公开(公告)号：US12052484B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17659621

申请日：2022-04-18

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Keith J. Hendren ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Alex J. Lehmann ,  Dinesh C. Mathew

IPC分类号： H04N23/00 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/53 ,  H04N23/951

CPC分类号： H04N23/531 ,  H04N23/45 ,  H04N23/51 ,  H04N23/951

摘要： A portable electronic device can have a housing including a wall, the wall at least partially defining an external surface, and the housing defining an aperture disposed opposite the wall. A display assembly can be positioned at the aperture and a retention component can be positioned at least partially in an internal volume defined by the housing. The portable electronic device can also have an optical component that includes an optical component housing defining a camera aperture and a camera module positioned at the camera aperture. The optical component can be configured to be removably retained against the wall by the retention component and to be removably retained against the display assembly by the retention component.

公开(公告)号：US11727718B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US16583072

申请日：2019-09-25

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Paul X. Wang ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Antonio Clarke ,  Joshua L. Daigle ,  Dinesh C. Mathew

IPC分类号： G06V40/16 ,  H04N23/80 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06V10/145 ,  G06V20/64

CPC分类号： G06V40/166 ,  G06F3/005 ,  G06V10/145 ,  G06V40/172 ,  H04N23/80 ,  G06V20/64

摘要： This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.

公开(公告)号：US11709527B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17359251

申请日：2021-06-25

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Paul X. Wang ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Nicholas L. Qu ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Adam T. Garelli

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

CPC分类号： G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1647 ,  G06F1/1654 ,  G06F1/1669 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0412

摘要： A computing device can be reconfigurable to include one or more electrical devices in various configurations. The computing device can include a base forming an input surface configured to receive user input. The base can receive one or more input devices, such as, displays or keyboards. The base can include a hinge rotatably attached to the base and configured to removably retain an electronic device, such as, a display. The computing device can include a coupling mechanism having a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion rotatably coupled to an intermediate portion. The first and second retaining portions can be configured to removably retain electrical devices to the coupling mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US20230161390A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-25

申请号：US18094157

申请日：2023-01-06

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Mikael M. Silvanto ,  Simon J. Trivett ,  Matthew S. Theobald ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Robert Y. Cao ,  Ari P. Miller ,  Kevin M. Robinson ,  Houtan R. Farahani ,  Francesco Ferretti ,  John Raff ,  Robert J. Lockwood ,  Genie Kim ,  Karan Bir ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Gurshan Deol ,  Antonio Clarke ,  Prabhu Sathyamurthy ,  William A. Counts

IPC分类号： G06F1/18 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/02

CPC分类号： G06F1/181 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  H04M1/0202 ,  G06F1/183 ,  H04M1/0249

摘要： An electronic device includes an enclosure formed of a plurality of layers cooperating to define an interior volume. The enclosure includes a first layer formed of a first material and defining a user input surface of the enclosure and a first portion of a side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a second layer, formed of a second material different from the first material, positioned below the first layer and defining a second portion of the side surface of the enclosure. The enclosure also includes a third layer, formed of a third material different from the first and second materials, positioned below the second layer and defining a bottom surface of the enclosure and a third portion of the side surface of the enclosure.

公开(公告)号：US20230142264A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17899117

申请日：2022-08-30

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Alex J. Lehmann ,  Joonas I. Ponkala ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Xian Wang ,  Yu-Lin Kao ,  Kevin C. Armendariz

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F3/0202 ,  G06F3/0447

摘要： Embodiments are directed to an electronic device that includes a cover and a haptic module positioned below the cover. The haptic module includes a substrate positioned below the cover and offset from the cover, a spacer positioned between the substrate and the cover and coupling the substrate to the cover, and a piezoelectric element positioned on a surface of the substrate and offset from the cover to define a gap between the piezoelectric element and the cover. The electronic device can also include a sensor coupled to the cover and configured to detect an input, and a processing unit operably coupled to the piezoelectric element and configured to cause the piezoelectric element to deflect the cover in response to the sensor detecting the input.

公开(公告)号：US20220357773A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17871366

申请日：2022-07-22

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Keith J. Hendren ,  Paul X. Wang ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Dinesh C. Mathew

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041

摘要： An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.

公开(公告)号：US20210397220A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US17463167

申请日：2021-08-31

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Keith J. Hendren ,  Paul X. Wang ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Dinesh C. Mathew

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041

摘要： An electronic device may include a glass housing member that includes an upper portion defining a display area, a lower portion defining an input area, and a transition portion joining the upper portion and the lower portion and defining a continuous, curved surface between the upper portion and the lower portion. The electronic device may include a display coupled to the glass housing member and configured to provide a visual output at the display area. The electronic device may include an input device coupled to the glass housing member and configured to detect inputs at the input area. The electronic device may include a support structure coupled to the glass housing member and configured to support the computing device.

公开(公告)号：US11169574B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-09

申请号：US16857686

申请日：2020-04-24

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Keith J. Hendren ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Denis H. Endisch ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Paul X. Wang

IPC分类号： G06F1/16

摘要： A computing device can include a housing including a peripheral housing defining an aperture, the peripheral housing having a constant cross-sectional area. The computing device can also include a display having a first major surface and a second major surface opposing the first major surface, the display disposed within the aperture defined by the peripheral housing and attached to the housing at one or more locations such that the first major surface and the second major surface of the display are substantially unobstructed by any other portion of the computing device.

公开(公告)号：US11099649B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US15939082

申请日：2018-03-28

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Brett W. Degner ,  Ron A. Hopkinson ,  Asif Hussain ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Mikael M. Silvanto ,  Chang Zhang ,  Zheng Gao ,  Robert Y. Cao ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Alex J. Lehmann

IPC分类号： G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H03K17/96 ,  H01H13/785 ,  H01H13/85 ,  H01H13/86 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  H03K17/94 ,  G06F3/02 ,  H03K17/98 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H01L41/09 ,  H01H13/703 ,  H01H13/705 ,  G06F1/26 ,  H01H3/12

摘要： A device includes a display portion that includes a display housing and a display within the display housing. The device also includes a base portion flexibly coupled to the display portion and comprising a glass member defining a keyboard region configured to receive user input, a first haptic actuator configured to produce a first haptic output at a first area of the keyboard region, and a second haptic actuator configured to produce a second haptic output at a second area of the keyboard region that is different from the first area.

公开(公告)号：US20210089077A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US16785394

申请日：2020-02-07

申请人： Apple Inc.

发明人： Paul X. Wang ,  Keith J. Hendren

IPC分类号： G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/20

摘要： An electronic device can include a base portion, a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion, and a deployable feature. The deployable feature can be deployed from a surface of the base portion by an actuation component coupled to the deployable feature. The deployable feature can support the electronic device, increase clearance above a support surface for one or more portions of the electronic device, and/or allow additional functionality for the electronic device.