公开(公告)号：US11882752B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17378544

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhao Wang ,  Alexis G. Soyseven ,  David S. Hum ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Ing-Jye Wang ,  Jae Won Choi ,  Jimmy H. Huang ,  Ming Xu ,  Sungki Lee ,  Timothy H. Ellis ,  Yu Cheng Chen ,  Yuchi Che

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H04B1/03 ,  H04B1/08 ,  H10K59/60 ,  B32B27/28 ,  G01J1/42 ,  B32B37/12

CPC classification number: H10K59/60 ,  B32B27/281 ,  B32B37/12 ,  G01J1/4204 ,  B32B2307/416 ,  B32B2457/206

Abstract: An electronic device display may have an active area with pixels. An optical sensor may be formed under a sensor region in the active area. During operation, ambient light and/or other light associated with the optical sensor may pass through the sensor region. To ensure that the light for the optical sensor can pass through the display, the display may have one or more layers with sensor openings such as a metal layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer that attaches the metal layer to the pixels of the display. To help minimize visibility of the openings in the sensor region, the pressure sensitive adhesive layer may be configured to have a reflectivity that matches the appearance of the display in the sensor region to surrounding areas. Undesired light output uniformity can be reduced by ensuring that the substrate material in the display has a low light absorption coefficient.

公开(公告)号：US20240096275A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US17933457

申请日：2022-09-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Shubham A. Gandhi ,  Jonathan H. Beck ,  Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Snehal T. Jariwala ,  Salman Kabir ,  Josiah Smith

IPC: G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2320/0666 ,  G09G2320/0673 ,  G09G2320/0693 ,  G09G2330/021

Abstract: A electronic display device designed to calibrate brightness levels in a flat-panel display by using adjacent code calibration for a variable electroluminescence voltage supply in the flat-panel display.

公开(公告)号：US10573236B1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US16283473

申请日：2019-02-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shengkui Gao ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Haifeng Li ,  Mohammad Ali Jangda ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Shyuan Yang ,  Sinan Alousi ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Weijun Yao ,  Yafei Bi ,  Yue Jack Chu

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3266

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Due to the presence of a notch in the display, the display may have some rows that are shorter than other rows in the display, and accordingly different gate line loading. To account for the gate line loading variations, the display driver circuitry may have gate driver circuits that provide different gate line signals to different rows of pixels within the display. In other arrangement, luminance adjustment circuitry may receive image data and generate corresponding compensated image data to account for gate line loading variations between rows of pixels in the display. The image data may be compensated based on the location of the pixel, the gray level of the image data, the display brightness, and/or temperature.

公开(公告)号：US20240203335A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18540613

申请日：2023-12-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mario Miscuglio ,  Yang Xu ,  Snehal T. Jariwala ,  Yi Qiao ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou ,  Jenny Hu ,  Ming Xu ,  Wanqing Xin ,  Zuo Xia ,  Xin Zheng ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Kingsuk Brahma

IPC: G09G3/3208

CPC classification number: G09G3/3208 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0686 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2340/00

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may utilize a non-linear scaling relationship to scale brightness of selective portions of the display in a manner that reduces or eliminates perceivable banding effects. By non-linearly controlling changes in brightness of the display, a viewer may perceive a more uniform, linear dimming towards the relatively dimmer region without perceiving banding, leading to improved user experience when viewing the electronic display.

公开(公告)号：US20230087480A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17820190

申请日：2022-08-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Won Ryu ,  ByoungSuk Kim ,  David S. Zalatimo ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Hyunsoo Kim ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Jesse R. Manders ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Li-Xuan Chuo ,  Sachiko Oda ,  Shatam Agarwal ,  Yao Shi

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  H03M1/10

Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display having multiple display pixels to display an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include optical calibration circuitry to generate digital-to-analog converter (DAC) data based on image data associated with the image and dither circuitry to reduce a bit-depth of the DAC data, generating dithered DAC data. Additionally, the electronic device may include a gamma generator having one or more DACs to generate the analog voltage signals based on the dithered DAC data, which may instruct the gamma generator to generate the analog voltage signals indicative of the image data.

