Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mixed input lighting using multiple light sources and control circuitry to change a combined white light spectrum based on ambient light data
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Application No.: US16657719Application Date: 2019-10-18
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Publication No.: US10809810B2Publication Date: 2020-10-20
- Inventor: Paul X. Wang , Liquan Tan
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agent David K. Cole
- Main IPC: G01J1/42
- IPC: G01J1/42 ; G06F3/02 ; G06F15/02

Abstract:
Disclosed are structures, devices, methods and systems for providing dynamically variable internal illumination to individual input devices of an electronic device, such as keys of a keyboard. In some embodiments, input devices contain multiple LEDs whose light intensity may be varied to alter a tone or a color of light used for the internal illumination a key. The LEDs may be micro LEDs and may be internal components of the input device as a unit. In some embodiments, the LEDs are white light LEDs having different phosphor thicknesses. In some embodiments the LEDs may be RGB LEDs, with individual control of color contributions to modify the internal illumination. Systems incorporating such input devices may need only a reduced set of LED control units. Systems can include a processing unit and a light sensor or camera to detect ambient lighting and adjust internal illumination of an input device accordingly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200050283A1 MIXED INPUT LIGHTING USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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