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公开(公告)号:US12124034B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US16378357
申请日:2019-04-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Dinesh C. Mathew
CPC classification number: G02B27/0149 , G02B27/0176 , G09G5/12 , G02B2027/0156 , G02B2027/0178
Abstract: Head-mounted devices can be formed as a modular system that provides a variety of different components and functions to achieve the results that are desired by a user. The modular configurations allow a user to easily customize a head-mounted device with one or more arm modules to provide features that integrate with other operations of the frame module of the head-mounted device. The arm modules can be easily exchanged with each other to provide different components and functions at different times. Accordingly, a frame module of a head-mounted device need not include permanent components that provide every function that will later be desired by the user. Instead, the head-mounted device can have expanded and customizable capabilities by the use of one or more arm modules.
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公开(公告)号:US12052484B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US17659621
申请日:2022-04-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Alex J. Lehmann , Dinesh C. Mathew
IPC: H04N23/00 , H04N23/45 , H04N23/51 , H04N23/53 , H04N23/951
CPC classification number: H04N23/531 , H04N23/45 , H04N23/51 , H04N23/951
Abstract: A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component.
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公开(公告)号:US11893171B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17651163
申请日:2022-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Dinesh C. Mathew , John S. Camp
IPC: G06F3/0354 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/0485
CPC classification number: G06F3/03545 , G06F3/016 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/038 , G06F3/03547 , G06F3/0485
Abstract: Computing systems and input devices can include a chassis with a computing device and an input tool with a sensor, such as a pen- or rod-like input tool, that can be positioned relative to the chassis in multiple configurations. In one configuration, the tool can be spaced away from the chassis and its sensor output can cause a first output signal in response to input provided to the sensor. In another configuration, the tool can be contacting the chassis and its sensor output can cause a second output signal in response to input provided to the sensor. For example, an input tool can be stowed in a recess of a keyboard housing or device chassis, and the input tool can produce a first output when it is in the recess and a second input when it has been removed from the chassis.
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公开(公告)号:US20240038200A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-01
申请号:US18487814
申请日:2023-10-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. Silvanto , Dinesh C. Mathew , Victor H. Yin
CPC classification number: G09G5/14 , G06F1/1686 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/1688 , G09G2300/04 , G09G3/3208
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be formed from liquid crystal display pixels, organic light-emitting diode pixels, or other pixels. The display may have an active area that is bordered along at least one edge by an inactive area. The active area contains pixels and displays images. The inactive area does not contain any pixels and does not display images. The inactive area may have a layer of black ink or other masking material to block internal components from view. The active area may have an opening that contains an isolated portion of the inactive area or may contain a recess into which a portion of the inactive area protrudes. An electrical component such as a speaker, camera, light-emitting diode, light sensor, or other electrical device may be mounted in the inactive area in the recess or opening of the active area.
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公开(公告)号:US20230350457A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18349682
申请日:2023-07-10
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
CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1601 , H05K5/0017 , G06F1/1658 , G02F1/133308
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:US11727718B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-15
申请号:US16583072
申请日:2019-09-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Keith J. Hendren , Adam T. Garelli , Antonio Clarke , Joshua L. Daigle , Dinesh C. Mathew
IPC: G06V40/16 , H04N23/80 , G06F3/00 , G06V10/145 , G06V20/64
CPC classification number: G06V40/166 , G06F3/005 , G06V10/145 , G06V40/172 , H04N23/80 , G06V20/64
Abstract: This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11709527B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-25
申请号:US17359251
申请日:2021-06-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Keith J. Hendren , Nicholas L. Qu , Dinesh C. Mathew , Adam T. Garelli
CPC classification number: G06F1/1681 , G06F1/1647 , G06F1/1654 , G06F1/1669 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/0412
Abstract: A computing device can be reconfigurable to include one or more electrical devices in various configurations. The computing device can include a base forming an input surface configured to receive user input. The base can receive one or more input devices, such as, displays or keyboards. The base can include a hinge rotatably attached to the base and configured to removably retain an electronic device, such as, a display. The computing device can include a coupling mechanism having a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion rotatably coupled to an intermediate portion. The first and second retaining portions can be configured to removably retain electrical devices to the coupling mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US20230161390A1
公开(公告)日:2023-05-25
申请号:US18094157
申请日:2023-01-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. Silvanto , Simon J. Trivett , Matthew S. Theobald , Dinesh C. Mathew , Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Ari P. Miller , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani , Francesco Ferretti , John Raff , Robert J. Lockwood , Genie Kim , Karan Bir , Keith J. Hendren , Gurshan Deol , Antonio Clarke , Prabhu Sathyamurthy , William A. Counts
CPC classification number: G06F1/181 , G06F1/1613 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1652 , H04M1/0202 , G06F1/183 , H04M1/0249
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.
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公开(公告)号:US11656660B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US17338973
申请日:2021-06-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. Silvanto , Bartley K. Andre , Adam T. Garelli , Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque , Robert Y. Cao , Dinesh C. Mathew , Jacob S. Kononiuk , Robert J. Lockwood , Bryan W. Posner , Kevin M. Keeler , Bruce E. Berg , Yi-Chen Kuo , Kevin M. Robinson , Houtan R. Farahani
CPC classification number: G06F1/1683 , E05D11/0054 , E05D11/0081 , E05D11/1028 , E05D2011/0072 , G06F1/1616 , G06F1/1656 , G06F1/1681
Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
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公开(公告)号:US20230041381A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-09
申请号:US17971260
申请日:2022-10-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mikael M. Silvanto , Dinesh C. Mathew , Victor H. Yin
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be formed from liquid crystal display pixels, organic light-emitting diode pixels, or other pixels. The display may have an active area that is bordered along at least one edge by an inactive area. The active area contains pixels and displays images. The inactive area does not contain any pixels and does not display images. The inactive area may have a layer of black ink or other masking material to block internal components from view. The active area may have an opening that contains an isolated portion of the inactive area or may contain a recess into which a portion of the inactive area protrudes. An electrical component such as a speaker, camera, light-emitting diode, light sensor, or other electrical device may be mounted in the inactive area in the recess or opening of the active area.
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