公开(公告)号：US20240045146A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US18357181

申请日：2023-07-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nurul Taimur Islam ,  Helen H. Liang ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Ariel Lipson

IPC: G02B6/34 ,  G02B6/27 ,  G02B6/28

CPC classification number: G02B6/34 ,  G02B6/276 ,  G02B6/2773 ,  G02B6/2804

Abstract: An optical coupling device includes a first waveguide layer, including a first semiconductor material, which is disposed over a dielectric substrate layer. A dielectric intermediate layer overlies the first waveguide layer. A second waveguide layer, which includes a different, second semiconductor material, is disposed over the dielectric intermediate layer and is patterned to define a waveguide. A first grating in the second waveguide layer diffracts light of a given wavelength from the waveguide into a specified diffraction order at a given coupling angle, whereby a first fraction of the light propagates out of the device while a second fraction of the light is diffracted into the intermediate dielectric layer in a conjugate diffraction order. A second grating in the first waveguide layer diffracts the second fraction of the light into a second diffraction order, propagating out of the device at the given coupling angle.

公开(公告)号：US20230366986A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US17742419

申请日：2022-05-12

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Nurul Taimur Islam ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Christopher M. Rogers ,  Helen H. Liang ,  Ehsan Shah-Hosseini ,  Jack E. Graves ,  Ariel Lipson ,  Daniel Kravitz

IPC: G01S7/481 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G02B26/10

CPC classification number: G01S7/4817 ,  G01S17/42 ,  G01S17/89 ,  G01S7/4815 ,  G02B26/105 ,  G02B26/108

Abstract: An optical sensing device includes a planar substrate and an array of optical transceivers disposed on the planar substrate. Each optical transceiver includes a photodetector, at least one turning mirror having a reflective surface disposed diagonally relative to the substrate, and multiple waveguides disposed parallel to the substrate. The waveguides include a transmit waveguide, which is coupled to convey outgoing light from a coherent light source to the at least one turning mirror for output from the optical transceiver, and a receive waveguide, which is coupled to receive incoming light reflected by the at least one turning mirror and to convey the incoming light to the photodetector.

公开(公告)号：US20220242343A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17473762

申请日：2021-09-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel E. Potter ,  Bivin J. Varghese ,  Christopher P. Child ,  Mira S. Misra ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Albert J. Golko ,  Daniel J. Reetz ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner ,  Christopher J. Sataline ,  Michael A. Cretella ,  Collin J. Palmer

IPC: B60R16/037 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60R25/24 ,  G06T7/70 ,  B60R25/31

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve projecting an interactive scene onto a surface from a projecting object. In one particular embodiment, the interactive scene is projected from a vehicle and may be utilized by the vehicle to provide a scene or image that a user may interact with through various gestures detected by the system. In addition, the interactive scene may be customized to one or more preferences determined by the system, such as user preferences, system preferences, or preferences obtained through feedback from similar systems. Based on one or more user inputs (such as user gestures received at the system), the projected scene may be altered or new scenes may be projected. In addition, control over some aspects of the vehicle (such as unlocking of doors, starting of the motor, etc.) may be controlled through the interactive scene and the detected gestures of the users.

公开(公告)号：US11117535B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-14

申请号：US15552536

申请日：2017-08-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Daniel E. Potter ,  Bivin J. Varghese ,  Christopher P. Child ,  Mira S. Misra ,  Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Albert J. Golko ,  Daniel J. Reetz ,  Matthew E. Last ,  Thaddeus Stefanov-Wagner ,  Christopher J. Sataline ,  Michael A. Cretella ,  Collin J. Palmer

IPC: B60R25/31 ,  B60R16/037 ,  B60Q1/50 ,  B60R25/24 ,  G06T7/70

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve projecting an interactive scene onto a surface from a projecting object. In one particular embodiment, the interactive scene is projected from a vehicle and may be utilized by the vehicle to provide a scene or image that a user may interact with through various gestures detected by the system. In addition, the interactive scene may be customized to one or more preferences determined by the system, such as user preferences, system preferences, or preferences obtained through feedback from similar systems. Based on one or more user inputs (such as user gestures received at the system), the projected scene may be altered or new scenes may be projected. In addition, control over some aspects of the vehicle (such as unlocking of doors, starting of the motor, etc.) may be controlled through the interactive scene and the detected gestures of the users.