公开(公告)号：US20190073962A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US15989066

申请日：2018-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Myung-Je Cho ,  Marc Albrecht ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Sean C. Chang ,  Zhao Wang

IPC: G09G3/3275

Abstract: A display may have an active area that includes display pixels. The display may include an inactive notch region that extends into the active area. Data lines may provide image data from display driver circuitry to the display pixels. The image data may include data signals that correspond to portions of the display that do not include pixels, such as the inactive notch region. The null data signals may cause nonuniformities in the displayed image. The null data signals may be adjusted to minimize the nonuniformities. Null data signals corresponding to the inactive notch region may be adjusted to have gray levels that gradually decrease with distance from the border between the inactive notch and the active area. All of the data signals corresponding to the inactive notch may be set to a uniform gray level.

公开(公告)号：US11295664B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-05

申请号：US16815875

申请日：2020-03-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tong Chen ,  Dong Zheng ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Mark T. Winkler ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Yuchi Che

IPC: G09G3/3225

Abstract: In some embodiments, a device includes a light-emitting display, and an optical emitter positioned behind the light-emitting display. The optical emitter is configured to emit light through the light-emitting display. A processor is configured to synchronize a first illumination timing of the optical emitter and a second illumination timing of the light-emitting display. In some embodiments, a device includes an optical transceiver processor and a display processor. The display processor is configured to output timing information to a light-emitting display and to the optical transceiver processor, and the optical transceiver processor is configured to cause an optical transceiver to emit or receive light in synchronization with the timing information output by the display processor.

公开(公告)号：US20210287602A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US16815875

申请日：2020-03-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tong Chen ,  Dong Zheng ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Mark T. Winkler ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Yuchi Che

IPC: G09G3/3225

Abstract: In some embodiments, a device includes a light-emitting display, and an optical emitter positioned behind the light-emitting display. The optical emitter is configured to emit light through the light-emitting display. A processor is configured to synchronize a first illumination timing of the optical emitter and a second illumination timing of the light-emitting display. In some embodiments, a device includes an optical transceiver processor and a display processor. The display processor is configured to output timing information to a light-emitting display and to the optical transceiver processor, and the optical transceiver processor is configured to cause an optical transceiver to emit or receive light in synchronization with the timing information output by the display processor.

公开(公告)号：US11120747B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US16802756

申请日：2020-02-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Myung-Je Cho ,  Marc Albrecht ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Sean C. Chang ,  Zhao Wang

IPC: G09G3/3275

Abstract: A display may have an active area that includes display pixels. The display may include an inactive notch region that extends into the active area. Data lines may provide image data from display driver circuitry to the display pixels. The image data may include data signals that correspond to portions of the display that do not include pixels, such as the inactive notch region. The null data signals may cause nonuniformities in the displayed image. The null data signals may be adjusted to minimize the nonuniformities. Null data signals corresponding to the inactive notch region may be adjusted to have gray levels that gradually decrease with distance from the border between the inactive notch and the active area. All of the data signals corresponding to the inactive notch may be set to a uniform gray level.

公开(公告)号：US10607549B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15989066

申请日：2018-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou ,  Pierre-Yves Emelie ,  Myung-Je Cho ,  Marc Albrecht ,  Graeme M. Williams ,  Sean C. Chang ,  Zhao Wang

IPC: G09G3/3275

Abstract: A display may have an active area that includes display pixels. The display may include an inactive notch region that extends into the active area. Data lines may provide image data from display driver circuitry to the display pixels. The image data may include data signals that correspond to portions of the display that do not include pixels, such as the inactive notch region. The null data signals may cause nonuniformities in the displayed image. The null data signals may be adjusted to minimize the nonuniformities. Null data signals corresponding to the inactive notch region may be adjusted to have gray levels that gradually decrease with distance from the border between the inactive notch and the active area. All of the data signals corresponding to the inactive notch may be set to a uniform gray level.