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公开(公告)号:US20200264711A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-20
申请号:US16869422
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Wingshan WONG , Kevin ARMENDARIZ , Nathan BOHNEY , Christopher PASMA , Mahmoud AMINI , Brenton A. BAUGH , Ryan P. BROOKS
IPC: G06F3/038 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/0354
Abstract: A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected using axially-aligned electric fields generated by the stylus. The stylus may also include a force-sensitive structure that can be used to estimate a force applied to the electronic device by the stylus.
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公开(公告)号:US20240272732A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-15
申请号:US18619023
申请日:2024-03-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Wingshan WONG , Kevin ARMENDARIZ , Nathan BOHNEY , Christopher PASMA , Mahmoud AMINI , Brenton A. BAUGH , Ryan P. BROOKS
IPC: G06F3/038 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/041
CPC classification number: G06F3/0383 , G06F3/03545 , G06F3/0414 , G06F3/0416 , G06F3/04162 , G06F2203/04105 , G06F2203/04107
Abstract: A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected using axially-aligned electric fields generated by the stylus. The stylus may also include a force-sensitive structure that can be used to estimate a force applied to the electronic device by the stylus.
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公开(公告)号:US20210185855A1
公开(公告)日:2021-06-17
申请号:US16809470
申请日:2020-03-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Phil M. HOBSON , Jan K. QUIJALVO , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Sivesh SELVAKUMAR
Abstract: A head-mounted device includes a housing configured to be worn on a head of a user. The housing includes an inlet port and an outlet port. An air circulation device is mounted to the housing and configured to produce a flow of air through an air flow path in the housing that extends from the inlet port to the outlet port. A display assembly is mounted to the housing and has a surface in the air flow path of the housing. An air deflector mounted to the surface of the display assembly and configured to reduce a turbulence of the flow of air through the air flow path.
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公开(公告)号:US20180082800A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-22
申请号:US15447070
申请日:2017-03-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. WANG , Qiliang XU , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Chia Chi WU
CPC classification number: H01H13/023 , G06F1/1662 , H01H13/10 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/83 , H01H13/88 , H01H2221/07
Abstract: This application relates to illuminated dome switches and a dome switch assembly having a first contact carried by a switch base and a dome shaped structure coupled to and supported by the switch base, the dome shaped structure comprising a material that is flexible and capable of internally transmitting visible light. The switch assembly can include a second contact coupled to the dome shaped structure and arranged opposite the first contact, and a light source configured to emit visible light, the light source in optical communication with the dome shaped structure such that at least some of the visible light emitted by the light source passes into the material and is subsequently emitted by the material in a generally uniform manner.
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公开(公告)号:US20240353440A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-24
申请号:US18685492
申请日:2022-08-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Ivan S. MARIC , Nicholas C. SOLDNER , Jose A. RIOS , Stergios ROUMELIOTIS , David S. GRAGNOLATI
CPC classification number: G01P1/023 , G02B27/0093 , G02B27/017 , G06F3/012 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0187
Abstract: A sensor assembly for a head-mountable device, the sensor assembly comprising: a flex circuit, an inertial measurement unit coupled to the flex circuit, an enclosure disposed around the inertial measurement unit and a portion of the flex circuit, to define a sealed volume containing the inertial measurement unit and the portion of the flex circuit. Thereby, a head-mountable device can securely support sensors in a manner that maintains their positions and orientations over time and isolates the sensors from an external environment. The sensor can be mounted within a sealed enclosure while maintaining an operable connection to the sensor. The sensor assemblies provides high robustness during the entirety of the service life of the head-mountable device without placing strain on the sensors themselves. The seal of the enclosure can isolate the sensor from external influences by preventing ingress of elements through the case and plate.
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公开(公告)号:US20210096657A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-01
申请号:US16994476
申请日:2020-08-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Gabriele D'AMONE , Muhammad F. HOSSAIN , Ivan S. MARIC , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Stephen E. DEY
Abstract: An external device, such as a head-mountable device, can be operated with a ring input device worn on a finger of a user. Such devices can be operated to provide inputs that are received and acted upon by the external device. The inputs can be provided as rotating, tilting, and/or sliding at least a portion of the ring input device with another finger of the user. The ring input device can provide feedback to the user as confirmation that the inputs are being received. A feedback system can also be operated to limit or otherwise provide a force on the finger and/or another portion of the hand to simulate sensations perceived by the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20190206641A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-04
申请号:US16266976
申请日:2019-02-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Paul X. WANG , Qiliang XU , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Chia Chi WU
Abstract: This application relates to illuminated dome switches and a dome switch assembly having a first contact carried by a switch base and a dome shaped structure coupled to and supported by the switch base, the dome shaped structure comprising a material that is flexible and capable of internally transmitting visible light. The switch assembly can include a second contact coupled to the dome shaped structure and arranged opposite the first contact, and a light source configured to emit visible light, the light source in optical communication with the dome shaped structure such that at least some of the visible light emitted by the light source passes into the material and is subsequently emitted by the material in a generally uniform manner.
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公开(公告)号:US20240377647A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-14
申请号:US18692788
申请日:2022-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Matin SEADAT BEHESHTI , Jia TAO , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , John S. CAMP , David R. CRAMER , Evan D. CHRISTENSEN , Ivan S. MARIC , Kristina A. BABIARZ , Jeremy C. FRANKLIN
Abstract: A wearable electronic device can include an optical assembly that supports a display and is moveable within the wearable electronic device. A compliant tracking assembly can be provided to facilitate precision alignment to allow the tracking assembly to operate as an encoder system. For example, the sensor of the tracking assembly can be consistently aligned with a scale so that movement of the optical assembly relative to the chassis can be tracked and controlled accurately and precisely. Such a compliant mechanism can provide protection of the sensor throughout the life of the wearable electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230363123A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US18225036
申请日:2023-07-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ivan S. MARIC , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Phil M. HOBSON , Jonathan C. ATLER , Arash NAGHIB LAHOUTI , Jesse T. DYBENKO
IPC: H05K7/20 , G10K11/175 , H04N5/655 , H04N23/54 , H04N23/90
CPC classification number: H05K7/20972 , G10K11/175 , H04N5/655 , H04N23/54 , H04N23/90 , G02B27/0176
Abstract: A head-mounted device can effectively manage heat while also managing noise output in a manner that reduces the user's perception thereof. For example, a support member extending across a flow channel can provide multiple sections with different profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions within the flow channel. Each of the profiles and/or cross-sectional dimensions can generate tonal noises at different frequencies, so that the tonal noises generated are distributed across multiple frequencies to mask such tonal noises among broadband noises that are generated by the head-mounted device. Such a support member can be moveably positioned within the flow channel and rigidly coupled to other components of the head-mounted device. Such a support member can also be used to draw heat away from other components of the head-mounted device to be dissipated by the flow of air within the flow channel.
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公开(公告)号:US20230350503A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-02
申请号:US18214395
申请日:2023-06-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Gabriele D′AMONE , Muhammad F. HOSSAIN , Ivan S. MARIC , Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN , Stephen E. DEY
CPC classification number: G06F3/0233 , G06F3/014 , G06F3/017
Abstract: An external device, such as a head-mountable device, can be operated with a ring input device worn on a finger of a user. Such devices can be operated to provide inputs that are received and acted upon by the external device. The inputs can be provided as rotating, tilting, and/or sliding at least a portion of the ring input device with another finger of the user. The ring input device can provide feedback to the user as confirmation that the inputs are being received. A feedback system can also be operated to limit or otherwise provide a force on the finger and/or another portion of the hand to simulate sensations perceived by the user.
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