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    Conductive strands for fabric-based items
    121.
    发明授权
    Conductive strands for fabric-based items 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10785869B2

    公开(公告)日：2020-09-22

    申请号：US16582485

    申请日：2019-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Kirk M. Mayer ,  John Arthur Maasberg

    IPC: C23C18/16 ,  H05K1/03 ,  H01B13/00 ,  C25D7/06 ,  H05K3/10

    Abstract: Strands of material may be intertwined using weaving techniques, knitting techniques, non-woven or entanglement techniques, or braiding techniques. Fabric that is formed from the strands of material may be used in forming a fabric-based item. The fabric based item may include electrical components. The strands may include conductive strands that form signal paths. The signal paths can carry electrical signals associated with operation of the electrical components. Each strand may have an elongated core and a coating. Strands may also include intermediate layers between the cores and coatings. The cores, intermediate layers, and coatings may be formed from polymer without conductive filler, polymer with conductive filler, and/or metal. A polymer core may be provided with recesses to help retain subsequently deposited layers such as a metal coating layer. The recesses may be grooves that extend along the longitudinal axis of the core.

    Knit data input glove
    124.
    发明授权
    Knit data input glove 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10761605B1

    公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

    申请号：US15940844

    申请日：2018-03-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Andrew L. Rosenberg ,  Andrew Sterian ,  Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Lia M. Uesato ,  Maurice P. May ,  Steven J. Keating

    IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A41D19/00

    Abstract: An item such as a glove may be formed from knitted fabric. The knitted fabric may form fingers for the glove and may form pockets in the fingers. Sensors such as inertial measurement units may be placed in the pockets to measure movements of a user's fingers in the glove. The sensors may be coupled to control circuitry in the glove using conductive yarn in the knitted fabric. The conductive yarn may form courses in the knitted fabric that run along each finger. Haptic components and other electrical components may be coupled to the control circuitry using the conductive yarn. Electrodes may be formed from metal-coated strands of material in the fabric on the sides of each finger. The wireless or wired communications circuitry coupled to the control circuitry may be used to convey information such as user finger movement information to external equipment.

    Systems with photovoltaic cells
    126.
    发明授权
    Systems with photovoltaic cells 有权

    公开(公告)号：US10600928B1

    公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

    申请号：US15677947

    申请日：2017-08-15

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Joseph B. Walker ,  Kathleen A. Bergeron ,  Daniel D. Sunshine

    IPC: H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/0445 ,  H01L31/053 ,  H02J7/35 ,  D03D1/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  B60R16/03 ,  H01L31/032 ,  H01L31/0296

    Abstract: An item may include circuitry, a battery that powers the circuitry, and one or more photovoltaic cells that are used to recharge the battery. The photovoltaic cell may be a thin-film photovoltaic cell with a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may be formed from fabric, leather, polymer, or other soft materials. In arrangements where the substrate is formed from fabric with conductive strands, the photovoltaic cell may include a first electrical terminal coupled to a first conductive strand and a second electrical terminal coupled to a second conductive strand. The first and second conductive strands may be coupled to control circuitry. The control circuitry may route the electricity from the photovoltaic cell to a battery or other circuitry. Items such as cases, covers, bands, headphones, interiors, and other items may have flexible or soft surfaces that can form substrates for photovoltaic films.

    Electronic Devices With Orientation Sensing
    128.
    发明申请
    Electronic Devices With Orientation Sensing 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20200037077A1

    公开(公告)日：2020-01-30

    申请号：US16584799

    申请日：2019-09-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Jonathan R. Peterson ,  Daniel D. Sunshine ,  Yohji Hamada ,  Daniel A. Podhajny ,  Kathryn P. Crews ,  Jahan Minoo

    IPC: H04R5/04 ,  H04R5/033 ,  G06F3/044

    Abstract: An electronic device such as a pair of headphones may be provided with left and right speakers for playing audio to a user. Control circuitry in the electronic device may play audio through the speakers in an unreversed configuration in which left channel audio is played through a first of the speakers that is adjacent to a left ear of the user and right channel audio is played through a second of the speakers that is adjacent to a right ear of the user or a reversed configuration in which these channel assignments are reversed. The headphones may have ear cups that house the speakers. Capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors on the ear cups may measure ear shapes and finger grip positions on the ear cups to determine whether to operate in the unreversed or reversed configuration. Sensors may gather gestures and other user touch input.

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