公开(公告)号：US20240418655A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18752507

申请日：2024-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Jack E. Graves ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G01N21/78 ,  G01N21/77 ,  G01N33/543 ,  G03B15/02 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: A test system may be used to measure biological samples and other samples. Samples may be placed on a test substrate such as a test slide or other transparent substrate. The substrate may have patches of reactant-coated gold nanorods or other nanostructures that exhibit plasmonic resonances. An accessory may be removably coupled to a portable electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The accessory may have a lens and a light source that emits light into an edge of the test slide. The light may scatter from the nanostructures in a perpendicular direction towards a camera in the portable electronic device so that the portable electronic device can gather images of the illuminated substrate and measure spectral shifts associated with reactions between the samples and the reactant, thereby helping to analyze the composition of the samples.

公开(公告)号：US20220284715A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17804287

申请日：2022-05-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Jack E. Graves ,  James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: G06V20/59 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G06V10/145 ,  G06V10/98

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.

公开(公告)号：US12019027B1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17356352

申请日：2021-06-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Jack E. Graves ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G01N21/78 ,  G01N21/77 ,  G01N33/543 ,  G03B15/02 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G01N21/78 ,  G03B15/02 ,  G01N2021/7769 ,  G01N2021/7796 ,  G01N33/54386 ,  G01N2800/26 ,  H04M1/0264

Abstract: A test system may be used to measure biological samples and other samples. Samples may be placed on a test substrate such as a test slide or other transparent substrate. The substrate may have patches of reactant-coated gold nanorods or other nanostructures that exhibit plasmonic resonances. An accessory may be removably coupled to a portable electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The accessory may have a lens and a light source that emits light into an edge of the test slide. The light may scatter from the nanostructures in a perpendicular direction towards a camera in the portable electronic device so that the portable electronic device can gather images of the illuminated substrate and measure spectral shifts associated with reactions between the samples and the reactant, thereby helping to analyze the composition of the samples.

公开(公告)号：US11851030B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US17804287

申请日：2022-05-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Jack E. Graves ,  James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: G06V20/56 ,  B60S1/48 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/90

CPC classification number: B60S1/485 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  G05D1/0231 ,  G05D1/0246 ,  G05D1/0257 ,  G06V20/56 ,  G06V20/59 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/80 ,  H04N23/90 ,  B60R2300/30 ,  G05D2201/0213

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.

公开(公告)号：US10755123B1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-25

申请号：US15980637

申请日：2018-05-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Jack E. Graves ,  James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: H04N7/18 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06K9/03 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G06K9/20 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  H04N5/247

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.

公开(公告)号：US20230366986A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US17742419

申请日：2022-05-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Nurul Taimur Islam ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Christopher M. Rogers ,  Helen H. Liang ,  Ehsan Shah-Hosseini ,  Jack E. Graves ,  Ariel Lipson ,  Daniel Kravitz

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G02B26/10

CPC classification number: G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G02B26/105 ,  G02B26/108

Abstract: An optical sensing device includes a planar substrate and an array of optical transceivers disposed on the planar substrate. Each optical transceiver includes a photodetector, at least one turning mirror having a reflective surface disposed diagonally relative to the substrate, and multiple waveguides disposed parallel to the substrate. The waveguides include a transmit waveguide, which is coupled to convey outgoing light from a coherent light source to the at least one turning mirror for output from the optical transceiver, and a receive waveguide, which is coupled to receive incoming light reflected by the at least one turning mirror and to convey the incoming light to the photodetector.

公开(公告)号：US10338448B1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US16039641

申请日：2018-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Ryan J. Garrone ,  Budhadipta Dan ,  Khadijeh Bayat ,  Gregory A. Cohoon ,  Jack E. Graves

IPC: E06B9/24 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G02F1/1334

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.

公开(公告)号：US10048560B1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-14

申请号：US15366686

申请日：2016-12-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Ryan J. Garrone ,  Budhadipta Dan ,  Khadijeh Bayat ,  Gregory A. Cohoon ,  Jack E. Graves

IPC: G02F1/137 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/1334 ,  E06B9/24

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.

公开(公告)号：US11914259B1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US18165042

申请日：2023-02-06

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Ryan J. Garrone ,  Budhadipta Dan ,  Khadijeh Bayat ,  Gregory A. Cohoon ,  Jack E. Graves

IPC: G02F1/137 ,  E06B9/24 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/1334

CPC classification number: G02F1/137 ,  E06B9/24 ,  G02B6/0006 ,  G02B6/001 ,  G02B6/0028 ,  G02B6/0055 ,  G02B6/0068 ,  G02F1/1334 ,  E06B2009/2417 ,  E06B2009/247

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.

公开(公告)号：US11348345B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17000134

申请日：2020-08-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Jack E. Graves ,  James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: G06V20/59 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G06V10/145 ,  G06V10/98

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.