公开(公告)号：US20140171158A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-19

申请号：US13718307

申请日：2012-12-18

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Dale R. Setlak ,  Giovanni Gozzini

IPC: G01N27/02

CPC classification number: G01N27/02 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06K9/0002 ,  G06K9/00053 ,  Y10T29/49204

Abstract: A biometric finger sensor may include an array of biometric finger sensing pixels and an array shielding electrode outside the array of biometric finger sensing pixels. The biometric finger sensor may further include a finger drive electrode outside the array shielding electrode. Finger drive circuitry may generate a finger drive signal for the finger drive electrode and generate a compensating finger drive signal for the shielding electrode.

Abstract translation: 生物测量手指传感器可以包括生物测定手指感测像素的阵列和阵列屏蔽电极在生物测定手指感测像素阵列之外。 生物测定手指传感器还可以包括阵列屏蔽电极外的指状驱动电极。 手指驱动电路可以产生手指驱动电极的手指驱动信号，并产生用于屏蔽电极的补偿手指驱动信号。

公开(公告)号：US20240112494A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-04

申请号：US18532846

申请日：2023-12-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel B. Sargent ,  Dale Setlak ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  John Raff ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Richard H. Koch ,  Ron A. Hopkinson

IPC: G06V40/13 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06V40/12

CPC classification number: G06V40/1306 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06V40/1365 ,  G06F3/04883

Abstract: An elongated biometric device provides a slim solution for capturing biometric data, and may be placed on a portion of an electronic device having limited space, such as a side of the electronic device. The elongated biometric device may include a force sensor, which may be positioned within a housing of the electronic device and actuated through posts extending from the elongated biometric device through the housing to transfer an applied force to the force sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11861115B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17664398

申请日：2022-05-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Brian Michael King ,  Marcus Yip ,  Ehsan Khajeh ,  Aaron Scott Tucker

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/043 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0354

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/0436 ,  G06F2203/04105

Abstract: Acoustic touch and/or force sensing system architectures and methods for acoustic touch and/or force sensing can be used to detect a position of an object touching a surface and an amount of force applied to the surface by the object. The position and/or an applied force can be determined using time-of-flight (TOF) techniques, for example. Acoustic touch sensing can utilize transducers (e.g., piezoelectric) to simultaneously transmit ultrasonic waves along a surface and through a thickness of a deformable material. The location of the object and the applied force can be determined based on the amount of time elapsing between the transmission of the waves and receipt of the reflected waves. In some examples, an acoustic touch sensing system can be insensitive to water contact on the device surface, and thus acoustic touch sensing can be used for touch sensing in devices that may become wet or fully submerged in water.

公开(公告)号：US11599224B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US17482265

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mark T. Winkler ,  Mehmet Mutlu ,  Omid Momtahan ,  Tong Chen ,  Wenrui Cai ,  Chau H. Nguyen ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Michael K. McCord ,  Orit A. Shamir ,  Prashanth S. Holenarsipur

IPC: G06F3/042 ,  G01B9/02 ,  G01S17/50 ,  G01P3/36 ,  H01S5/183 ,  G01B11/16

Abstract: Disclosed herein are electronic devices having touch input surfaces. A user's touch input or press on the touch input surface is detected using a set of lasers, such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit beams of light toward the touch input surface. The user's touch causes changes in the self-mixing interference within the VCSEL of the emitted light with reflected light, such as from the touch input surface. Deflection and movement (e.g., drag motion) of the user's touch is determined from detected changes in the VCSELs' operation due to the self-mixing interference.

公开(公告)号：US20220317271A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17709270

申请日：2022-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gordon S. Franza ,  Gregory T. Minteer ,  Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Dale Setlak ,  Marcus C. Yip ,  Ehsan Khajeh ,  Aaron S. Tucker ,  Andrew W. Joyce ,  Brian M. King ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Jason S. Griesbach

IPC: G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G10K11/34

Abstract: An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic imaging medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic imaging medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.

公开(公告)号：US11422661B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US17028775

申请日：2020-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Lun Tsai ,  Meng-Huan Ho ,  Niva A. Ran ,  Akshay Bhat ,  Volodymyr Borshch ,  Anand K. Chamakura ,  Giovanni Gozzini

IPC: G09G3/3225 ,  G06V40/13 ,  G06F3/042 ,  H01L27/28 ,  H01L31/153 ,  H01L31/173 ,  H01L25/16 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52

Abstract: Systems and methods for detection of incident light are described. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially within an active display area of a display and is configured to detect and characterize one or more properties of light incident to the active display area of the display.

公开(公告)号：US11422113B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US16917779

申请日：2020-06-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ehsan Khajeh ,  Brian Michael King ,  George Ho Yin Mak ,  Marcus Yip ,  Giovanni Gozzini

IPC: G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/24 ,  G01N29/34 ,  G06F3/043 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G01V1/00

Abstract: An ultrasonic touch sensing system that uses both compressional and shear waves for touch and water detection is disclosed. When no touch or water is present, less shear and compressional wave energy is absorbed, so both shear and compressional wave reflections do not have significant amplitude decreases. When a finger is in contact with the sensing plate, both shear and compressional wave energy is absorbed, so both shear and compressional wave reflections have significant amplitude decreases. When water is in contact with the sensing plate, compressional energy is absorbed but little or no shear wave energy is absorbed, so while compressional wave reflections have significant amplitude decreases, shear wave reflections do not. From these amplitudes, a determination can be made as to whether no touch is present on the sensing plate, whether a touch is present on the sensing plate, or whether water is present on the sensing plate.

公开(公告)号：US20220198820A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17688799

申请日：2022-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Giovanni Gozzini

IPC: G06V40/13 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/03 ,  G06V10/145

Abstract: Systems and methods for through-display imaging. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially behind a display and is configured to emit shortwave infrared light at least partially through the display to illuminate an object, such as a fingerprint, in contact with an outer surface of the display. Surface reflections from the object are received and an image of the object can be assembled.

公开(公告)号：US11036844B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US17024574

申请日：2020-09-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dale Setlak ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Manohar B. Srikanth ,  Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost

IPC: G06F21/32 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a wearable electronic device includes emitting light into a dorsal side of a forearm near a wrist of the user; receiving, using a light field camera, remissions of the light from the dorsal side of the forearm near the wrist of the user; generating a light field image from the remissions of the light; performing a synthetic focusing operation on the light field image to construct at least one image of at least one layer of the forearm near the wrist; extracting a set of features from the at least one image; determining whether the set of features matches a reference set of features; and authenticating the user based on the matching. In some embodiments, the method may further include compensating for a tilt of the light field camera prior to or while performing the synthetic focusing operation.

公开(公告)号：US20210089741A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17003636

申请日：2020-08-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Po-Chun Yeh ,  Yujia Zhai ,  Yuan Chen ,  Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost ,  Giovanni Gozzini ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Jiun-Jye Chang ,  Ching-San Chuang

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06K9/20 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L27/15

Abstract: Systems and methods for through-display imaging. An optical imaging sensor is positioned at least partially behind a display and is configured to emit visible wavelength light at least partially through the display to illuminate an object, such as a fingerprint or a retina, in contact with or proximate to an outer surface of the display. Surface reflections from the object traverse the display stack and are received and an image of the object can be assembled.