公开(公告)号：US11016505B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16165848

申请日：2018-10-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Randol W. Aikin ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: B60L53/14 ,  B60L15/42 ,  B60L58/12 ,  B60L53/16 ,  B60L53/18 ,  B60L53/34 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60L53/30 ,  G08G1/00

Abstract: A vehicle configured to be autonomously navigated in a peloton along a roadway, wherein the peloton comprises at least the vehicle at least one additional vehicle, is configured to determine a position of the vehicle in the peloton which reduces differences in relative driving ranges among the vehicles included in the peloton. The vehicles can dynamically adjust peloton positions while navigating to reduce driving range differences among the vehicles. The vehicle can include a power management system which enables the vehicle to be electrically coupled to a battery included in another vehicle in the peloton, so that driving range differences between the vehicles can be reduced via load sharing via the electrical connection. The vehicle can include a power connector arm which extends a power connector to couple with an interface of another vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20240418655A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18752507

申请日：2024-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Jack E. Graves ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G01N21/78 ,  G01N21/77 ,  G01N33/543 ,  G03B15/02 ,  H04M1/02

Abstract: A test system may be used to measure biological samples and other samples. Samples may be placed on a test substrate such as a test slide or other transparent substrate. The substrate may have patches of reactant-coated gold nanorods or other nanostructures that exhibit plasmonic resonances. An accessory may be removably coupled to a portable electronic device such as a cellular telephone. The accessory may have a lens and a light source that emits light into an edge of the test slide. The light may scatter from the nanostructures in a perpendicular direction towards a camera in the portable electronic device so that the portable electronic device can gather images of the illuminated substrate and measure spectral shifts associated with reactions between the samples and the reactant, thereby helping to analyze the composition of the samples.

公开(公告)号：US20220284715A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17804287

申请日：2022-05-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Clarisse Mazuir ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Jack E. Graves ,  James R. Wilson ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Martin Melcher

IPC: G06V20/59 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/232 ,  B60K28/10 ,  B60R1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60S1/02 ,  B60S5/00 ,  H04N5/247 ,  G06V10/145 ,  G06V10/98

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to sensing defects associated with a window. Furthermore, various embodiments relate to performing image processing to produce a corrected image of a scene based at least partly on data corresponding to the detected defects. In some examples, one or more lighting modules may be used to illuminate the window to facilitate detection of the defects by one or more sensor devices.

公开(公告)号：US20190049996A1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-14

申请号：US16165848

申请日：2018-10-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Randol W. Aikin ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G05D1/02 ,  B60L11/18

Abstract: A vehicle configured to be autonomously navigated in a peloton along a roadway, wherein the peloton comprises at least the vehicle at least one additional vehicle, is configured to determine a position of the vehicle in the peloton which reduces differences in relative driving ranges among the vehicles included in the peloton. The vehicles can dynamically adjust peloton positions while navigating to reduce driving range differences among the vehicles. The vehicle can include a power management system which enables the vehicle to be electrically coupled to a battery included in another vehicle in the peloton, so that driving range differences between the vehicles can be reduced via load sharing via the electrical connection. The vehicle can include a power connector arm which extends a power connector to couple with an interface of another vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US10108202B1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-23

申请号：US15275160

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Randol W. Aikin ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G01S13/00 ,  G01S13/93 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B60L11/18

Abstract: A vehicle configured to be autonomously navigated in a peloton along a roadway, wherein the peloton comprises at least the vehicle at least one additional vehicle, is configured to determine a position of the vehicle in the peloton which reduces differences in relative driving ranges among the vehicles included in the peloton. The vehicles can dynamically adjust peloton positions while navigating to reduce driving range differences among the vehicles. The vehicle can include a power management system which enables the vehicle to be electrically coupled to a battery included in another vehicle in the peloton, so that driving range differences between the vehicles can be reduced via load sharing via the electrical connection. The vehicle can include a power connector arm which extends a power connector to couple with an interface of another vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US20170357099A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-14

申请号：US15524615

申请日：2015-10-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Matthew E. Last ,  Malcolm J. Northcott

IPC: G02B27/22 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G09G3/00 ,  H04N13/04

CPC classification number: G02B27/2278 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/0101 ,  G02B27/2214 ,  G02B2027/0112 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G02B2027/0194 ,  G02B2027/0196 ,  G09G3/003 ,  G09G2354/00 ,  H04N13/305 ,  H04N13/363 ,  H04N13/398

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a system which includes a layered transparent surface which includes a UV absorption layer configured to be located between a user environment and an external environment and a phosphor layer configured to be located between the user environment and the UV absorption layer. An image projection system can project an ultraviolet image upon the phosphor layer, which can generate a visual image based on a fluorescent reaction of the phosphor layer to the ultraviolet image which can be perceived by a user in the user environment. The image projection system can include a plurality of image projection systems which can project separate images on separate projection fields, which can result in the phosphor layer generating an image which can be perceived by a user, in the user environment, as a stereoscopic image.