公开(公告)号：US20190072772A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16118515

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Killian J. Poore ,  Marinus Meursing ,  Jeffrey C. Olson ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Jason C. Sauers

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A head-mounted display to be worn by a user includes a housing, and an eye chamber to be positioned adjacent to eyes of the user. A support assembly includes a headband and an adjustment mechanism that is operable to change fit of the headband relative to the head of the user in response to a control signal, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a feedback component, and the control signal is generated based on output from the feedback component.

公开(公告)号：US10219591B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-05

申请号：US15415761

申请日：2017-01-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Motohide Hatanaka ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Eiryo Shiraishi ,  Osamu Yabe ,  Hsiang Hung Chen

IPC: A44C5/14 ,  G04B37/14

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to an attachment system for a consumer product and methods related to the manufacture thereof. In one aspect, an embodiment includes an attachment system including a band having an insert portion. The insert portion may include an aperture. The attachment system may further include a lug having a cavity and a friction element disposed at, and extending away from, an outer surface of the lug to define a protrusion. The attachment system may further include a pin and a retention member positioned within the cavity. The retention member may be configured to retain the pin within the aperture upon advancement of the pin past the retention member.

公开(公告)号：US20190025881A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-24

申请号：US16138913

申请日：2018-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Temus ,  Kevin D. Gibbs

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided having internal components mounted to a structural glass support member. The structural glass support member may have a planar front surface that forms a front surface of the device. The structural glass support member may have bent portions that form sidewall surfaces of the device. Portions of the structural glass support member may form a transparent display cover layer. A rigid or flexible display may be mounted to the structural glass support member. Additional internal device components may be mounted to the display. A thin enclosure for enclosing the internal components in the device may be mounted to the structural glass support member. The thin enclosure may be mounted to the structural glass support member using a peripheral member. The thin enclosure may be free from attachments to internal components or may be adhesively bonded to one or more internal components.

公开(公告)号：US10104787B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-16

申请号：US15270936

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Andrew J. M. Janis ,  Teodor Dabov

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/02

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain multiple housing portions. The housing portions may be coupled together using hinges. The hinges may include hinges based on a three-bar linkage, hinges based on a four-bar linkage, hinges with slotted members, hinges formed from flexible support structures, and hinges based on flexible housing structures. Flexible displays may be mounted to the housing portions overlapping the hinges. When the housing portions in a device are rotated relative to each other, the flexible display may bend. The hinge may be configured to allow the flexible display to be placed in a front-to-front configuration in which an active side of the display faces itself or a back-to-back configuration. Engagement structures may be used to help the housing grip external objects and to hold the housing portions together. The hinges may be provided with rotational detents to help hold the flexible display in desired positions.

公开(公告)号：US20180292862A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US16008151

申请日：2018-06-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher M. Werner ,  Emery A. Sanford ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Teodor Dabov ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  H04M1/0266 ,  Y10T29/49002 ,  Y10T29/49004

Abstract: An electronic device having a housing structure that is configured to receive at least one glass cover is disclosed. The glass cover serves to cover a display assembly provided within the electronic device. The glass cover can be secured to the housing structure so as to facilitate providing a narrow border between an active display area and an outer edge of the housing structure. The enclosure for the electronic device can be thin yet be sufficiently strong to be suitable for use in electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices.

公开(公告)号：US10095366B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15656983

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Benjamin Mark Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Paul Stephen Drzaic ,  Scott Andrew Myers

IPC: G06F3/046 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a force detection system that detects force exerted on a flexible display based upon changes in resistance and/or capacitance. In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a baseline comprising a baseline resistance or a baseline capacitance or both of a force measurement layer disposed within or overlaid on the display panel. The method further includes detecting a change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both and calculating a change location where the change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both occurred. The method also includes calculating a magnitude of the change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both.

公开(公告)号：US20180284937A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-04

申请号：US15927803

申请日：2018-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Martin Paul Grunthaner ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Christopher Tenzin Mullens ,  Steven Porter Hotelling ,  Sean Erk O'Connor

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  H03K17/975 ,  H03K17/96 ,  H03K17/955

Abstract: Combined force and proximity sensing is disclosed. One or more sensors can concurrently sense a force applied by an object on a device surface and a proximity of the object to the surface. In an example, a single sensor can sense both force and proximity via a resistance change and a capacitance change, respectively, at the sensor. In another example, multiple sensors can be used, where one sensor can sense force via either a resistance change or a capacitance change and another sensor can sense proximity via a capacitance change.

公开(公告)号：US10061423B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US14604296

申请日：2015-01-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Teodor Dabov

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04M1/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G06F1/1607 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F1/1632 ,  G06F1/1684 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0489 ,  G06F2203/04809 ,  H04M1/0256

Abstract: Various embodiments of removable user interfaces, electronic computing devices, and systems are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a body having a bend and a user interface area, a connector adapted to couple to a corresponding connector on an electronic device, and a plurality of conductive elements. The bend enables the user interface area to wrap around a portion of the electronic device when the connector is coupled to the corresponding connector on the electronic device. In another embodiment, a portable electronic system includes a removable user interface and an electronic computing device having a display surface, where the removable user interface is couplable to the electronic computing device such that the removable user interface is disposed over at least a part of the display surface.

公开(公告)号：US20180081426A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15271563

申请日：2016-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G01C21/36 ,  G01P1/02 ,  G01C21/16 ,  G02B27/01

Abstract: Methods and systems for relative inertial measurement may include a user device configured to couple with a user's body and measure motion of the user's body or a part of the user's body while the user rides in a vehicle. A second inertial measurement device may be configured to move with the vehicle but to not move with movements of the user's body within the vehicle. One or more processors may receive inertial measurements from the first and second inertial measurement devices and determine movement of the user's body or the part of the user's body relative to the vehicle by comparing the received inertial measurements.

公开(公告)号：US20180069060A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15812884

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L51/00 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: H01L27/3227 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F1/1688 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G06F2203/04108 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01L51/0097 ,  H04R1/028 ,  H04R2499/15

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.