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公开(公告)号：US20200037077A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-30
申请号：US16584799
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jonathan R. Peterson , Daniel D. Sunshine , Yohji Hamada , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Jahan Minoo
Abstract: An electronic device such as a pair of headphones may be provided with left and right speakers for playing audio to a user. Control circuitry in the electronic device may play audio through the speakers in an unreversed configuration in which left channel audio is played through a first of the speakers that is adjacent to a left ear of the user and right channel audio is played through a second of the speakers that is adjacent to a right ear of the user or a reversed configuration in which these channel assignments are reversed. The headphones may have ear cups that house the speakers. Capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors on the ear cups may measure ear shapes and finger grip positions on the ear cups to determine whether to operate in the unreversed or reversed configuration. Sensors may gather gestures and other user touch input.
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公开(公告)号：US20200020639A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16584537
申请日：2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Paul S. Drzaic , Daniel A. Podhajny , David M. Kindlon , Hoon Sik Kim , Kathryn P. Crews , Yung-Yu Hsu
IPC: H01L23/538 , H05K1/18 , H05K1/03 , D02G3/44 , G01D11/30 , H01L23/31 , H01L25/075 , H01L33/56
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric layers and other layers of material. An array of electrical components may be mounted in the fabric-based item. The electrical components may be mounted to a support structure such as a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may have a mesh shape formed from an array of openings. Serpentine flexible printed circuit segments may extend between the openings. The electrical components may be light-emitting diodes or other electrical devices. Polymer with light-scattering particles or other materials may cover the electrical components. The flexible printed circuit may be laminated between fabric layers or other layers of material in the fabric-based item.
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公开(公告)号：US10472742B1
公开(公告)日：2019-11-12
申请号：US15424607
申请日：2017-02-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Maurice P. May , Kiran K. Malladi , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: An item may include fabric or other materials formed from intertwined strands of material. The item may include circuitry that produces signals. The strands of material may include non-conductive strands and conductive strands. The conductive strands may carry the signals produced by the circuitry. Conductive strands may be insulated by insulating strands that have been wrapped around the conductive strands. Insulating strands may include strands of fusible material that softens when heated to the appropriate temperature. Fusible insulating strands may be interspersed with insulating strands of a different material. The fusible insulating strands may be heated such that the fusible material melts and fills gaps between the other insulating strands, thereby forming a watertight covering over the conductive strand. The fusible insulating strands may be used to insulate electrical connections between conductive strands and/or between electronic components and conductive strands.
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公开(公告)号：US10470305B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US16280920
申请日：2019-02-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Kirk M. Mayer , John Arthur Maasberg
Abstract: Strands of material may be intertwined using weaving techniques, knitting techniques, non-woven or entanglement techniques, or braiding techniques. Fabric that is formed from the strands of material may be used in forming a fabric-based item. The fabric based item may include electrical components. The strands may include conductive strands that form signal paths. The signal paths can carry electrical signals associated with operation of the electrical components. Each strand may have an elongated core and a coating. Strands may also include intermediate layers between the cores and coatings. The cores, intermediate layers, and coatings may be formed from polymer without conductive filler, polymer with conductive filler, and/or metal. A polymer core may be provided with recesses to help retain subsequently deposited layers such as a metal coating layer. The recesses may be grooves that extend along the longitudinal axis of the core.
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公开(公告)号：US10465314B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US16207407
申请日：2018-12-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include a housing that is covered in fabric. Areas of the fabric may overlap input circuitry such as button switches, touch sensors, force sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensing circuitry and may overlap other components such as light-emitting components and haptic output devices. The fabric-based item may include control circuitry that gathers user input from the input circuitry and wireless communications circuitry that the control circuitry uses to transmit remote control commands and other wireless signals in response information from the input circuitry. The fabric-based item may have a weight that is located in the housing to orient the housing in a desired direction when the housing rests on a surface. A movable weight may tilt the housing in response to proximity sensor signals or other input. Portions of the fabric may overlap light-emitting components and optical fiber configured to emit light.
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公开(公告)号：US10437331B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-08
申请号：US16206851
申请日：2018-11-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Storrs T. Hoen , Daniel D. Sunshine , Aidan N. Zimmerman , Daniel A. Podhajny , Maurice P. May
IPC: G06F3/01 , A41D1/00 , A41D31/02 , A61B5/00 , D03D1/00 , G06F1/16 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/045 , G06F3/0488 , G01L1/14 , D02G3/44
Abstract: A fabric-based item such as a fabric glove may include force sensing circuitry. The force sensing circuitry may include force sensor elements formed from electrodes on a compressible substrate such as an elastomeric polymer substrate. The fabric may include intertwined strands of material including conductive strands. Signals from the force sensing circuitry may be conveyed to control circuitry in the item using the conductive strands. Wireless circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to convey force sensor information to external equipment. The compressible substrate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. Electrodes for the force sensor elements may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces. Stiffeners may overlap the electrodes to help decouple adjacent force sensor elements from each other. Integrated circuits can be attached to respective force sensing elements using adhesive.
