公开(公告)号：US20190096966A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US16203410

申请日：2018-11-28

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 ,  H01L51/00 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044

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.

公开(公告)号：US10228719B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US16144986

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  John Raff ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Wei Chen ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Julian Hoenig

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  F21K99/00 ,  F21K9/60

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display cover layer mounted to the device using an adhesive bond with a display. The display may be a flexible display. The flexible display may include Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology. The display may be mounted to a rigid support structure. The rigid support structure may be mounted to a device housing member. Mounting the display cover layer to the display may eliminate the need to mount the display cover layer to the device housing and may allow active display pixels to be visible under the display cover layer closer to the device housing than in conventional devices. Providing the electronic device with active display pixels closer to the device housing may reduce the need for an inactive border around the display and may improve the aesthetic appeal of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US10088927B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US14467657

申请日：2014-08-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G06F3/045 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device.

公开(公告)号：US10088863B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US14812956

申请日：2015-07-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  John Raff ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Wei Chen ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Julian Hoenig

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  F21K99/00

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display cover layer mounted to the device using an adhesive bond with a display. The display may be a flexible display. The flexible display may include Organic Light Emitting Diode display technology. The display may be mounted to a rigid support structure. The rigid support structure may be mounted to a device housing member. Mounting the display cover layer to the display may eliminate the need to mount the display cover layer to the device housing and may allow active display pixels to be visible under the display cover layer closer to the device housing than in conventional devices. Providing the electronic device with active display pixels closer to the device housing may reduce the need for an inactive border around the display and may improve the aesthetic appeal of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US20180276449A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15985562

申请日：2018-05-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin J. Pope ,  Shawn Arnold ,  Barry J. Corlett ,  Terry L. Gilton ,  Syed Husaini ,  Steven Webster ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Matthew D. Hill ,  Benjamin B. Lyon

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a fingerprint sensor having a set of capacitive elements configured for capacitively coupling to a user fingerprint. The fingerprint sensor may be disposed under a control button or display element of an electronic device, for example one or more of a control button and a display component. A responsive element is responsive to proximity of the user fingerprint, for example one or both of a first circuit responsive to motion of the control button, and a second circuit responsive to a coupling between the fingerprint and a surface of the display element. The fingerprint sensor is disposed closer to the fingerprint than the responsive element. The control button or display component may include an anisotropic dielectric material, for example sapphire.

公开(公告)号：US10056029B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-21

申请号：US15619358

申请日：2017-06-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Paul Stephen Drzaic ,  Benjamin Mark Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John Patrick Ternus ,  Scott A. Myers

IPC: G09G3/3208 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: G09G3/3208 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0242 ,  G09G2320/029 ,  G09G2320/043 ,  G09G2320/045 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2320/0666 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  G09G2360/147

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided in which photodetectors disposed throughout a display are used to control the display brightness. The photodetectors are to be used for ambient light sensing, proximity sensing, or to compensate for aging OLEDs. In some embodiments, photodiodes are fabricated with OLEDs during the TFT fabrication process. In some embodiments, the photodetectors may be disposed throughout the display in zones containing OLEDs. The photodetectors are used to control the display brightness and color for the OLEDs in areas around each photodetector based on ambient light, aging, and/or nearby objects. A controller makes driving strength adjustments to the OLEDs in each zone independent of other zones. Photodetectors disposed throughout the display may improve proximity sensing and provide additional functionality to the device.

公开(公告)号：USD824390S1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US29609644

申请日：2017-07-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Designer： Jody Akana ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Shota Aoyagi ,  Anthony Michael Ashcroft ,  Jeremy Bataillou ,  Daniel J. Coster ,  Daniele De Iuliis ,  M. Evans Hankey ,  Matthew David Hill ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Jonathan P. Ive ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Scott A. Myers ,  David A. Pakula ,  Matthew Dean Rohrbach ,  Peter Russell-Clarke ,  Benjamin Andrew Shaffer ,  Mikael Silvanto ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Eugene Antony Whang ,  Michael Benjamin Wittenberg ,  Rico Zörkendörfer

公开(公告)号：US09974122B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US14866624

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Douglas J. Weber ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Teodor Dabov ,  Derek W. Wright ,  Scott A. Myers

IPC: H01L51/50 ,  H05B33/02 ,  H05B33/06 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H05B33/10 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/56 ,  H05B33/04 ,  H05B33/12 ,  H05K1/11

CPC classification number: H05B33/06 ,  H01L27/3297 ,  H01L51/56 ,  H01L2227/32 ,  H01L2251/56 ,  H05B33/02 ,  H05B33/04 ,  H05B33/10 ,  H05B33/12 ,  H05K1/115

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display. The display may be an organic light-emitting diode display. The organic light-emitting diode display may have a substrate layer, a layer of organic light-emitting diode structures, and a layer of sealant. Vias may be formed in the substrate layer. The vias may be formed before completion of the display or after completion of the display. The vias may be filled with metal using electroplating or other metal deposition techniques. The vias may be connected to contacts on the rear surface of the display. The vias may be located in active regions of the display or inactive regions of the display. The display may include a top surface emission portion and a bottom surface emission portion.

公开(公告)号：US09971448B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-15

申请号：US15419730

申请日：2017-01-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  John P. Ternus ,  Justin R. Wodrich

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01M2/10 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H01M2/16 ,  H01M2/18 ,  H01M10/04 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  G06F1/32 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H01M2/02

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1677 ,  G06F1/3265 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04105 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/2092 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G2330/027 ,  G09G2380/02 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01L51/0097 ,  H01L2251/5338 ,  H01M2/1022 ,  H01M2/16 ,  H01M2/18 ,  H01M10/0436 ,  H01M2002/0205 ,  H01M2220/30 ,  H04M1/0216 ,  H04M1/0262 ,  H04M1/0268

Abstract: Flexible electronic devices may be provided. A flexible electronic device may include a flexible display, a flexible housing and one or more flexible internal components configured to allow the flexible electronic device to be deformed. Flexible displays may include flexible display layers, flexible touch-sensitive layers, and flexible display cover layers. The flexible housing may be a multi-stable flexible housing having one or more stable positions. The flexible housing may include a configurable support structure that, when engaged, provides a rigid support structure for the flexible housing. The flexible internal components may include flexible batteries, flexible printed circuits or other flexible components. A flexible battery may include flexible and rigid portions or may include a lubricious separator layer that provides flexibility for the flexible battery. A flexible printed circuit may include flexible and rigid portions or openings that allow some rigid portions to flex with respect to other rigid portions.

公开(公告)号：US09921608B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US14866590

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Myers ,  Derek Wright ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0487

CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 ,  G06F1/1656 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  G06F3/0485 ,  G06F3/0487 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G09G2380/02

Abstract: An electronic device may have a hollow display cover structure. The hollow display cover structure may be formed from a structure having an inner surface. The structure may be an elongated member having a longitudinal axis. A material such as sapphire, other crystalline materials, or other transparent materials may be used in forming the hollow display cover structure. A flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other flexible display structure may be wrapped around the longitudinal axis to cover the interior surface of the hollow display cover structure. The electronic device may have a touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors for gathering input such as user input. The electronic device may use one or more sensors to gather information on rotational motion of the device and can display content on the flexible display layer accordingly.