公开(公告)号：US10303489B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15812907

申请日：2017-11-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: H01H47/00 ,  G06F9/445 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01H35/00 ,  H01H9/00 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/3234

Abstract: An automatic hold switch is disclosed. The automatic hold switch provides a means for automatically switching a hold feature on and off. When the hold feature is on, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are disabled or prevented from providing input signals. When the hold feature is off, one or more input devices of a portable electronic device are enabled or allowed to provide input signals. Because the user no longer has to manually control the hold feature, the number of actions that need to be taken by the user is reduced. In one example, the automatic hold switch is embodied with light sensors that detect when the device is in a dark environment and when the device is in a light environment. A dark environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes not to input and therefore the hold feature is turned on. A lighted environment indicates to the portable electronic device that the user wishes to input and therefore the hold feature is turned off.

公开(公告)号：US10296125B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-21

申请号：US16022563

申请日：2018-06-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G04C3/00 ,  G01D5/241 ,  G04G21/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  H03K17/975

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：US20190075689A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-07

申请号：US16118526

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sivesh Selvakumar ,  Laura M. Campo ,  Timothy Y. Chang ,  Holly E. Gerhard ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Jae Hwang Lee

IPC: H05K7/20

Abstract: A head-mounted display to be worn by a user includes a housing, a component chamber defined in the housing, and electronic components that generate heat. The electronic components are located in the component chamber of the housing. The head-mounted display also includes a first fan for causing air to flow through the component chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20190035329A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16148928

申请日：2018-10-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/30 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52

CPC classification number: G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/2003 ,  G09G3/30 ,  G09G2300/0408 ,  G09G2300/0439 ,  G09G2300/0465 ,  G09G2310/0232 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0686 ,  H01L27/3216 ,  H01L27/3218 ,  H01L27/326 ,  H01L51/524 ,  H01L51/5262

Abstract: A system and methods to extending the overall display area for a device. At or near the borders of a device, pixel pitch between adjacent pixels may be increased such that overall pixel placement may be provided closer to a border of a display of a device. In one embodiment, pixel drive circuitry may be located in the spacing between adjacent pixels. Additionally, various optical systems and techniques may be utilized to provide an appearance of a lack of a border around the display such as decreasing the size of border pixels, overdriving the border pixels, or utilizing a light pipe on a surface above the border pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20180357954A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：US16105812

申请日：2018-08-20

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

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：US10063977B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15268138

申请日：2016-09-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen P. Zadesky ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Ashley E. Fletcher

IPC: H04R1/00 ,  H04R9/06 ,  H04R11/02 ,  H04R9/02 ,  H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/12 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R29/00

CPC classification number: H04R9/02 ,  H04R1/00 ,  H04R1/023 ,  H04R1/083 ,  H04R1/12 ,  H04R29/003 ,  H04R2499/15

Abstract: A device having one or more an acoustic modules. The acoustic module includes an acoustic element and a cavity that is acoustically coupled to the acoustic element. The module also includes a first conductive element that is configured to generate a first surface charge on a first region of an interior surface of the cavity. A second conductive element is configured to generate a second surface charge on a second region of the interior surface of the cavity. The first and second charge on the first and second regions of the interior surfaces of the cavity may be selectively applied to facilitate movement of a liquid held within the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US10019097B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15219253

申请日：2016-07-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G01D5/241 ,  G04G21/00 ,  G04C3/00 ,  H03K17/975 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/0346

CPC classification number: G06F3/0414 ,  G01D5/2412 ,  G04C3/007 ,  G04G21/00 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H03K17/975 ,  H03K2217/960755

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：US10018966B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15092584

申请日：2016-04-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Maegan K. Spencer

IPC: G04B3/04 ,  G04G21/00 ,  G04C3/00

CPC classification number: G04C3/002 ,  G04B3/041 ,  G04B3/046 ,  G04G21/00

Abstract: A watch crown assembly is disclosed. The watch crown assembly comprises a body configured to receive rotary input. The body defines a recess and a retention feature. The watch crown assembly further comprises a ceramic member positioned at least partially in the recess and a mounting arm attached to the ceramic member. The mounting arm is engaged with the retention feature of the body, thereby retaining the ceramic member to the body.

公开(公告)号：US20180166654A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-14

申请号：US15891232

申请日：2018-02-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: H01L51/52 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/50 ,  G02F1/133

CPC classification number: H01L51/5284 ,  G02F1/13318 ,  G02F2001/13312 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  H01L27/3227 ,  H01L27/3269 ,  H01L51/5012 ,  H01L51/5218 ,  H01L51/5234 ,  H01L51/5253 ,  H01L51/5271 ,  H01L51/5281 ,  H01L2251/5315

Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.

公开(公告)号：US09980026B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US15023957

申请日：2013-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen P. Zadesky ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Samuel Bruce Weiss

IPC: H03G11/00 ,  H04R1/08 ,  H04R3/00 ,  H04R29/00 ,  H04R1/02

CPC classification number: H04R1/086 ,  H04R1/023 ,  H04R3/007 ,  H04R29/00 ,  H04R2499/11

Abstract: A sealed acoustic port in the housing of an electronic device facilitating the elimination of liquid within the port. The acoustic port may include a heating element that when actuated can expedite the evaporation process of liquids accumulated within the port.