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公开(公告)号：US10400366B2
公开(公告)日：2019-09-03
申请号：US15941325
申请日：2018-03-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Steven J. Keating , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine , Kathryn P. Crews
IPC: D03D15/00 , D03D1/00 , D04B1/16 , D04B1/22 , H05K5/02 , A45C3/00 , D06M11/83 , D01D5/20 , D06M23/16 , D01D10/02 , D01F1/09 , D01F1/10 , G06F3/02 , H03K17/94 , H03K17/96 , H03K17/975 , D04B35/12 , A45C11/00
Abstract: A fabric-based item may include fabric formed from intertwined strands of material. The strands of material may include extruded strands. Strand extrusion equipment may have electrically adjustable sources such as one or more sources of different polymers, dyes, particles, wire, and other elements to be incorporated into an extruded strand. The properties of the strands such as strand stiffness, strand diameter, conductivity, magnetic permeability, opacity, color, thermal conductivity, sand strength, may be varied along their lengths. Fabric formed from the strands may have different areas with different properties. Markers may be formed from particles at particular locations along the lengths of the strands, may be optical marker structures formed from circumferential rings of ink or other visible material on the strands, or may be other markers that can be sensed using electrical sensing, magnetic sensing, optical sensing, or other types of sensing when forming fabric from the strands.
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公开(公告)号：US10400364B1
公开(公告)日：2019-09-03
申请号：US15677944
申请日：2017-08-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kirk M. Mayer , Yohji Hamada , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine
Abstract: A fabric-based item may have fabric with conductive strands and insulating strands. The conductive strands may form conductive signal paths and may be coupled to control circuitry. The conductive strands and insulating strands may be woven in a construction that allows multiple conductive strands to contact one another to form a low resistance signal path such as a power line, a data line, or a ground line. The fabric may have a two up and three down twill pattern, a two up and three down twill pattern, or other suitable pattern. The pattern may be selected so that groups of conductive weft strands or groups of conductive warp strands are in contact with one another. The conductive strands may have greater density than the insulating strands. For example, if the weft strands are conductive, the fabric may have a higher number of picks per inch than ends per inch.
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公开(公告)号：US20190113972A1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-18
申请号：US16206851
申请日：2018-11-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Storrs T. Hoen , Daniel D. Sunshine , Aidan N. Zimmerman , Daniel A. Podhajny , Maurice P. May
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/045 , G06F1/16 , D03D1/00 , A41D1/00 , G01L1/14 , G06F3/0488 , A41D31/02 , A61B5/00
CPC classification number: G06F3/014 , A41D1/005 , A41D31/02 , A61B5/021 , A61B5/024 , A61B5/0816 , A61B5/6806 , A61B5/6843 , D02G3/441 , D03D1/0082 , D03D1/0088 , D10B2401/16 , D10B2401/18 , D10B2501/041 , G01L1/146 , G06F1/163 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/045 , G06F3/04883 , G06F2203/04102
Abstract: A fabric-based item such as a fabric glove may include force sensing circuitry. The force sensing circuitry may include force sensor elements formed from electrodes on a compressible substrate such as an elastomeric polymer substrate. The fabric may include intertwined strands of material including conductive strands. Signals from the force sensing circuitry may be conveyed to control circuitry in the item using the conductive strands. Wireless circuitry in the fabric-based item may be used to convey force sensor information to external equipment. The compressible substrate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. Electrodes for the force sensor elements may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces. Stiffeners may overlap the electrodes to help decouple adjacent force sensor elements from each other. Integrated circuits can be attached to respective force sensing elements using adhesive.
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公开(公告)号：US10244625B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-26
申请号：US15942159
申请日：2018-03-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine , Daniel A. Podhajny , Kathryn P. Crews , Kirk M. Mayer , John Arthur Maasberg
Abstract: Strands of material may be intertwined using weaving techniques, knitting techniques, non-woven or entanglement techniques, or braiding techniques. Fabric that is formed from the strands of material may be used in forming a fabric-based item. The fabric based item may include electrical components. The strands may include conductive strands that form signal paths. The signal paths can carry electrical signals associated with operation of the electrical components. Each strand may have an elongated core and a coating. Strands may also include intermediate layers between the cores and coatings. The cores, intermediate layers, and coatings may be formed from polymer without conductive filler, polymer with conductive filler, and/or metal. A polymer core may be provided with recesses to help retain subsequently deposited layers such as a metal coating layer. The recesses may be grooves that extend along the longitudinal axis of the core.
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