Electronic device including optical image sensor having metallization layers and related methods

    公开(公告)号:US10768751B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15987543

    申请日:2018-05-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical image sensor that includes optical image sensing circuitry and metallization layers above the optical image sensing circuitry. Each layer may have at least one light transmissive collimation opening therein aligned with the optical image sensing circuitry. The electronic device may also include a light source layer above the optical image sensor and a transparent cover layer above the light source layer defining a finger placement surface configured to receive a finger adjacent thereto.

    Acoustic imaging of user input surfaces

    公开(公告)号:US10325136B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15274891

    申请日:2016-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An acoustic imaging system includes multiple acoustic transducers disposed to circumscribe a portion of imaging surface. An acoustic imaging system also includes a controller and an image resolver. The acoustic transducers convert electrical signals into mechanical energy and/or mechanical energy into electrical signals. The controller is adapted to apply an electrical signal to the acoustic transducers which, in response, induce a mechanical wave, such as a surface wave, into the circumscribed portion. The controller is also adapted to receive electrical signals from the acoustic transducers. The image resolver uses the electrical signals received by the controller in order to construct an image of an object in physical contact with the imaging surface.

    Identity proxy for access control systems

    公开(公告)号:US10255422B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US14486707

    申请日:2014-09-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A hardware security token in contact with a user's body can send a signal via interbody communication to one or more electronic devices associated with a system of electronic devices having unified access controls such that a user can access each of the electronic devices using the same credentials. The signal sent by the hardware security token can be deputized by a user in possession of credentials to the system as a temporary proxy for that user's identity. In other examples, the signal sent by the portable security token can be deputized by a user in possession of credentials to the system as a temporary proxy for another user's identity. In some embodiments, the proxy can expire after a period of time or after a particular event occurs.

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