公开(公告)号：US20200174572A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16786895

申请日：2020-02-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kathleen A. BERGERON ,  Alex J. LEHMANN ,  Qiliang XU ,  Zheng GAO ,  Paul X. WANG

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: An input device, such as a stylus, can include a piezoelectric device for providing haptic feedback and/or detecting user input. The piezoelectric device can be coupled to an inner surface of a housing of the stylus. The piezoelectric device can provide haptic feedback with a force to the housing when an electric voltage is applied to the piezoelectric device. The haptic feedback can provide information to the user relating operation of the stylus with an external device. The piezoelectric device can also produce an electric voltage when an input force is applied to an outer surface of the housing and transmitted to the piezoelectric device. The electric voltage can be used to detect tactile input from a user.

公开(公告)号：US20200097747A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-26

申请号：US16583072

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. WANG ,  Keith J. HENDREN ,  Adam T. GARELLI ,  Antonio CLARKE ,  Joshua L. DAIGLE ,  Dinesh C. MATHEW

IPC: G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: This application relates to a laptop computer. The laptop computer includes a base portion pivotally coupled to a lid portion is described. The laptop computer includes a display assembly carried by the lid portion, where the display assembly includes a light-transmissive cover, a display layer overlaid by the light-transmissive cover, a display stack electrically coupled to and overlaid by the display layer, and a light pattern recognition module adjacent to the display stack and overlaid by the display layer. The light pattern recognition module includes (i) a light pattern projector that projects a light pattern directly through the display layer.

公开(公告)号：US20190196607A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-27

申请号：US16291839

申请日：2019-03-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. WANG ,  Alex J. LEHMANN ,  Joel N. RUSCHER

IPC: G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/0346

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an accessory device for use with a touch sensitive portion of an electronic device is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls that carry operational components, where the operational components include a processor coupled to a feedback component arranged to provide feedback and a distal tip coupled to the feedback component. The distal tip is capable of engaging with and transmitting a load applied to the housing to an external surface of the touch sensitive portion. The processor can be further coupled to a sensor in communication with the distal tip, the sensor being capable of (i) detecting a physical change when the distal tip engages with the external surface, and (ii) responding to the physical change by providing a detection signal to the processor, that, in response, instructs the feedback component to provide the feedback to the distal tip.

公开(公告)号：US20180082800A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15447070

申请日：2017-03-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. WANG ,  Qiliang XU ,  Aidan N. ZIMMERMAN ,  Chia Chi WU

IPC: H01H13/02 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H01H13/88 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H01H13/023 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  H01H13/10 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/88 ,  H01H2221/07

Abstract: This application relates to illuminated dome switches and a dome switch assembly having a first contact carried by a switch base and a dome shaped structure coupled to and supported by the switch base, the dome shaped structure comprising a material that is flexible and capable of internally transmitting visible light. The switch assembly can include a second contact coupled to the dome shaped structure and arranged opposite the first contact, and a light source configured to emit visible light, the light source in optical communication with the dome shaped structure such that at least some of the visible light emitted by the light source passes into the material and is subsequently emitted by the material in a generally uniform manner.

公开(公告)号：US20170084406A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-23

申请号：US15249078

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. WANG ,  Erin M. LAUTERBACH

IPC: H01H13/14 ,  H05K5/00 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H01H13/14 ,  G06F1/1662 ,  G06F1/169 ,  H01H13/503 ,  H01H13/704 ,  H01H13/705 ,  H01H13/88 ,  H01H2215/004 ,  H01H2225/018 ,  H05K5/0086

Abstract: This application relates to a switch that can include multiple settings for controlling multiple functions of a computing device. The switch can include multiple flexible surfaces that each includes a surface contact. When the switch is depressed, at least one of the flexible surfaces can collapse and close a connection of the switch. When the switch is further depressed, multiple flexible surfaces of the switch can collapse and close multiple connections of the switch. As a result, depending on the amount of force by which the switch is depressed, different functions of a computing device can be controlled by the switch.