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公开(公告)号:US12101426B1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-24
申请号:US17526869
申请日:2021-11-15
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Tyler R. Kakuda , Hao Dong , Ian T. Clark , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Michael J. Brown , Paul C. Kelley , Shaorui Yang , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Yi Qiao , Ying-Chih Wang
IPC分类号: H04M1/02 , G02B6/06 , H10K50/84 , H10K50/858 , H10K77/10 , H10K102/00
CPC分类号: H04M1/0269 , G02B6/06 , H10K50/841 , H10K50/858 , H10K77/111 , H10K2102/311
摘要: An electronic device may have pixels that form an active area for a flexible display layer. An inactive area that is free of pixels may surround the active area. One or more edges of the flexible display layer may be bent around respective bend axes. The display layer may also have one or more unbent edges in which the inactive area and active area of the display have a planar shape. An image transport layer may have an input surface that receives the image and an output surface to which the image is transported. The image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or a layer of Anderson localization material. The coherent fiber bundle may have straight fibers that run parallel to each other in a vertical direction that is parallel to a surface normal of a central portion of the display layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11747553B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17026063
申请日:2020-09-18
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Tyler R. Kakuda , Elizabeth C. Porter , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Michael J. Brown , Paul C. Kelley , Salman Karbasi , Shubhaditya Majumdar , Yi Qiao
CPC分类号: G02B6/06 , G02B6/02052
摘要: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by an image transport layer such as a coherent fiber bundle or layer of Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image from the display and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The input surface and output surface may have different shapes. During fabrication of the image transport layer, molding techniques, grinding and polishing techniques, and other processes may be used to deform the image transport layer and the shape of the output surface. To accommodate differences in material deformation and other factors that vary as a function of position across the image transport layer, the image transport layer may be formed from canes of fibers or other material with one or more properties that vary as a function of position.
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公开(公告)号:US11436964B1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-06
申请号:US17225520
申请日:2021-04-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Ying-Chih Wang , Michael J. Brown , Michael B. Wittenberg , Paul C. Kelley , Rasamy Phouthavong , Tyler R. Kakuda , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Marwan Rammah
摘要: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. The display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. An inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. Electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20170045663A1
公开(公告)日:2017-02-16
申请号:US14861686
申请日:2015-09-22
申请人: Apple Inc
发明人: Michael J. Brown , David A. Doyle
IPC分类号: F21V8/00
CPC分类号: G02B6/0018 , G02B6/0021 , G02B6/0025 , G02B6/0028 , G02B6/0036 , G02B6/0038 , G02B6/0043
摘要: A display may have a backlight unit with a row of light-emitting diodes that emit light into the edge of a light guide plate. The light guide plate may have opposing upper and lower surfaces. The upper surface of the light guide plate may have ridges and the lower surface of the light guide plate may have bumps. The edge of the light guide plate may have light mixing structures. The light mixing structures may include edge surfaces that refract light at a high angle. The high angle light may then be reflected by a reflective surface so that the light propagates down the light guide plate. Some light may pass through the light mixing structures and propagate down the light guide plate without being reflected by the reflective surface. This arrangement may reduce the mixing distance of the backlight unit.
摘要翻译: 显示器可以具有背光单元,其具有发射到导光板的边缘的光的一排发光二极管。 导光板可以具有相对的上表面和下表面。 导光板的上表面可以具有脊,并且导光板的下表面可以具有凸起。 导光板的边缘可以具有轻混合结构。 光混合结构可以包括以大角度折射光的边缘表面。 然后,大角度光可以被反射表面反射,使得光沿导光板向下传播。 一些光可以穿过光混合结构并且在导光板下方传播而不被反射表面反射。 这种布置可以减少背光单元的混合距离。
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公开(公告)号:US20240304128A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-12
申请号:US18667315
申请日:2024-05-17
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Ying-Chih Wang , Michael J. Brown , Michael B. Wittenberg , Paul C. Kelley , Rasamy Phouthavong , Tyler R. Kakuda , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Marwan Rammah
CPC分类号: G09G3/20 , G02B6/0006 , G02B6/0008 , G02B2006/12111 , G09F9/301
摘要: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. The display may have peripheral edges with curved cross-sectional profiles. An inactive area in the display may be formed along a peripheral edge of the display or may be surrounded by the pixels. Electrical components such as optical components may be located in the inactive area. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels, may have an opening that overlaps portions of the inactive area, may have an output surface that overlap portions of the inactive area, and/or may convey light associated with optical components in the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US11774644B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US16902091
申请日:2020-06-15
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Michael J. Brown , Michael B. Wittenberg , Wei Lin , Salman Karbasi , Shubhaditya Majumdar , Ian T. Clark , Nathan K. Gupta , Prabhakar Gulgunje , Chunchia Huang
