion that is free of dichroic dye to form an unpolarized region. The unpolarized region may be formed by masking the polymer layer during a dye coating process. Masks may be formed from polymers. The shape of the mask may define the shape of the unpolarized region. The mask may be left in place within the polarizer or may be removed from the polarizer during fabrication. Unpolarized regions may also be formed by light bleaching, chemical bleaching, and material removal techniques. Bleached areas may be chemically stabilized. A moisture barrier layer may be incorporated into the polarizer to help prevent the unpolarized region from reverting to a polarized state.
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公开(公告)号:US20180286349A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
申请号:US15658312
申请日:2017-07-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mahnaz Mohammadi , Adria Fores Herranz , Marc Albrecht , Alexander P. Yu , Ross Thompson , Daming Xu , Suraj P. Gorkhali , Heesang Suh , Mookyung Son , Victor H. Yin , Judith C. Segura , Mingkun Li , Jay Mayur Khandhar
CPC classification number: G09G5/04 , G01K1/026 , G01K13/00 , G02B6/004 , G09G3/20 , G09G3/3607 , G09G5/06 , G09G2300/0452 , G09G2320/0242 , G09G2320/0285 , G09G2320/041 , G09G2320/0666 , G09G2320/0693
Abstract: An electronic device has a display with a pixel array overlapping an array of temperature sensors. Control circuitry in the device may gather temperature measurements from the temperature sensor array. The control circuitry may apply a global offset to the temperature measurements and may apply a damping factor to the globally offset measurements to produce a two-dimensional temperature profile for the display. A look-up table or other data structure may be used to store information on pixel color correction gain values as a function of temperature. This temperature-gain information and temperature information from the two-dimensional temperature profile may be used by display circuitry in the device to display color-corrected images on the display.
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公开(公告)号:US10031367B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-24
申请号:US13628811
申请日:2012-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victor H. Yin , Jun Qi , Dinesh C. Mathew , Shih-Chang Chang , Cheng Chen , John Z. Zhong , Wei Chen , Adam T. Garelli , Bryan W. Posner , Christiaan A. Ligtenberg
IPC: G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1345 , G02F1/1333
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display that has a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film-transistor layer. The thin-film-transistor layer may have a substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface. A circular polarizer may be formed on the upper surface. Thin-film transistor circuitry such as gate driver circuitry may be formed on the lower surface. A display driver circuit may be mounted on an inactive border region of the lower surface of the thin-film transistor substrate. Display pixels may form an array in a central active region of the display. A grid of metal gate and data lines may distribute signals from the display driver circuit and gate driver circuitry to the display pixels. A grid of non-reflecting lines may be interposed between the grid of metal lines and the lower surface.
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公开(公告)号:US09971084B2
公开(公告)日:2018-05-15
申请号:US15014596
申请日:2016-02-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Robert Y. Cao , Craig C. Leong , Bradford J. Zercoe , Dinesh C. Mathew , Mahesh Krishnamurthi , Jun Qi , Rong Liu , Victor H. Yin
CPC classification number: G02B6/0061 , G02B6/0038 , G02B6/0045 , G06F1/1662 , H01H13/023 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/7065 , H01H13/83 , H01H2219/056 , H01H2219/06 , H01H2219/062 , H01H2219/0622
Abstract: Described is an illumination structure for a key of a keyboard. The illumination structure is used to uniformly illuminate the key and any glyphs that are present on the key. The illumination structure includes a light guide having various features that increase total internal reflection and also illuminate the glyphs of the key.
