公开(公告)号：US20180017995A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15212029

申请日：2016-07-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian M. Gable ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  Colin M. Ely ,  Craig A. Horton ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Henry B. Wettersten ,  Hoishun Li ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Jayesh Nath ,  Mario Martinis ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Michael P. Coleman ,  Rex T. Ehman ,  Zheyu Wang

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H05K5/04 ,  H05K5/00

CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 ,  B29L2031/3481 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H04B1/3888 ,  H04M1/0202 ,  H04M1/0249 ,  H04M1/18 ,  H05K5/0013 ,  H05K5/04

Abstract: A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing includes a first conductive component defining a first interface surface, a second conductive component defining a second interface surface facing the first interface surface, and a joint structure between the first and second interface surfaces. The joint structure includes a molded element forming a portion of an exterior surface of the housing, and a sealing member forming a watertight seal between the first and second conductive components. Methods of forming the electronic device housing are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US09825103B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-21

申请号：US15402009

申请日：2017-01-09

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: G02F1/1345 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/042

CPC classification number: H01L27/3227 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F1/1688 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G06F2203/04108 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01L51/0097 ,  H04R1/028 ,  H04R2499/15

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：US20170322653A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15656983

申请日：2017-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: G06F3/046 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/046 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0414 ,  G06F2203/04105

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to a force detection system that detects force exerted on a flexible display based upon changes in resistance and/or capacitance. In one embodiment, a method includes measuring a baseline comprising a baseline resistance or a baseline capacitance or both of a force measurement layer disposed within or overlaid on the display panel. The method further includes detecting a change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both and calculating a change location where the change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both occurred. The method also includes calculating a magnitude of the change in the baseline resistance or the baseline capacitance or both.

公开(公告)号：US20170316657A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-02

申请号：US15650906

申请日：2017-07-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

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

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

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：US20170287392A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

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：US09691260B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-27

申请号：US14736088

申请日：2015-06-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dave Pakula ,  Matthew Hill ,  Ethan Larry Huwe ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Richard Hung Minh Dinh

IPC: G08B23/00 ,  G08B25/01 ,  H04M19/04

CPC classification number: G08B25/016 ,  G08B23/00 ,  H04M19/04 ,  H04M19/047 ,  H04M2250/12

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed that allow an electronic device to autonomously adapt one or more user alerts to the current operating environment of the electronic device. For example, some embodiments may include a method comprising providing a plurality of alert devices in an electronic device, determining an operating environment of the electronic device using a sensor of the electronic device, and actuating at least one of the plurality of alert devices that corresponds to the determined operating environment.

公开(公告)号：US09679513B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14746602

申请日：2015-06-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. 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：US09632537B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-25

申请号：US14033981

申请日：2013-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dale N. Memering ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Samuel Weiss

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  B32B17/06 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H01Q1/12

CPC classification number: G06F1/1637 ,  B32B17/06 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/1613 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  H01Q1/1271 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H04M1/0202 ,  H04M1/026 ,  H04M1/0266

Abstract: A ceramic material having an electronic component embedded therein, and more particularly to a sapphire surface having an electrically energized component embedded within. In some embodiments, the sapphire surface may take the form of a portion of a housing for an electronic device. Since sapphire may be substantially transparent, it may form a cover glass for a display within or forming part of the electronic device, as one example. The cover glass may be bonded, affixed, or otherwise attached to a remainder of the housing, thereby forming an enclosure for the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US09620571B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US15087835

申请日：2016-03-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L51/52

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：US09563177B1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-07

申请号：US14569478

申请日：2014-12-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fletcher R. Rothkopf

IPC: G04G9/00 ,  G04B19/22

CPC classification number: G04G9/0076 ,  G04B19/22 ,  G04G7/02

Abstract: Time information for various locations can be automatically generated for display on a portable electronic device. The time information can include time information for remote locations away from the current location of a user. The time information can be generated without requiring user input specifying the locations. The locations can be determined or identified based on context information of the user or context information of contacts of the user. The locations can be prioritized and the time information can be displayed according to the prioritization.

Abstract translation: 可以自动生成各种位置的时间信息，以便在便携式电子设备上显示。 时间信息可以包括远离用户当前位置的远程位置的时间信息。 可以生成时间信息，而不需要指定位置的用户输入。 可以基于用户的上下文信息或用户的联系人的上下文信息来确定或识别位置。 可以对这些位置进行优先排列，并根据优先顺序显示时间信息。