公开(公告)号：US20240097309A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18525528

申请日：2023-11-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Miroslav Samardzija ,  Yiren Wang ,  Yuehui Ouyang ,  Joseph Hakim ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Ruben Caballero ,  Siwen Yong ,  Erik G. de Jong

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  G04G21/04 ,  G04R60/10 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H10K59/40

CPC classification number: H01Q1/22 ,  G04G21/04 ,  G04R60/10 ,  G06F1/163 ,  H01Q1/273 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/526 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H04B5/0025 ,  H04B5/0081 ,  H04B5/02 ,  H05K1/0278 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H04B5/0031

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US20230368626A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18227538

申请日：2023-07-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Trevor J. Ness

IPC: G08B5/22 ,  A45C11/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/04 ,  G06K7/14

CPC classification number: G08B5/22 ,  A45C11/00 ,  G06F1/1628 ,  G06F1/1677 ,  H04M1/04 ,  G06K7/1413 ,  A45C2011/002 ,  A45C2011/003

Abstract: A connectible component is connected to a housing. A sensor of the housing is utilized to detect an identity element of the at connectible component. The connectible component is identified utilizing the at least one sensor. In some implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify whether or not a connectible component is connected to the housing. In other implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify the type of connectible component that is connected. In such implementations, the housing may house an electronic device and the electronic device may be configured based on the type of connectible component that is connected.

公开(公告)号：US20230225619A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US17934505

申请日：2022-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sherry Tang ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Tyler S. Atura Bushnell ,  Daniel J. Hiemstra

IPC: A61B5/01 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G01K13/20 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: A61B5/01 ,  G04G21/025 ,  G01K13/20 ,  A61B5/681 ,  G06F1/163 ,  A61B2562/0271 ,  A61B2562/04 ,  A61B2562/166

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing sidewall defining an opening and a display component, such as a display cover, disposed in the opening to form a gap between the housing sidewall and the display component. In at least one example, the cavity is defined by the sidewall and the display cover with the cavity in fluid communication with an external environment through the gap. In at least one example, an epoxy component at least partially defines the cavity and can be in direct contact with the housing sidewall.

公开(公告)号：US20230210461A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18118930

申请日：2023-03-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameer Pandya ,  Adam T. Clavelle ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan ,  Martin Melcher ,  Zhipeng Zhang ,  Steven C. Roach ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: A61B5/332 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/282 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00

CPC classification number: A61B5/332 ,  A61B5/282 ,  A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/742 ,  A61B5/02405 ,  A61B5/14542

Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.

公开(公告)号：US20230052087A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-16

申请号：US17974076

申请日：2022-10-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Adam T. Clavelle ,  Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Ueyn L. Block

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/25 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G21/02

Abstract: A watch having a cover is described. An optical sensor subsystem is attached adjacent to or directly on an interior surface of the cover. In some cases, the optical sensor subsystem includes a substrate to which a light emitter and a light receiver are attached. The light receiver is configured to receive light emitted by the light emitter and reflected from the skin of a person that wears the watch. In some cases, the light emitter and light receiver are separated by a light-blocking wall that abuts the interior surface of the cover. In some cases, a light filter is attached adjacent or directly on the interior surface of the cover, between the cover and the light receiver.

公开(公告)号：US11573450B1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-07

申请号：US17408294

申请日：2021-08-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher D. Jones ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Daniel J. Barrett ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Tyler A. Marshall

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  G02B6/08 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display and other optical components such as optical sensors. The display and other components may be overlapped by chemically strengthened glass coherent fiber bundles. The surfaces of a coherent fiber bundle may include ion-exchanged glass that places theses surfaces under compressive stress. In some configurations, the coherent fiber bundle is symmetrically stressed and has equal amounts of compressive stress on opposing surfaces. In other configurations, the coherent fiber bundle is asymmetrically stressed and has more compressive stress on one surface than the other. The coherent fiber bundle may have areas with curved cross-sectional profiles, planar areas, and/or areas with compound curvature. Sensor windows may be formed in the coherent fiber bundle that are surrounded by an opaque area. When overlapping a display, the coherent fiber bundle may serve as a display cover glass layer.

公开(公告)号：US11556095B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-17

申请号：US16849548

申请日：2020-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Kevin F. Holz ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Timothy D. Koch

IPC: A61B5/021 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04G17/08 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/00

Abstract: A modular sensing assembly may be used to detect user inputs at an electronic device. Example user inputs include touch inputs, fingerprint inputs, translational inputs, audio inputs, biometric inputs, and the like. Inputs received using the modular sensing assembly may be used to control a graphical output of a display of the electronic device. A modular sensing assembly may be configured, for example, as a power button, a key of a keyboard, a control button (e.g., volume control), a home button, a watch crown, and so on.

公开(公告)号：US11513554B1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US16854165

申请日：2020-04-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erik G. de Jong ,  Jean-Pierre S. Guillou

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G02B5/02

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. A pixel array may be mounted in the housing to display an image. The pixel array may have a central portion surrounded by a peripheral portion. Display cover layer structures may overlap the pixel array. A central portion of the display cover layer structures may overlap the central portion of the pixel array. A peripheral portion of the display cover layer structures may overlap the peripheral portion of the pixel array. A border structure of image transport material may be interposed between the peripheral portion of the pixel array and the peripheral portion of the display cover structures. The image transport material may be omitted from the central portion of the pixel array. The image transport material may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle or Anderson localization material.

公开(公告)号：US11385599B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US17187519

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G04C3/00 ,  G01D5/241 ,  G04G21/00 ,  H03K17/975 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/0346

Abstract: An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.

公开(公告)号：US11344258B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US16369873

申请日：2019-03-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell ,  Steven J. Martisauskas ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Andrzej T. Baranski ,  Serhan O. Isikman ,  Steven J. Banaska ,  Todd K. Whitehurst ,  Ming L. Sartee

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G01L1/14 ,  A61B5/021

Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.