公开(公告)号：US10962930B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16912981

申请日：2020-06-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Camille Moussette

IPC: G04B27/00 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

公开(公告)号：US10949020B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-16

申请号：US14743115

申请日：2015-06-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Duncan Kerr ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G01L25/00 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/043 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: Embodiments may take the form of a system having a user input device and a first sensor coupled to the user input device. The first sensor is configured to sense touch on a surface of the user input device. The system may also include a second sensor in communication with the surface of the user device configured to sense wetting of a user's fingerprint on the surface. The system has a processor coupled to the first and second sensors and configured to estimate an amount of force applied by the user's fingerprint based at least in part upon the sensed wetting of the user's fingerprint.

公开(公告)号：US10882493B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-05

申请号：US16075442

申请日：2017-02-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： James H. Foster ,  Duncan Kerr

IPC: B60R25/25 ,  G07C9/00 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  G06Q20/40

Abstract: A system provides a personalized and secure user experience to access a secured asset, such as a vehicle. A first communication is transmitted, and a second communication is received in response to the first communication. An approach vector is determined based on the first communication and the second communication. The approach vector is compared with a known approach vector, a request for authentication is transmitted based on the comparison. A response to the request for authentication is received, and access to an asset is granted based on the approach vector and the response to the request for authentication.

公开(公告)号：US10664074B2

公开(公告)日：2020-05-26

申请号：US15627321

申请日：2017-06-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Camille Moussette ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell

IPC: G06F3/0362 ,  G04G21/00 ,  G04B3/04 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G04G17/04 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04G21/08

Abstract: A method of operating a wearable electronic device having a display and a rotatable crown includes initiating a rotation-tracking mode based on a detection of a contact between a user and the rotatable crown. In response to initiating the rotation-tracking mode, the electronic device controls a graphical output of the display in accordance with rotational movement or absence of rotational movement of the rotatable crown, terminates the rotation-tracking mode based on a termination of the contact between the user and the rotatable crown, and in response to terminating the rotation-tracking mode, controls the graphical output of the display without regard to rotational movement or absence of rotational movement of the rotatable crown.

公开(公告)号：US20190196605A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16289014

申请日：2019-02-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Aleksandar Pance ,  Nicholas Vincent King ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Brett Bilbrey

IPC: G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0354

Abstract: There are provided systems, devices and methods for operating a housing for an electronic device as an input/output (I/O) device. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing configured to function as an integrated housing and I/O device and one or more sensors obscured by a panel of the housing. The one or more sensors being configured to sense via the panel of the housing. The electronic device further includes a processing unit communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to interpret electrical signals generated by the one or more sensors. One or more output devices are communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to provide an output in response to the one or more sensors generating an electrical signal.

公开(公告)号：US10331082B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US16247335

申请日：2019-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Camille Moussette

IPC: G04B27/00 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/00 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

公开(公告)号：US10248221B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15423437

申请日：2017-02-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Aleksandar Pance ,  Nicholas Vincent King ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Brett Bilbrey

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: There are provided systems, devices and methods for operating a housing for an electronic device as an input/output (I/O) device. In one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing configured to function as an integrated housing and I/O device and one or more sensors obscured by a panel of the housing. The one or more sensors being configured to sense via the panel of the housing. The electronic device further includes a processing unit communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to interpret electrical signals generated by the one or more sensors. One or more output devices are communicatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to provide an output in response to the one or more sensors generating an electrical signal.

公开(公告)号：US10216147B2

公开(公告)日：2019-02-26

申请号：US16033491

申请日：2018-07-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Camille Moussette

IPC: G04B27/00 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/00 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.

公开(公告)号：US10175652B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-08

申请号：US15969630

申请日：2018-05-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  John B. Morrell ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Camille Moussette

IPC: G04B27/00 ,  H01H3/12 ,  H01H9/16 ,  H01H25/00 ,  H01H25/06 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G04G21/08 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic watch includes an input device capable of receiving rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a crown positioned along an exterior of an enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The watch may include a tactile switch, and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs received at the crown. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display.

公开(公告)号：US10034349B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-24

申请号：US15181901

申请日：2016-06-14

Applicant: Apple Inc. ,  Vincent Keane Seid

Inventor： Bartley K. Andre ,  Daniel Coster ,  Richard Howarth ,  Daniele de Iuliis ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Duncan Kerr ,  Jivan Kumar Khosla ,  Shin Nishibori ,  Matthew Rohrbach ,  Doug B. Satzger ,  Calvin Seid ,  Christopher Stringer ,  Eugene Whang ,  Rico Zorkendorfer

IPC: F21V33/00 ,  H05B37/02 ,  G09F9/30 ,  G09F13/04 ,  G09F13/06 ,  G09F13/08 ,  H01H13/83 ,  G06F1/16 ,  F21V23/00 ,  G08B5/36 ,  F21W111/10

Abstract: An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible holes penetrate through at least a portion of the light resistant material in a predetermined light-transmissive display pattern.