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公开(公告)号:US20230067589A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17660373
申请日:2022-04-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shigeto Kobori , Avery P. Yuen , Khadijeh Bayat , Masato Kuwabara , Nikhil D. Kalyankar
IPC: C09D183/04 , C09D7/61 , G02B1/14 , H04M1/02
Abstract: An optical device includes a dielectric substrate and a cured resin coating adhered to the substrate. The resin coating includes an organic component and an inorganic component. A surface portion of the resin coating includes greater than about 60 at. % inorganic component and less than about 40 at. % organic component, an intermediate portion includes between about 10 at. % and about 60 at. % inorganic component, and between about 40 at. % and about 90 at. % inorganic component, and a bottom portion includes less than about 10 at. % inorganic component and greater than about 90 at. % organic component. The resin coating has improved hard coat properties and excellent adhesion to a dielectric.
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公开(公告)号:US10850666B1
公开(公告)日:2020-12-01
申请号:US15631406
申请日:2017-06-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Martin Melcher , James R. Wilson , Khadijeh Bayat
Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have windows. A window may be provided with a light modular or other active layer having an electrically adjustable optical property. The active layer may have a pair of electrodes. The electrodes may be used to apply electric fields across the active layer to adjust the active layer. A lower sheet resistance electrode may be supplied with a current to ohmically heat the active layer. A higher sheet resistance electrode may be supplied with a voltage gradient to create a gradient in light transmission or other optical property as a function of distance across the higher sheet resistance electrode. The electrodes may be provided with terminals that are formed from elongated strips of metal or other terminal structures. The terminals may run along the peripheral edges of the electrodes.
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公开(公告)号:US20190179074A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-13
申请号:US16280925
申请日:2019-02-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hyungryul J. Choi , Zhibing Ge , Cheng Chen , Hossein Nemati , Wei Chen , Jun Qi , Khadijeh Bayat , David A. Doyle , John Z. Zhong
IPC: F21V8/00 , G02F1/139 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/13357 , G02F1/13 , G02F1/1333
Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The display may be operated in at least a normal viewing mode, a privacy mode, an outdoor viewing mode, and a power saving mode. The different view modes may exhibit different viewing angles. In one configuration, the display may include a backlight unit that generates a collimated light source and that includes a switchable diffuser film for selectively scattering the collimated light source depending on the current viewing mode of the display. In another configuration, the display may include a backlight unit that generates a scattered light source that includes a switchable microarray structure such as a switchable mirror structure or a tunable microlens array for selectively collimating the scattered light source depending on the current viewing mode.
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公开(公告)号:US10247982B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-02
申请号:US15051047
申请日:2016-02-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hyungryul J. Choi , Zhibing Ge , Cheng Chen , Hossein Nemati , Wei Chen , Jun Qi , Khadijeh Bayat , David A. Doyle , John Z. Zhong
IPC: G02F1/13357 , F21V8/00 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , G02F1/1343 , G02F1/139 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/29
Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The display may be operated in at least a normal viewing mode, a privacy mode, an outdoor viewing mode, and a power saving mode. The different view modes may exhibit different viewing angles. In one configuration, the display may include a backlight unit that generates a collimated light source and that includes a switchable diffuser film for selectively scattering the collimated light source depending on the current viewing mode of the display. In another configuration, the display may include a backlight unit that generates a scattered light source that includes a switchable microarray structure such as a switchable mirror structure or a tunable microlens array for selectively collimating the scattered light source depending on the current viewing mode.
