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公开(公告)号:US11867650B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US17223674
申请日:2021-04-06
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Michael K. McCord , Stacy H. Mo
CPC分类号: G01N27/041 , G01N27/045 , G01R31/2635 , G02B5/02
摘要: Optical component integrity monitoring circuitry monitors an optical component integrity sensing path in an optical component. If a rise in resistance of the sensing path is detected, the circuitry prevents the optical component from emitting light. The optical component may have a light-emitting device that emits light through an optical element. The sensing path may have a first path that is used to detect damage to the optical element and a second path that is coupled to a package covering the optical element and light-emitting device. The first path may have a segment formed from a metal trace on the optical element and a segment formed from a wire bond, providing mechanical compliance to tolerate strains expected in the use case. The second path ensures that the package is present to constrain movement of the optical element and its wires within a safe envelope defined by the package interior.
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公开(公告)号:US20230280492A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18197882
申请日:2023-05-16
申请人: Apple, Inc.
CPC分类号: G01V8/12 , F21V5/04 , F21V3/02 , G01S7/481 , G01S7/4813 , F21V17/101
摘要: An optical module includes a beam-tilting light source enclosure. The enclosure is coupled to a substrate that includes a light emitter connected thereto. The enclosure has a geometry such that the enclosure has a first surface configured to couple substantially flat to the substrate and a second surface tilted with respect to the first surface and configured to couple substantially flat to a component of an electronic device through which the light is to project. The enclosure is optically transmissive and covers the light source when coupled to the substrate. In this way, the enclosure may be assembled and used in the electronic device by coupling the first surface to the substrate and coupling the second surface to the component.
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公开(公告)号:US20220283335A1
公开(公告)日:2022-09-08
申请号:US17751820
申请日:2022-05-24
申请人: Apple Inc.
摘要: An optical module includes a beam-tilting light source enclosure. The enclosure is coupled to a substrate that includes a light emitter connected thereto. The enclosure has a geometry such that the enclosure has a first surface configured to couple substantially flat to the substrate and a second surface tilted with respect to the first surface and configured to couple substantially flat to a component of an electronic device through which the light is to project. The enclosure is optically transmissive and covers the light source when coupled to the substrate. In this way, the enclosure may be assembled and used in the electronic device by coupling the first surface to the substrate and coupling the second surface to the component.
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公开(公告)号:US11157113B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-26
申请号:US16383036
申请日:2019-04-12
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Mark T. Winkler , Mehmet Mutlu , Omid Momtahan , Tong Chen , Wenrui Cai , Chau H. Nguyen , Giovanni Gozzini , Michael K. McCord , Orit A. Shamir , Prashanth S. Holenarsipur
摘要: Disclosed herein are electronic devices having touch input surfaces. A user's touch input or press on the touch input surface is detected using a set of lasers, such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit beams of light toward the touch input surface. The user's touch causes changes in the self-mixing interference within the VCSEL of the emitted light with reflected light, such as from the touch input surface. Deflection and movement (e.g., drag motion) of the user's touch is determined from detected changes in the VCSELs' operation due to the self-mixing interference.
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公开(公告)号:US20190303643A1
公开(公告)日:2019-10-03
申请号:US16355540
申请日:2019-03-15
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: G06K9/00 , G06F1/16 , H05K5/00 , H01H13/86 , H01H13/14 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/02 , G06F21/32 , H01H13/52
摘要: A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard.
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公开(公告)号:US10402617B2
公开(公告)日:2019-09-03
申请号:US15239977
申请日:2016-08-18
申请人: Apple Inc.
IPC分类号: G06F21/32 , G06F1/16 , G06K9/00 , H01H13/14 , H01H13/52 , H01H13/86 , H05K5/00 , G06F3/02 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/01
摘要: A button assembly for an electronic device is disclosed. The button assembly integrates a biometric sensor below a top surface of the button. The button assembly is positioned relative to a secondary display of an electronic device. The secondary display can be positioned relative to a keyboard, such as above a top row of keys of the keyboard.
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公开(公告)号:US20190025923A1
公开(公告)日:2019-01-24
申请号:US16017438
申请日:2018-06-25
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Sora Kim , Martin P. Grunthaner , Rui Jin , Michael B. Wittenberg , Michael K. McCord , Henric Larsson , Giovanni Gozzini , Lucy Browning , Scott A. Myers
摘要: An input device can be integrated within an electronic device and/or operably connected to an electronic device through a wired or wireless connection. The input device can include one or more force sensors positioned below a cover element of the input device or an input surface of the electronic device. The input device can include other components and/or functionality, such as a biometric sensor and/or a switch element.
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公开(公告)号:US20240094153A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-21
申请号:US18521585
申请日:2023-11-28
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Michael K. McCord , Stacy H. Mo
CPC分类号: G01N27/041 , G01N27/045 , G01R31/2635 , G02B5/02
摘要: Optical component integrity monitoring circuitry monitors an optical component integrity sensing path in an optical component. If a rise in resistance of the sensing path is detected, the circuitry prevents the optical component from emitting light. The optical component may have a light-emitting device that emits light through an optical element. The sensing path may have a first path that is used to detect damage to the optical element and a second path that is coupled to a package covering the optical element and light-emitting device. The first path may have a segment formed from a metal trace on the optical element and a segment formed from a wire bond, providing mechanical compliance to tolerate strains expected in the use case. The second path ensures that the package is present to constrain movement of the optical element and its wires within a safe envelope defined by the package interior.
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公开(公告)号:US20240069241A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-29
申请号:US18388140
申请日:2023-11-08
申请人: Apple Inc.
CPC分类号: G01V8/12 , F21V3/02 , F21V5/04 , F21V17/101
摘要: An optical module includes a beam-tilting light source enclosure. The enclosure is coupled to a substrate that includes a light emitter connected thereto. The enclosure has a geometry such that the enclosure has a first surface configured to couple substantially flat to the substrate and a second surface tilted with respect to the first surface and configured to couple substantially flat to a component of an electronic device through which the light is to project. The enclosure is optically transmissive and covers the light source when coupled to the substrate. In this way, the enclosure may be assembled and used in the electronic device by coupling the first surface to the substrate and coupling the second surface to the component.
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公开(公告)号:US11599224B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US17482265
申请日:2021-09-22
申请人: Apple Inc.
发明人: Mark T. Winkler , Mehmet Mutlu , Omid Momtahan , Tong Chen , Wenrui Cai , Chau H. Nguyen , Giovanni Gozzini , Michael K. McCord , Orit A. Shamir , Prashanth S. Holenarsipur
摘要: Disclosed herein are electronic devices having touch input surfaces. A user's touch input or press on the touch input surface is detected using a set of lasers, such as vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that emit beams of light toward the touch input surface. The user's touch causes changes in the self-mixing interference within the VCSEL of the emitted light with reflected light, such as from the touch input surface. Deflection and movement (e.g., drag motion) of the user's touch is determined from detected changes in the VCSELs' operation due to the self-mixing interference.
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