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公开(公告)号：US11796968B2
公开(公告)日：2023-10-24
申请号：US17507589
申请日：2021-10-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Steven C. Roach , Sameer Pandya , Erik G. de Jong , Erik L. Wang , Peter J. Kardassakis , Steven P. Cardinali
Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. The actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining an input surface and a crown ring coupled to the exterior portion of the crown shaft and electrically isolated from the crown shaft. The crown assembly may further include an optical encoder component attached to the actuation member and defining a group of optical features. The electronic watch may further include an optical detector configured to detect rotation of the crown assembly by detecting motion of the group of optical features and an electrocardiograph sensor comprising a sensing component. The sensing component may be conductively coupled to the actuation member via a conductive path at least partially defined by the crown shaft.
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公开(公告)号：US20230098960A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-30
申请号：US18075212
申请日：2022-12-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Sameer Pandya , Adam T. Clavelle , Erik G. de Jong , Michael B. Wittenberg , Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan , Martin Melcher , Zhipeng Zhang , Steven C. Roach , Steven P. Cardinali
IPC: A61B5/00 , G06F1/16 , A61B5/282 , A61B5/332 , A61B5/339 , A61B5/024 , G04G9/00 , G04G21/02 , G04G21/08
Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.
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公开(公告)号：US20230084538A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-16
申请号：US17544262
申请日：2021-12-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Xiaofang Mu , Annie Manuja , Christopher D. Guichet , Erik G. de Jong , Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza , Patrick J. Crowley , Steven C. Roach , Venkatesh Rajendran , William C. Lukens , Woojin Jung , Yue Chen , Zhiwei Gu , Derek Iwamoto , Siddharth Nangia , Scott D. Morrison , Kevin A. Klenk , Neeloy Roy
Abstract: A wireless communication system may include an electronic device having a wireless communication module. The wireless communication module may include an antenna radiating element on a first surface, a ground ring surrounding the antenna radiating element on the first surface, and a radio component mounted to a second surface. The wireless communication module may be incorporated into a system package that also includes other components. Encapsulation material may cover the wireless communication module and other components. A shielding material may cover the encapsulation material and be coupled to the ground ring. An opening in the shielding material may be aligned with the antenna radiating element. If desired, the wireless communication system may include external equipment having a wireless communication module communicatively coupled to the wireless communication module to convey firmware testing, debugging, restore, and/or other data.
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公开(公告)号：US11561342B1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-24
申请号：US16985125
申请日：2020-08-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erik G. de Jong , Michael B. Wittenberg , Sameer Pandya
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by an image transport layer such as a coherent fiber bundle or layer of Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image from the display and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The input surface and output surface may have different shapes. During fabrication of the image transport layer, a peripheral portion of the image transport layer may be laterally indented to form a peripheral recess. Electrical components such as optical and radio-frequency components may be mounted in the recess and may be overlapped by peripheral portions of the image transport layer and/or may be mounted under the display.
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公开(公告)号：US20230013283A1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-19
申请号：US17377482
申请日：2021-07-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Antonio F. Herrera , Erik G. de Jong , Jiahui Liang
Abstract: An electronic watch includes a housing and a crown assembly including a rotatable actuation member. The rotatable actuation member includes a knob external to the housing and configured to receive a rotational input and a shaft assembly coupled to the knob and positioned at least partially within the housing, the shaft assembly defining a sensing surface configured to rotate in response to the rotational input. The electronic watch further includes an optical sensing system configured to detect the rotational input, the detecting including directing light onto the sensing surface, receiving reflected light from the sensing surface, and producing a signal corresponding to a rotational motion of the sensing surface, the signal based at least in part on an interference between the light directed onto the sensing surface and the reflected light.
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公开(公告)号：US11435520B1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-06
申请号：US16945609
申请日：2020-07-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display that displays an image and a display cover layer that overlaps the display. The display cover layer may have an image transport layer with an input surface that receives the image and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The image transport layer may be formed from a coherent fiber bundle layer or a layer of Anderson localization material. The display cover layer may have a protective layer such as a protective glass layer that overlaps the image transport layer. A ring-shaped region of the display cover layer may have one or more structures with locally modified properties for arresting crack propagation across the display cover layer. The ring-shaped region may have one or more structures with locally reduced elasticity values or other structures that help arrest cracks.
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公开(公告)号：US20220004725A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17478262
申请日：2021-09-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ryan C. Perkins , Anthony M. Ashcroft , Erik G. de Jong , Tirshathah A. Hunter , Seul Bi Kim , Erik L. Wang , Christopher M. Werner
Abstract: A holder for a wirelessly locatable tag may be used with a wirelessly locatable tag comprising a housing member defining a region of an exterior surface of the wirelessly locatable tag configured to act as a speaker diaphragm. The holder may include a receptacle portion configured to at least partially surround the wirelessly locatable tag, the receptacle portion defining a first opening configured to allow the wirelessly locatable tag to be positioned in the receptacle portion, a second opening configured to at least partially surround an outer periphery of a battery door of the wirelessly locatable tag, and a third opening aligned with the region of the exterior surface configured to act as the speaker diaphragm. The holder may further include a fastener coupled to the receptacle portion and configured to releasably secure the first opening in a closed configuration to retain the wirelessly locatable tag in the receptacle portion.
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公开(公告)号：US20210325834A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-21
申请号：US16849548
申请日：2020-04-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel J. Hiemstra , Erik G. de Jong , Kevin F. Holz , Michael B. Wittenberg , Timothy D. Koch
Abstract: A modular sensing assembly may be used to detect user inputs at an electronic device. Example user inputs include touch inputs, fingerprint inputs, translational inputs, audio inputs, biometric inputs, and the like. Inputs received using the modular sensing assembly may be used to control a graphical output of a display of the electronic device. A modular sensing assembly may be configured, for example, as a power button, a key of a keyboard, a control button (e.g., volume control), a home button, a watch crown, and so on.
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公开(公告)号：US20210181688A1
公开(公告)日：2021-06-17
申请号：US17187519
申请日：2021-02-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Colin M. Ely , Erik G. de Jong , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
IPC: G04C3/00 , G01D5/241 , G04G21/00 , H03K17/975 , G06F3/0362 , G06F3/0346
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10948880B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-16
申请号：US16738198
申请日：2020-01-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Colin M. Ely , Erik G. de Jong , Fletcher R. Rothkopf
IPC: G04C3/00 , G01D5/241 , G04G21/00 , H03K17/975 , G06F3/0362 , G06F3/0346
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.
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