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公开(公告)号:US11914259B1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US18165042
申请日:2023-02-06
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Clarisse Mazuir , Matthew E. Last , Ryan J. Garrone , Budhadipta Dan , Khadijeh Bayat , Gregory A. Cohoon , Jack E. Graves
IPC: G02F1/137 , E06B9/24 , F21V8/00 , G02F1/1334
CPC classification number: G02F1/137 , E06B9/24 , G02B6/0006 , G02B6/001 , G02B6/0028 , G02B6/0055 , G02B6/0068 , G02F1/1334 , E06B2009/2417 , E06B2009/247
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
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公开(公告)号:US20200015390A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-09
申请号:US16403425
申请日:2019-05-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Khadijeh Bayat , Yoshitaka Matsui , Naomi Sugawara , Daisuke Nozu , Xianwei Zhao , Avery P. Yuen , Martin Melcher , James R. Wilson , Di Fan
Abstract: An electronic device may have transparent housing structures such as walls formed of glass or sapphire. Housing structures such as transparent housing structures may have a colored coating. The colored coating may include an absorptive layer and a metal layer. The coating may exhibit a color that can be adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the thin absorptive layer. A colored layer such as a layer of colored polymer may be incorporated into the colored coating to further adjust the color of the coating. The colored coating may be formed on an inner or outer housing structure surface. The surface may have a texture to provide the coating with a matte appearance. When formed on an outer surface, a diamond-like carbon layer may protect the colored coating. When formed on an inner surface, a passivation layer may be used to prevent oxidation of the metal layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20160356943A1
公开(公告)日:2016-12-08
申请号:US15051047
申请日:2016-02-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hyungryul J. Choi , Zhibing Ge , Cheng Chen , Hossein Nemati , Wei Chen , Jun Qi , Khadijeh Bayat , David A. Doyle , John Z. Zhong
IPC: F21V8/00 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/133 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/1335
CPC classification number: G02B6/0051 , G02B6/005 , G02F1/13338 , G02F1/1334 , G02F1/133526 , G02F1/133528 , G02F1/1336 , G02F1/134309 , G02F1/13439 , G02F1/1393 , G02F2001/133626 , G02F2001/13793 , G02F2001/294 , G02F2203/50
Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The display may be operated in at least a normal viewing mode, a privacy mode, an outdoor viewing mode, and a power saving mode. The different view modes may exhibit different viewing angles. In one configuration, the display may include a backlight unit that generates a collimated light source and that includes a switchable diffuser film for selectively scattering the collimated light source depending on the current viewing mode of the display. In another configuration, the display may include a backlight unit that generates a scattered light source that includes a switchable microarray structure such as a switchable mirror structure or a tunable microlens array for selectively collimating the scattered light source depending on the current viewing mode.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以产生要显示在显示器上的内容。 显示器可以具有用于显示内容的图像帧的液晶显示像素阵列。 显示器可以至少在正常观看模式,隐私模式,室外观看模式和省电模式下操作。 不同的视图模式可以呈现不同的视角。 在一种配置中,显示器可以包括产生准直光源的背光单元,并且包括可切换漫射膜,用于根据显示器的当前观看模式选择性地散射准直光源。 在另一种配置中,显示器可以包括产生散射光源的背光单元,该散射光源包括可切换的微阵列结构,例如可切换镜结构或可调谐微透镜阵列,用于根据当前观看模式选择性地准直散射光源。
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公开(公告)号:US10901543B1
公开(公告)日:2021-01-26
申请号:US16145034
申请日:2018-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Khadijeh Bayat , Isaac Wing-Tak Chan , Cheng Chen , Avery P. Yuen , Rasmi R. Das , Hienminh Huu Le
Abstract: Transparent conductors including a silver layer with high transparency and low sheet resistance are described. In some examples, the silver layer can be located between two transparent conductive oxide layers. The transparent conductor can further include additional transparent conductive oxide layers, optical layers, and/or additional conductive layers (e.g., layers including ITO or another fully or partially transparent conductive material), for example. In some examples, transparent conductors including a silver layer can be included in a touch screen device. For example, one or more shielding layers or one or more touch electrodes can include transparent conductors with a silver layer. In some examples, the silver layer can improve transparency, sheet resistance, and/or infrared reflection characteristics of the transparent conductor.
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公开(公告)号:US10338448B1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-02
申请号:US16039641
申请日:2018-07-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Clarisse Mazuir , Matthew E. Last , Ryan J. Garrone , Budhadipta Dan , Khadijeh Bayat , Gregory A. Cohoon , Jack E. Graves
IPC: E06B9/24 , F21V8/00 , G02F1/137 , G02F1/1334
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
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公开(公告)号:US10048560B1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-14
申请号:US15366686
申请日:2016-12-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Clarisse Mazuir , Matthew E. Last , Ryan J. Garrone , Budhadipta Dan , Khadijeh Bayat , Gregory A. Cohoon , Jack E. Graves
IPC: G02F1/137 , F21V8/00 , G02F1/1334 , E06B9/24
Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure involve a transparent structure. The structure may include at least one light source, a transparent light-carrying guide layer optically coupled with the at least one light source. The structure may include refractive layers where a light absorbing feature is operably associated with the light-carrying guide layer to absorb any light not internally reflected in the light guide layer, at least adjacent the light source.
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