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公开(公告)号:US09927895B2
公开(公告)日:2018-03-27
申请号:US14765145
申请日:2014-02-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chris Ligtenberg , Euan S. Abraham , Jun Qi , Paul S. Drzaic , Po-Wen Chiu , Ron Hopkinson , Michelle Goldberg , Victor H. Yin , Bartley K. Andre , Mikael Silvanto , Erin Turullols
IPC: G06F3/041 , G09G3/38 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/023 , G06F3/02 , G02F1/1334 , G06F1/16 , G02F1/167 , G09G3/34
CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/167 , G02F2201/44 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/165 , G06F1/1662 , G06F1/1671 , G06F1/1692 , G06F3/0219 , G06F3/023 , G06F3/04886 , G06F2203/0339 , G09G3/344 , G09G2310/068
Abstract: A computing device is disclosed. The computing device may include a display, a processor in communication with the display and an enclosure connected to the display. The computing device may also include an input/output (I/O) device in communication with the processor. The I/O device may also be connected to the enclosure. Additionally, the I/O device may include a modifiable display that may substantially match the appearance of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号:US09857521B2
公开(公告)日:2018-01-02
申请号:US14881065
申请日:2015-10-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chuan Pu , Shin-Ying Lu , Chenhua You , Sheng Min Wang , Jun Qi , Victor H. Yin
IPC: G02F1/1335 , F21V8/00
CPC classification number: G02B6/004 , G02B6/0011 , G02B6/0043 , G02B6/005 , G02B6/0051 , G02B6/0055 , G02B6/0061 , G02B6/0065 , G02B6/0068 , G02B6/0073 , G02B6/0083 , G02F1/133605 , G02F1/133609 , G02F1/133615
Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels that display images for a user. The backlight unit may have a light-guide layer. An array of light-emitting diodes may emit light into an edge of the light-guide layer. The light guide layer may overlap a backlight reflector. The backlight reflector may include a backlight reflector panel formed from a stack of dielectric layers on a rectangular substrate. The backlight reflector may also include a strip of backlight reflector tape having an edge that is overlapped by an edge portion of the backlight reflector panel. Color compensating features such as printed colored ink patterns may be formed on the backlight reflector to adjust the color of backlight illumination in portions of the backlight unit adjacent to the light-emitting diodes.
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公开(公告)号:US20170371087A1
公开(公告)日:2017-12-28
申请号:US15260904
申请日:2016-09-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chenhua You , Abdeslam Hafidi , Jun Qi , Mingxia Gu , Victor H. Yin
IPC: F21V8/00 , G02F1/1335 , G06F3/041 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/1333
CPC classification number: G02B6/0021 , G02B6/00 , G02B6/0016 , G02B6/0068 , G02B6/0073 , G02B6/0078
Abstract: A display such as a liquid crystal display may have an array of pixels that is illuminated using backlight illumination from a backlight. The backlight may have a light guide plate that distributes light from light-emitting diodes across the display. The light-emitting diodes may be overlapped by the light guide plate and may emit light into portions of the light guide plate that have ramped profiles. Light-emitting diodes for the backlight may have multiple light-emitting diode dies mounted on common package substrates. Reflective walls may be formed between the light-emitting diode dies on a substrate. Phosphor may cover the dies. The light-emitting diodes may contain four light-emitting diode dies that emit light in four different directions. Two or more of the dies may emit light of different colors. Light may be emitted into the corners of rectangular light distribution regions of a light guide plate.
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公开(公告)号:US09835793B2
公开(公告)日:2017-12-05
申请号:US14716448
申请日:2015-05-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Xinyu Zhu , Jun Qi , Po-Wen Chiu , Victor H. Yin
IPC: F21V8/00
CPC classification number: G02B6/0091 , G02B6/0068 , G02B6/0073 , G02B6/0083
Abstract: A display may have a backlight. The display backlight may have a light guide plate. An array of light-emitting diodes may emit light into the edge of the light guide plate. The array of light-emitting diodes may be mounted to a flexible printed circuit. A layer of adhesive tape may attach the light guide plate to the flexible printed circuit. The tape layer may have upper and lower adhesive layers on a carrier film. The carrier film may be formed from a metal-coated polymer layer, a high-low dielectric stack, a metal foil, or other reflective or non-reflective structures. A stiffener may be provided to facilitate handling of the adhesive tape.
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公开(公告)号:US09806219B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-31
申请号:US14151253
申请日:2014-01-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Eric L. Benson , Bryan W. Posner , Christopher L. Boitnott , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jun Qi , Robert Y. Cao , Victor H. Yin
IPC: H01L31/12 , H01L31/18 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/041 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1333
CPC classification number: H01L31/12 , G02F1/133512 , G02F1/133514 , G02F1/1362 , G02F2001/133388 , G02F2201/58 , G06F1/1643 , G06F1/1686 , G06F3/041 , H01L31/18
Abstract: A display may include a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may be formed in the display to accommodate a camera. The camera window may be formed by creating a notch in the thin-film transistor layer that extends inwardly from the edge of the thin-film transistor layer. The notch may be formed by scribing the thin-film transistor layer around the notch location and breaking away a portion of the thin-film transistor layer. A camera window may also be formed by grinding a hole in the display. The hole may penetrate partway into the thin-film transistor layer, may penetrate through the transistor layer but not into the color filter layer, or may pass through the thin-film transistor layer and partly into the color filter layer.
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