CONTACTLESS SENSORS FOR A HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20240035892A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-01

    申请号:US18347126

    申请日:2023-07-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G01J5/0025

    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, a facial interface, interface material positioned on the facial interface, the interface material including a first surface that abuts the facial interface and a second opposing the first surface, and a sensor positioned on the facial interface or within the interface material, the sensor being oriented towards the second surface, and at least a portion of the interface material being sensorally transparent and positioned between the sensors and the second surface.

    Wearable electronic device
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12177639B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17680102

    申请日:2022-02-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A wearable electronic device may be formed from a layer of fabric having opposing first and second ends. The ends may have first and second respective ear openings that receive a user's ears and may have speakers for playing audio. A soft central portion of the fabric between the ends may overlap the user's eyes. The wearable electronic device may have control circuitry that receives power from a power source. Sensors may be used to gather sensor information such as biometric sensor information. The sensors, control circuitry, and power source may be mounted in a stiff edge portion of the fabric. The stiff edge portion of the fabric may have an elongated strip shape and may extend along an upper edge of the central and the electronic device. Stiffener structures sandwiched between inner and outer layers of the fabric may be used to support speakers.

    ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240213724A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18596496

    申请日:2024-03-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01R13/73 H01R12/72 H01R13/405 H01R13/70

    Abstract: An electronic device can include an enclosure and a receptacle connector coupled to the enclosure. The receptacle connector can include a housing defining an aperture and an internal volume. In some examples, the housing is configured to receive a plug connector of a support within the internal volume. The receptacle connector can include one or more electrical contacts at least partially disposed within the internal volume and contacting one or more correlating electrical contacts on the plug connector. In some examples, the plug connector and the receptacle connector can define respective convex surfaces and respective concave surfaces such that a cross-sectional shape of the plug connector and/or the receptacle connector has a curved longitudinal axis.

    SECUREMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240210710A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18597864

    申请日:2024-03-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02B27/0176

    Abstract: An electronic device can include a band that having a bifurcated rear portion. The bifurcated rear portion can include an upper elongate structure and a lower elongate structure that extend between bifurcation points of the band. In one example, each of the upper and lower elongate structures includes an outer tube, one or more inner tubes at least partially disposed within the outer tubes, and a biasing member, such as an elastic cord, disposed within both the upper and lower elongate portions. The inner tubes can be anchored to another portion of the electronic device such that the outer tubes, which slidably engage respective inner tubes, can be moved or pulled backward from the inner tubes and the display portion to adjust the size of the band. The elastic biasing member disposed within the upper and lower elongate members, including the outer tubes and the inner tubes, is configured to resist the backward movement and provide a tension force against the user's head when the user dons the electronic device.

    Wearable Electronic Device
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220240016A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17680102

    申请日:2022-02-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A wearable electronic device may be formed from a layer of fabric having opposing first and second ends. The ends may have first and second respective ear openings that receive a user's ears and may have speakers for playing audio. A soft central portion of the fabric between the ends may overlap the user's eyes. The wearable electronic device may have control circuitry that receives power from a power source. Sensors may be used to gather sensor information such as biometric sensor information. The sensors, control circuitry, and power source may be mounted in a stiff edge portion of the fabric. The stiff edge portion of the fabric may have an elongated strip shape and may extend along an upper edge of the central and the electronic device. Stiffener structures sandwiched between inner and outer layers of the fabric may be used to support speakers.

    Magnetic Materials Polarized at an Oblique Angle

    公开(公告)号:US20170352459A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15174833

    申请日:2016-06-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01F7/021 H01F13/003 H01F41/0253

    Abstract: An oblique angle polarized magnet includes a rectangular magnetized permanent magnet having a grain direction, an attraction surface, and a magnetic primary field line that is orthogonal to the grain direction but non-orthogonal to the attraction surface. The oblique angle polarized magnet may be used in a magnetically positioned apparatus, such as a tablet computing device cover operable as a stand for the tablet computing device. The magnetically positioned apparatus may be configured to assume a position where first and second magnets are oriented in a non-parallel orientation such that the first and second surfaces of the magnets oriented at an acute angle with respect to each other. The magnets may facilitate the position.

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