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公开(公告)号:US20230101015A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US18074358
申请日:2022-12-02
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Colin M. Ely , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Christopher M. Werner , John B. Morrell , Camille Moussette , Duncan Kerr , Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
摘要: One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, and a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.
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公开(公告)号:US20220038190A1
公开(公告)日:2022-02-03
申请号:US16945385
申请日:2020-07-31
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Ross L. Jackson , Colin M. Ely , Jody Cintone Fu , Erik G. de Jong , Jayesh Nath
摘要: Methods and devices may be used to perform underwater communication using one or more electronic devices. The one or more electronic devices include a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit first wireless signals through an air medium with the first wireless signals not being conducive for transmission through a water medium. The one or more electronic devices also include a second wireless transceiver configured to transmit second wireless signals through water. The electronic devices detect whether at least one electronic device has been submerged, and in response to submersion, transmits at least some communication types from the second wireless transceiver rather than the second wireless transceiver.
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公开(公告)号:US20210055696A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-25
申请号:US17091805
申请日:2020-11-06
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Colin M. Ely
IPC分类号: G04B37/10 , G05G9/04 , G05G1/02 , G05G1/08 , G05G5/05 , G05G25/04 , G04G21/00 , H01H25/06 , G06F3/0362 , G04B37/08 , G04C3/00 , G04B3/04 , G04B27/02
摘要: An electronic device has a housing and a rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The housing has an aperture and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism has a shaft positioned at least partially within the aperture and a manipulation structure coupled to the shaft. The manipulation structure may be manipulated to rotationally and translationally move the shaft to provide rotational and translational input to the electronic device. A compressible seal is positioned in a gap between the housing and the rotatable and translatable input mechanism. The compressible seal may resist and/or prevent passage of contaminants into the aperture and/or obscure one or more internal components. The compressible seal may be configured to collapse or bend when the rotatable and translatable member translates.
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公开(公告)号:US20200272240A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16869877
申请日:2020-05-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Andrzej Baranski , Anna-Katrina Shedletsky , Kuldeep P. Lonkar , Serhan Isikman , Stephen Brian Lynch , Colin M. Ely , Christopher Werner , Erik De Jong , Samuel B. Weiss
IPC分类号: G06F3/01 , A61B5/00 , A61B5/0488 , A61B5/11 , G06F1/16
摘要: This relates to a device that detects a user's motion and gesture input through the movement of one or more of the user's hand, arm, wrist, and fingers, for example, to provide commands to the device or to other devices. The device can include a plurality of myoelectric sensors configured to detect one or more electrical signals from a body part of a user indicative of one or more movements. A plurality of signals indicative of the detected one or more electrical signals may be generated. The device may also include a wireless communication transmitter configured to communicate with a peripheral device and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of myoelectric sensors, use the plurality of signals together to determine a gesture, and communicate one or more of: the plurality of signals and the gesture to the peripheral device.
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公开(公告)号:US20200159172A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-21
申请号:US16750946
申请日:2020-01-23
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Tyler S. Bushnell , Adam T. Clavelle , Christopher M. Werner , Colin M. Ely , Stephen N. Sweet , Sriram Moorthy , Huan Peng
摘要: A compact crown for an electronic device such as an electronic watch, including a set of wipers capable of determining a rotation angle, rotation direction, or rotation speed, is disclosed. The set of wipers is in contact with at least one resistance member at different angular positions around a rotation axis. The crown may have a group of ground taps disposed along the resistance member and a measured signal may vary based on the position of each wiper as it contacts the at least one resistance member. A compact crown may also include capacitive members and capacitive sensors in order to similarly determine rotation angle, rotation direction, or rotation speed.
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公开(公告)号:US20200150815A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-14
申请号:US16738198
申请日:2020-01-09
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: G06F3/041 , G01D5/241 , G04G21/00 , G04C3/00 , H03K17/975 , G06F3/0362 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/044
摘要: An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US10606218B1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-31
申请号:US16141885
申请日:2018-09-25
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Colin M. Ely , Scott W. Slabaugh
摘要: A composite housing of an electronic device can include a substrate having a shape that partially defines an internal volume of the electronic device and includes ceramic fibers arranged in a weave pattern and embedded in a matrix material. The composite housing can also include an overmold material at least partially surrounding the substrate and an antenna integrated into the overmold material.
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公开(公告)号:US10542628B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-21
申请号:US15821789
申请日:2017-11-23
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: A housing or enclosure for an electronic device is formed from a shell and chassis may positioned along an interior of the shell. The shell may be formed from a hard or cosmetic material and the chassis may be formed from a machinable material. The chassis may define one or more machined surfaces that are configured to receive or mount a component of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10327520B1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-25
申请号:US15680138
申请日:2017-08-17
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Colin M. Ely
摘要: Wearable electronic devices, such as watches, can be provided with an attachment system for connecting and releasing a removable module that interfaces with some portion of the electronic device. For example, a watch can include locking mechanisms that allow a user to connect a watchband to a watch housing by moving the watchband directly toward the watch housing. An attachment unit of a watchband can be moved in a direction along its own longitudinal axis to securely engage the watch housing. Once engaged, one or more locking mechanisms limit longitudinal movement of the attachment unit away from the watch housing. One or more locking mechanisms also limit lateral movement of the attachment unit with respect to the watch housing until a user releases the one or more locking mechanisms and enables the lateral movement.
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公开(公告)号:US10234828B2
公开(公告)日:2019-03-19
申请号:US15854310
申请日:2017-12-26
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Colin M. Ely , Fletcher Rothkopf , Christopher Matthew Werner , John B. Morrell , Camille Moussette , Duncan Kerr , Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
摘要: One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.
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