公开(公告)号：US11340653B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US16886532

申请日：2020-05-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus ,  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：US11304316B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16905817

申请日：2020-06-18

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：US20210383657A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17409531

申请日：2021-08-23

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

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：US11182420B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16514139

申请日：2019-07-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John Benjamin Filson ,  Kyle Yeates

IPC: G06F16/438 ,  G11B27/10 ,  H04N21/432 ,  H04N21/47 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/81 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: Management or coordination of playback of digital media assets by an electronic device (e.g., a computing device), that supports media playback is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the electronic device can be controlled such that a user is able to schedule playback of distinct digital media assets.

公开(公告)号：US20210343235A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17377198

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G09G3/3225 ,  G06F3/0481

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for applying concealment of components of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a component that is disposed behind a display (e.g., a transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display) that is configured to selectively become transparent at certain transparency regions. Additionally, the electronic device includes data processing circuitry configured to determine when an event requesting that the component be exposed occurs. The data processing circuitry may control portions of the display to become transparent, to expose the component upon the occurrence of the event requesting that the component be exposed.

公开(公告)号：US20210271093A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17321725

申请日：2021-05-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02C3/00

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：US20210142736A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17150818

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  David W. Lum ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Cheuk Chi Lo

IPC: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower and higher resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20210096385A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-01

申请号：US17021943

申请日：2020-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tushar Gupta ,  Aleksandr M. Movshovich ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Ray L. Chang ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G02B27/36 ,  G02B27/42 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B7/14 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232

Abstract: Fiducial patterns that produce 2D Barker code-like diffraction patterns at a camera sensor are etched or otherwise provided on a cover glass in front of a camera. 2D Barker code kernels, when cross-correlated with the diffraction patterns captured in images by the camera, provide sharp cross-correlation peaks. Misalignment of the cover glass with respect to the camera can be derived by detecting shifts in the location of the detected peaks with respect to calibrated locations. Devices that include multiple cameras behind a cover glass with one or more fiducials on the cover glass in front of each camera are also described. The diffraction patterns caused by the fiducials at the various cameras may be analyzed to detect movement or distortion of the cover glass in multiple degrees of freedom.

公开(公告)号：US10942491B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16826130

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Jonathan Ive ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Rico Zorkendorfer

IPC: G04G17/02 ,  A61B5/0295 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04B39/02 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/1455 ,  A61B5/0205 ,  A61B5/026 ,  G04B3/04 ,  G04G13/00 ,  A61B5/024 ,  A61B5/08

Abstract: A consumer product that is a portable and, in some cases, a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device may have functionalities including: keeping time; monitoring a user's physiological signals and providing health-related information based on those signals; communicating with other electronic devices or services; visually depicting data on a display; gather data form one or more sensors that may be used to initiate, control, or modify operations of the device; determine a location of a touch on a surface of the device and/or an amount of force exerted on the device, and use either or both as input.

公开(公告)号：US20210063804A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US17080705

申请日：2020-10-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul S. Drzaic ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: G02F1/1345

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry.