公开(公告)号：US20210085245A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US16581695

申请日：2019-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmet Fatih Cihan ,  Adrian Z. Harb ,  Mehmet Mutlu ,  Mengshu Huang ,  Stephen E. Dey ,  Yuhao Pan

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  A61B5/04

Abstract: A wearable electronic device including a housing that is worn by a user and a SMI sensor contained within the housing. The SMI sensor may include an emitter that outputs coherent light toward the skin of a user when the housing is worn by the user. The SMI sensor may also include a detector that detects a portion of the coherent light reflected towards the sensor and generates electrical signals that indicate displacements of the skin based on the portion of coherent light received at the detector. The housing may include a transmitter that is operatively coupled with the SMI sensor and is configured to transmit physiological data to a receiving device based on electrical signals output from the SMI sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20210072833A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US16934988

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mehmet Mutlu ,  Ahmet Fatih Cihan ,  Mark T. Winkler ,  Tong Chen

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G01S17/50

Abstract: A wearable device includes a device housing configured to be worn on a first surface of a user, a set of one or more SMI sensors, and a processor. The set of one or more SMI sensors is mounted within the device housing and configured to emit a set of one or more beams of electromagnetic radiation, with each beam emitted in a different direction extending away from the first surface. The set of one or more SMI sensors is also configured to generate a set of one or more SMI signals containing information about a relationship between the device housing and a second surface. The processor is configured to extract the relationship between the device housing and the second surface from digitized samples of the set of one or more SMI signals.

公开(公告)号：US20210010797A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16880709

申请日：2020-05-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmet Fatih Cihan ,  Mark T. Winkler ,  Mehmet Mutlu

IPC: G01B9/02 ,  G10L15/30 ,  G10L15/22

Abstract: A device includes an electronic display, a cover through which the electronic display projects an image, and an array of SMI sensors. The array of SMI sensors is positioned on a same side of the cover as the electronic display. Each SMI sensor is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation toward a respective portion of: an interior surface of the cover, or a surface of a component of the device attached to the cover; and generate a respective SMI output including information indicative of vibration of the respective portion of the cover or the component. The device also includes circuitry configured to characterize a vibratory waveform impinging on the device. The vibratory waveform is characterized using at least two of the SMI outputs.