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公开(公告)号:US12127651B1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US16919000
申请日:2020-07-01
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Nicholas R. Trincia , Chihchen Sun , Qigen Ji , Yang Zhou , Jenna L. Withrow , Jack Pickup , Joshua A. Hoover
CPC分类号: A45C13/1069 , A45C11/00 , H01F7/02 , H04R1/1091 , H05K5/03 , A45C2011/001
摘要: Items such as enclosures may be provided with hidden magnets. An enclosure may be formed from a flexible housing layer. The flexible housing layer may be configured to open and close by folding around fold axes. Portions of the flexible layer may include a flexible base layer with openings. Flexible magnets may be embedded within the openings. The flexible magnets may be used in forming a magnetic clasp for the enclosure. The flexible magnets may each have a height and durometer value that closely matches the height and durometer value of an adjacent portion of the flexible base layer, thereby helping to hide the flexible magnets within the housing layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12126085B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US17730039
申请日:2022-04-26
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Aaron J Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Ana Papio Toda , Carlo Di Nallo
CPC分类号: H01Q19/005 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q21/065
摘要: An electronic device may have an antenna module with a triplet of antennas on a substrate. The triplet may include a first antenna with a radiating element formed from a patch on the substrate and second and third antennas having radiating elements formed from patches on that extend across a smaller lateral area than the patch in the first antenna. The patches in the second and third antennas may have extended electrical lengths formed from parasitic patches embedded within the substrate that are coupled to opposing edges of the patches by fences of conductive vias. The antenna module may include phased antenna arrays for conveying centimeter/millimeter wave signals. Signal conductors for the antennas may be distributed across multiple metallization layers of the substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US12124043B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US18352967
申请日:2023-07-14
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: G02B27/01
CPC分类号: G02B27/0176 , G02B2027/0154 , G02B2027/0163
摘要: A head-mounted device may include optical assemblies for presenting images to a user. Actuators may be used to adjust the spacing between the optical assemblies to accommodate different interpupillary distances. Upon detection of a power-down event or drop event, the device may be placed into an impact-safe mode. During the safe mode, the optical assemblies may be moved to predetermined impact-safe positions, brakes such as optical guide rail brakes may be adjusted, cushioning springs may be deployed, clutches may be adjusted, and/or other safety mechanisms may be activated to help protect the optical assemblies or other sensitive components from damage.
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公开(公告)号:US12123980B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US16948380
申请日:2020-09-16
IPC分类号: G01S7/4865 , G01S7/481 , G01S17/10
CPC分类号: G01S7/4865 , G01S7/4814 , G01S7/4816 , G01S17/10
摘要: An imaging system may include a silicon photomultiplier with single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). The imaging system may be a LIDAR imaging system with LIDAR processing circuitry. To reduce memory requirements in the LIDAR processing circuitry, a dynamic resolution storage scheme may be used. The LIDAR processing circuitry may include autonomous dynamic resolution circuitry that receives input from a time-to-digital converter (TDC). The autonomous dynamic resolution circuitry may include a plurality of memory banks having different resolutions. Based on the magnitude of the input from the TDC, an appropriate memory bank may be selected. In parallel, an address encoder may select a memory bin based on the input from the TDC.
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公开(公告)号:US12113373B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17506285
申请日:2021-10-20
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Arash Mehrabi , Dmitry Berdnikov
CPC分类号: H02J50/80 , H02J50/10 , H02J50/402 , H02J2207/20
摘要: A wireless power system has first and second electronic devices. The first electronic device may receive power from an alternating-current-to-direct-current power converter. A magnetic sensor and/or other sensing circuitry may detect when a second electronic device is attached to the first electronic device. In response to detecting device attachment and receipt of power from the power converter, the first electronic device sends test wireless power signals to the second electronic device. During reception of the test signals, the second electronic device adjusts a ballast load so that output current from a rectifier in the second electronic device flows through the ballast load. The output of the rectifier is measured and compared to a threshold voltage. If the rectifier output voltage exceeds the threshold, the first electronic device is directed to alert the user that wireless charging of the second electronic device is commencing.
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公开(公告)号:US12113138B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US18194714
申请日:2023-04-03
IPC分类号: H01L31/02 , G02B3/06 , H01L27/146 , H01L31/0232 , H01L31/055 , H01L31/107 , H04N25/63
CPC分类号: H01L31/02027 , G02B3/06 , H01L27/14605 , H01L27/14621 , H01L27/14627 , H01L27/14629 , H01L27/1463 , H01L27/14643 , H01L27/14649 , H01L31/02327 , H01L31/055 , H01L31/107 , H01L27/1464 , H04N25/63
摘要: An imaging device may include single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). To improve the sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio of the SPADs, light scattering structures may be formed in the semiconductor substrate to increase the path length of incident light through the semiconductor substrate. The light scattering structures may include a low-index material formed in trenches in the semiconductor substrate. One or more microlenses may focus light onto the semiconductor substrate. Areas of the semiconductor substrate that receive more light from the microlenses may have a higher density of light scattering structures to optimize light scattering while mitigating dark current.
