公开(公告)号：US11536446B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17349787

申请日：2021-06-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rong Liu ,  Andrew Baek ,  Ethan W. Juhnke ,  Eugene A. Whang ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Glenn K. Trainer ,  Jia Chen Pang ,  Jun Qi ,  Ka Ho P. Poon ,  Michael C. Sulkis ,  Pedro Mari ,  Syed F. Mohiuddin ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Yu P. Sun

IPC: F21V33/00 ,  F21V14/02 ,  F21V3/04 ,  G06F3/16 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing. A speaker and other input-output components and control circuitry may be mounted within the housing. Light-emitting components may emit light that passes through a curved upper top cap portion or other housing structure. The light-emitting components may be interconnected using a flex circuit on a curved substrate or may be mounted on a planar circuit board. A subset of the light-emitting components may be rotated to improve color balance. Optical structures such as light guides, lens, microlenses, and/or a diffuser layer may be disposed over the light-emitting components to promote light mixing, to reduce hotspots, and to improve contrast on the top cap. The diffuser layer may be suspended using a support structure having baffle members to constraint the angular spread of the emitted light. Illuminated or persistently visible glyphs may be displayed in or near the top cap portion.

公开(公告)号：US11927761B1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-12

申请号：US17346059

申请日：2021-06-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Muhammad F. Hossain ,  Syed F. Mohiuddin

IPC: G02B27/01

CPC classification number: G02B27/0176 ,  G02B27/0172 ,  G02B2027/0178 ,  G02B2027/0187

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing display that displays a three-dimensional image to rear eye boxes. The head-mounted device may also have a front-facing display that faces away from the rear eye boxes. The front-facing display may cover a front face of the head-mounted housing. To share content such as content being displayed by the rear-facing displays with external viewers, the head-mounted device may use the front-facing display or a separate display to display images. An accessory that is coupled to the front face of the housing may reflect an image on the front-facing display towards a viewer for viewing. Sensors in the device may detect presence of the accessory. Display projectors and waveguides or optical layers on the front face that overlap the front-facing display may be used to display three-dimensional images to front eye boxes.

公开(公告)号：US11460622B1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17351099

申请日：2021-06-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rong Liu ,  Andrew Baek ,  Ethan W. Juhnke ,  Eugene A. Whang ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Glenn K. Trainer ,  Jia Chen Pang ,  Jun Qi ,  Ka Ho P. Poon ,  Michael C. Sulkis ,  Pedro Mari ,  Syed F. Mohiuddin ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Yu P. Sun

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  F21V19/00 ,  F21V33/00 ,  F21V7/00 ,  F21V5/04 ,  F21V5/00 ,  F21V5/02

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing. A speaker and other input-output components and control circuitry may be mounted within the housing. Light-emitting components may emit light that passes through a curved upper top cap portion or other housing structure. The light-emitting components may be interconnected using a flex circuit on a curved substrate or may be mounted on a planar circuit board. A subset of the light-emitting components may be rotated to improve color balance. Optical structures such as light guides, lens, microlenses, and/or a diffuser layer may be disposed over the light-emitting components to promote light mixing, to reduce hotspots, and to improve contrast on the top cap. The diffuser layer may be suspended using a support structure having baffle members to constraint the angular spread of the emitted light. Illuminated or persistently visible glyphs may be displayed in or near the top cap portion.

公开(公告)号：US20240250077A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18177593

申请日：2023-03-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yu P. Sun ,  Caijie Yan ,  Jared M. Kole ,  Jia Chen Pang ,  Jun Qi ,  Ka Ho P. Poon ,  Lindsay M. Epstein ,  Pulkit Verma ,  Rong Liu ,  Syed F. Mohiuddin ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Zhongnan Hu

IPC: H01L25/16 ,  H01L33/48 ,  H01L33/64

CPC classification number: H01L25/167 ,  H01L33/483 ,  H01L33/64

Abstract: An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a cylindrical shape. The electronic device may include a housing, a speaker in the housing configured to emit sound, and a display in the housing. The display may include a substrate, light-emitting components mounted on the substrate, an opaque support structure mounted on the substrate, a diffuser that is mounted to the opaque support structure and that overlaps the light-emitting components, a display cover layer that overlaps the diffuser, and foam that is interposed between the opaque support structure and the display cover layer. The light-emitting components may be arranged in groups that have the same layout and orientations that vary as a function of angular position relative to the center of the display. The foam and/or an adhesive layer may be formed from two or more discrete pieces that have footprints with complementary protrusions.

公开(公告)号：US11871517B1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17200608

申请日：2021-03-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Muhammad F. Hossain ,  Syed F. Mohiuddin ,  Ritu Shah ,  Jonathan C. Atler ,  Nicholas C. Soldner

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K1/14 ,  H05K1/18

CPC classification number: H05K1/147 ,  H05K1/189 ,  H05K2201/10128

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of pixels for displaying images. The electronic device may also have a lens through which the images are viewable on the display. The display may have a display panel that is mounted to a printed circuit stack. The printed circuit stack may include multiple printed circuit layers to which components are mounted. The components may include an orientation sensor overlapped by the display panel. A camera may be mounted to a printed circuit stack and may overlap one or more electrical components such as an orientation sensor. The printed circuit stacks may include rigid and flexible printed circuits coupled together using solder and other conductive connections. Air gaps may be created between stacked printed circuit layers.