CPC分类号: G02B5/003 , G02B1/14 , G02B6/02 , G02F1/0063 , H05K5/0017
摘要: An electronic device may have a housing with a display. A protective display cover layer for the display may have an image transport layer formed from fibers or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may include light absorbing material. Light absorbing material may be incorporated as an additive into a component of the image transport layer such as the binder layer of a coherent fiber bundle or the cladding of fibers in the image transport layer. The image transport layer may also be formed from fibers with a light absorbing layer formed in addition to a transparent cladding. The image transport layer may be formed from Anderson localization material that has light absorbing material. Fibers for the image transport layer may be extruded with light absorbing portions. A polymer preform having light absorbing material may be drawn to form fibers for the image transport layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11516908B1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-29
申请号:US16682146
申请日:2019-11-13
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Ying-Chih Wang , Michael J. Brown , Michael B. Wittenberg , Paul C. Kelley , Rasamy Phouthavong , Tyler R. Kakuda , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Marwan Rammah
IPC分类号: H05K1/02 , H01L51/52 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/03 , H05K1/18 , G02B6/06 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/041 , H01Q1/40
摘要: An electronic device may have a display with pixels configured to display an image. The pixels may be overlapped by a cover layer. An image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may overlap the pixels and may have an input surface that receives the image from the pixels and a corresponding output surface on which the received image is viewable through the cover layer. Circuitry may be embedded within the image transport layer. The circuitry that is embedded within the image transport layer may include capacitive touch sensor circuitry, antenna resonating element structures, input-output components, signal lines, and other circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US11442503B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-13
申请号:US16609176
申请日:2018-05-17
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Yung-Yu Hsu , Shubham A. Gandhi , Mingjing Ha , Paul S. Drzaic , Chang-Chia Huang , Han-Chieh Chang , Bryce T. Bradford , David W. Lum , Bhaskar Banerjee , Adam Adjiwibawa , David A. Doyle , Hong Luo , Michael J. Brown
摘要: An electronic device such as a wearable electronic device may have a band. The band may form a stand-alone device or a strap for a wristwatch unit or other device. Electrical components may be mounted on flexible printed circuit substrates. A substrate may be encapsulated by elastomeric polymer material or other material forming the band. The elastomeric polymer material may form cavities that receive the electrical components. Components such as light-emitting diodes may be mounted to the flexible printed circuit substrates so that the light-emitting diodes are located in the cavities. Reflective sidewalls in the cavities may reflect light from the light-emitting diodes outwardly through a thinned portion of the band. Light-diffusing material in the cavities may be formed from clear polymer with light-scattering particles.
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公开(公告)号:US11388329B1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-12
申请号:US16376961
申请日:2019-04-05
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Yi Qiao , Michael J. Brown , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Tyler R. Kakuda , Hao Dong , Ying-Chih Wang
摘要: An electronic device may have a display panel for displaying images. A display cover layer having curved portions may overlap the display panel. An image transport layer having an input surface that receives light from the display panel may convey the light from the input surface to an output surface adjacent to an inner surface of the display cover layer. The image transport layer may include fibers with different lengths to form a region of the output surface with a curved profile. Each fiber in the coherent fiber bundle may have a respective output face. The output face of each fiber in the curved edge region of the image transport layer may be parallel to the display panel or may be angled towards the center of the image transport layer. Image distortion control circuitry may modify image data to control the perceived distortion of the display.
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公开(公告)号:US11003015B1
公开(公告)日:2021-05-11
申请号:US16285419
申请日:2019-02-26
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Yi Qiao , Jean-Pierre S Guillou , Michael J. Brown , Ming Xu , Tyler R. Kakuda
IPC分类号: F21V8/00 , G02B6/08 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , H01L27/32 , H01L33/44 , H01L33/58 , H01L27/15 , H01L51/52
摘要: A light guiding layer may be incorporated into an electronic device with multiple displays to create a seamless display surface between the adjacent displays. The light guiding layer may have a first portion that overlaps the active area of a first display panel, a second portion that overlaps the active area of a second, adjacent display panel, and a third portion that overlaps the inactive areas of the first and second display panels. The light guiding layer may redirect light from the active area of each display panel to the region above the inactive areas of the display panels where it is emitted towards the viewer. The light guiding layer therefore effectively hides the border between the two display panels by emitting light in that region. The light guiding layer may include light leakage promotion structures to ensure light is emitted in the border region.
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