公开(公告)号：US12016134B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-18

申请号：US16421098

申请日：2019-05-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  John P. Ternus ,  Sean Corbin ,  Stephen R. McClure

IPC: H05K5/00 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04M1/23 ,  H05K1/02

CPC classification number: H05K5/0017 ,  G02F1/133308 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G06F1/1605 ,  G06F1/1633 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H04M1/0266 ,  H05K1/028 ,  G02F1/133322 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F2201/42 ,  H04M1/23

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have layers such as polarizer layers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. Display layers such as color filter layers and thin-film-transistor layers may have glass substrates. Notches or other openings may be formed in the layers of a display. For example, a notch with a curved chamfered edge may be formed in a lower end of a thin-film-transistor layer. A component such as a button may overlap the notch. Structures such as sensors, cameras, acoustic components, and other electronic components, buttons, communications path structures such as flexible printed circuit cables and wire bonding wires, and housing structures may be received within a display layer notch.

公开(公告)号：US20230284507A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18314228

申请日：2023-05-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: H10K59/60 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H10K77/10 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G02B5/20

CPC classification number: H10K59/60 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1686 ,  G06F1/1688 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1698 ,  G06F3/011 ,  H10K59/40 ,  H10K77/111 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H04R1/028 ,  G02B5/208 ,  G06F1/1641 ,  H05K999/99 ,  G02B2027/0138 ,  G02B2027/014 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G09G2360/144 ,  H04R2499/15 ,  G06F2203/04108 ,  G09G2320/0626

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US11372962B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US16889744

申请日：2020-06-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David C. Andrus ,  Philip F. Kearney ,  Christopher B. Zimmermann ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Nathaniel S. Sharpe

IPC: G06F21/00 ,  G06F21/36 ,  H04W12/50 ,  H04L9/08 ,  H04L9/40 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W12/65 ,  H04W12/68

Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for generating an authentication key are provided. Two or more communications devices can generate an authentication key by monitoring a physical stimulus that is experienced by both devices (e.g., a common physical stimulus). Each device can then use an identical, predetermined algorithm to generate a common authentication key based on the stimulus. The devices can use the common authentication key to establish a secure network.

公开(公告)号：US11360317B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US17073551

申请日：2020-10-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ivan S. Maric ,  Onur I. Ilkorur ,  Jia Tao ,  Kuldeep P. Lonkar ,  Stephen E. Dey ,  Phil M. Hobson ,  Jeremy C. Franklin

IPC: G02B27/01

Abstract: A wearable display system includes a housing, a display module positioned within the housing and including a lens and a display panel, and a seal extending between the housing and the display module. The seal is configured to allow relative movement between the lens and the display panel to adjust focus of the display panel. In one aspect, the seal includes first and second segments with generally linear configurations and a third segment with an arcuate configuration that is positioned between the first and second segments. In another aspect, the seal includes a first portion with an arcuate configuration and a second portion with a linear configuration and a bellows portion. In another aspect, the seal includes corrugations to facilitate controlled deformation of the seal during relative movement of the display module.

公开(公告)号：US11189059B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16920333

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： David A. Schmuck ,  Marinus Meursing ,  Brian S. Lau ,  Jeremy C. Franklin

IPC: G06T11/00 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G06T7/73

Abstract: A head-mounted device can be operated with another device and/or object for which information is gathered to facilitate visual display of a representation thereof. An object can be provided with indicators that allow a head-mounted device to determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of the object. Additionally or alternatively, the head-mounted device can determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of an electronic device attached to an object for producing a virtual representation of the object. Additionally or alternatively, the head-mounted device can receive data from an electronic device attached to an object for producing a virtual representation of the object. The virtual representation of the object can resemble the physical object, even where the object itself is not independently analyzed.

公开(公告)号：US11137648B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US17080705

申请日：2020-10-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul S. Drzaic ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Stephen Brian Lynch ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  John P. Ternus

IPC: G02F1/1345

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display having a thin-film transistor layer. One or more holes in the thin-film transistor layer may be used to form pathways from display circuitry to other circuitry underneath the display. One or more conductive bridges may pass through holes in the thin-film transistor layer and may have one end that couples to the display circuitry and a second end that couples to a printed circuit underneath the display. These conductive bridges may be formed from wire bonding. Wire bond connections may be encapsulated with potting material to improve the reliability of the wire bond and increase the resiliency of the display. Display signal lines may be routed through holes in a thin-film transistor layer to run along a backside of the display thereby reducing the need for space in the border region for display circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US11074855B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16029395

申请日：2018-07-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin Mark Rappoport ,  Christopher J. Stringer ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  John Patrick Ternus ,  Julian Hoeing ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Scott Andrew Myers ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G06F3/0481 ,  H01L27/32

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for applying concealment of components of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an electronic device may include a component that is disposed behind a display (e.g., a transparent organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display) that is configured to selectively become transparent at certain transparency regions. Additionally, the electronic device includes data processing circuitry configured to determine when an event requesting that the component be exposed occurs. The data processing circuitry may control portions of the display to become transparent, to expose the component upon the occurrence of the event requesting that the component be exposed.

公开(公告)号：US20210091146A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17115547

申请日：2020-12-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin M. Rappoport ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  Scott A. Myers ,  Richard P. Howarth ,  Julian Hoenig ,  Christopher Stringer ,  John P. Ternus ,  Stephen Brian Lynch

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G02B27/01 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G02B5/20

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.

公开(公告)号：US20210063744A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-04

申请号：US16904602

申请日：2020-06-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ivan S. Maric ,  Jan K. Quijalvo ,  Anna V. Mirabella ,  Wey-Jiun Lin ,  Jeremy C. Franklin ,  Forrest C. Wang ,  Marinus Meursing ,  Blake N. Trekell ,  Aidan N. Zimmerman

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  G02B27/62

Abstract: An optical module for a head-mounted device is configured to present content to a user. The optical module includes an optical module housing assembly, a display assembly, and an eye camera. The optical module housing assembly has a first end and a second end. The lens is connected to the optical module housing assembly and positioned at the first end of the optical module housing assembly. The display assembly is connected to the optical module housing assembly and is positioned at the second end of the optical module housing assembly. The display assembly is configured to cause the content to be displayed to the user through the lens. The eye camera is connected to the optical module housing assembly and is positioned at the second end of the optical module housing assembly. The eye camera is configured to obtain images through the lens.

公开(公告)号：US20210033874A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US17073551

申请日：2020-10-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ivan S. Maric ,  Onur I. Ilkorur ,  Jia Tao ,  Kuldeep P. Lonkar ,  Stephen E. Dey ,  Phil M. Hobson ,  Jeremy C. Franklin

IPC: G02B27/01

Abstract: A wearable display system includes a housing, a display module positioned within the housing and including a lens and a display panel, and a seal extending between the housing and the display module. The seal is configured to allow relative movement between the lens and the display panel to adjust focus of the display panel. In one aspect, the seal includes first and second segments with generally linear configurations and a third segment with an arcuate configuration that is positioned between the first and second segments. In another aspect, the seal includes a first portion with an arcuate configuration and a second portion with a linear configuration and a bellows portion. In another aspect, the seal includes corrugations to facilitate controlled deformation of the seal during relative movement of the display module.