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公开(公告)号:US12105287B1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US17373190
申请日:2021-07-12
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Vikrant Bhakta , Guolin Peng , Hyungryul Choi , Scott M. DeLapp
CPC分类号: G02B27/0172 , G02B6/0016 , G02B6/003 , G02B26/0833 , G02B27/0081 , G02B2027/014
摘要: A display having a reflective display panel may provide image light to an eye box. The panel may include mirrors rotatable between first and second angles. The mirrors may take a non-zero time period to transition between the first and second angles. During the non-zero time period, the light source may emit pulses of illumination. The mirrors may reflect the pulses of illumination as offset pupils of image light. The mirrors may be at respective intermediate angles while reflecting each of the pulses of illumination. The mirrors may toggle between the first and second angles at a sufficiently fast rate such that the offset pupils form an effective pupil that is expanded in at least one dimension. If desired, the offset pupils may be used to display virtual objects in different focal planes at the eye box.
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公开(公告)号:US12096382B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-17
申请号:US18459301
申请日:2023-08-31
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: H04W52/36
CPC分类号: H04W52/367
摘要: An electronic device may include a radio that generates a first maximum power based on a radio-frequency exposure (RFE) budget. The radio may transmit signals subject to the first maximum power during a subperiod of an averaging period and may generate an instantaneous RFE metric value based on an antenna coefficient and the conducted transmit power of the antenna during the subperiod. The radio may generate a consumed RFE value by averaging the instantaneous RFE metric value with previous instantaneous RFE values from the averaging period, may generate a remaining budget based on the consumed RFE value, may generate a second maximum transmit power based on the remaining budget, and may transmit signals during a subsequent subperiod subject to the second maximum power. Time-averaging the RFE metric may serve to optimize performance of the radio relative to scenarios where the radio performs time-averaging of conducted TX power.
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公开(公告)号:US12088947B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18194756
申请日:2023-04-03
发明人: Shankar Ramakrishnan
IPC分类号: H04N25/778 , G11C27/02 , H03F1/22 , H03F1/34 , H03F3/72 , H03G1/00 , H03K5/08 , H03M1/12 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/772
CPC分类号: H04N25/778 , G11C27/026 , H03F1/223 , H03F1/34 , H03F3/72 , H03G1/0094 , H03K5/08 , H04N25/75 , H04N25/772 , H03F2203/7221 , H03M1/1245
摘要: Various embodiments of the present technology may provide methods and apparatus for a track-and-hold amplifier configured to sample and amplify an analog signal. Methods and apparatus for a track-and-hold amplifier according to various aspects of the present invention may provide an isolation circuit configured to isolate transient current in a track-and-hold capacitor during a track phase. According to various embodiments, selective activation of the isolation circuit provides a settling time that is independent of the gain of the amplifier.
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公开(公告)号:US12085736B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-10
申请号:US18484302
申请日:2023-10-10
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Yi Huang , Steven M. Scardato , ByoungSuk Kim , Jun Qi , Victor H. Yin , Wenyong Zhu
IPC分类号: B32B3/02 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/36 , G02B5/00 , G02F1/1335 , H10K50/858 , H10K50/86 , F21V8/00 , G02B5/04 , G02F1/1333 , H10K59/40 , H10K59/50
CPC分类号: G02B5/003 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/36 , G02F1/133512 , H10K50/858 , H10K50/865 , B32B2255/10 , B32B2307/41 , B32B2307/412 , B32B2457/20 , G02B5/04 , G02B6/0005 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/133524 , G02F1/133562 , H10K59/40 , H10K59/50
摘要: A privacy film may have a light-blocking layer that is interposed between first and second transparent substrates. The light-blocking layer may have a plurality of opaque portions and a plurality of transparent portions. The opaque portions may be shaped to ensure light from the display is directed only to the primary viewer of the display. Each opaque portion of the light-blocking layer may extend along a respective longitudinal axis between the first and second transparent substrates. Privacy films used to cover curved displays may have opaque portions that extend along longitudinal axes that have different angles relative to the transparent substrates. Opaque portions in the edge of the privacy film may have longitudinal axes that are at non-perpendicular angles with respect to the transparent substrates. A privacy film for a curved display may also include a light-redirecting layer such as a prism layer or a liquid crystal layer.
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