公开(公告)号：US11892720B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17006441

申请日：2020-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhibing Ge ,  Cheng-Ho Yu ,  Young-Bae Park ,  Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari ,  Shih-Chang Chang ,  Cheng Chen ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC classification number: G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0445 ,  G02F1/134318 ,  G02F1/134372 ,  G02F1/136218 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G06F2203/04107

Abstract: Electrical shield line systems are provided for openings in common electrodes near data lines of display and touch screens. Some displays, including touch screens, can include multiple common electrodes (Vcom) that can have openings between individual Vcoms. Some display screens can have an open slit between two adjacent edges of Vcom. Openings in Vcom can allow an electric field to extend from a data line through the Vcom layer. A shield can be disposed over the Vcom opening to help reduce or eliminate an electric field from affecting a pixel material, such as liquid crystal. The shield can be connected to a potential such that electric field is generated substantially between the shield and the data line to reduce or eliminate electric fields reaching the liquid crystal.

公开(公告)号：US11810516B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17150818

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  David W. Lum ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Cheuk Chi Lo

IPC: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3677 ,  G09G3/3688 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0452 ,  G09G2310/0205 ,  G09G2310/027 ,  G09G2310/0218 ,  G09G2310/0221 ,  G09G2310/0267 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G09G2310/0297 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2340/0407

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower and higher resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US11647650B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17475756

申请日：2021-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jaein Choi ,  Hairong Tang ,  Gloria Wong ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Younggu Lee ,  Gwanwoo Park ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Andrew Lin ,  Cheuk Chi Lo ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Michael Slootsky ,  Rui Liu ,  Wendi Chang ,  Cheng Chen

IPC: H10K59/122 ,  H10K50/19

CPC classification number: H10K59/122 ,  H10K50/19

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and the accompanying cross-talk in a display, the pixel definition layer may disrupt continuity of the OLED layers. The pixel definition layer may have an undercut to disrupt continuity of some but not all of the OLED layers. The undercut may be defined by three discrete portions of the pixel definition layer. The undercut may result in a void that is interposed between different portions of the OLED layers to break a leakage path formed by the OLED layers.

公开(公告)号：US20220392965A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17887340

申请日：2022-08-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Minhyuk Choi ,  Rui Liu ,  Cheng Chen ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Sang Y. Youn ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L31/0232

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have an anode that is coupled to a thin-film transistor pixel circuit for controlling the anode. Transparent windows may be formed in the display. The windows may be formed by replacing data storage capacitors and other pixel circuit structures in a subset of the pixels with transparent window structures, by selectively removing portions of light-emitting diode anodes, and by shifting anodes. An array of electrical components such as an array of light sensors may be aligned with the transparent windows and may be used to measure light passing through the transparent windows.

公开(公告)号：US11448908B1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-20

申请号：US16261408

申请日：2019-01-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang ,  Paul V. Johnson ,  Se Hyun Ahn ,  Cheng Chen ,  Yuan Chen ,  Hyungryul Choi ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Hyunmin A. Song ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Jiaying Wu

IPC: G02F1/13 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/167 ,  G02F1/1676 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1347 ,  G02F1/1677

Abstract: A display may have display layers that form an array of pixels. An angle-of-view adjustment layer may overlap the display layers. The angle-of-view adjustment layer may include an array of adjustable louvers that move from a first position in which the angle of view of the display is restricted for a private viewing mode and a second position in which the angle of view of the display is not restricted for a normal viewing mode. The louvers may contain electrophoretic particles. The louvers may be tapered and may have a width at one end that is less than ten microns. The electrophoretic particles may form isolated clusters on a lower substrate in normal viewing mode to increase the transmittance of the display in normal viewing mode. The angle-of-view adjustment layer may be a second liquid crystal display layer that is used to block off-axis light.

公开(公告)号：US11417709B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16859904

申请日：2020-04-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Minhyuk Choi ,  Rui Liu ,  Cheng Chen ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Sang Y. Youn ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L31/0232

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have an anode that is coupled to a thin-film transistor pixel circuit for controlling the anode. Transparent windows may be formed in the display. The windows may be formed by replacing data storage capacitors and other pixel circuit structures in a subset of the pixels with transparent window structures, by selectively removing portions of light-emitting diode anodes, and by shifting anodes. An array of electrical components such as an array of light sensors may be aligned with the transparent windows and may be used to measure light passing through the transparent windows.

公开(公告)号：US11130391B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US15758660

申请日：2016-09-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hyungryul J. Choi ,  Arthur Y. Zhang ,  Cheng Chen ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Malcolm J. Northcott ,  Matheen M. Siddiqui ,  Russell Y. Webb ,  Matthew E. Last

IPC: B60J3/04 ,  B60J3/06 ,  B60R16/037

Abstract: A vehicle may have optical structures such as windows and mirrors that have the potential to allow glare from external objects to shine into the eyes of a driver or other vehicle occupant. A control circuit may gather information on where the eyes of the driver are located using a camera mounted in the vehicle and may gather information on where the sun or other source of glare are located outside of the vehicle. Based on this information, the control circuit may direct a light modulator on a window or mirror to selectively darken an area that prevents the glare from reaching the eyes of the driver. The light modulator may have a photochromic layer that is adjusted by shining light onto the photochromic layer, may be a liquid crystal modulator, an electrochromic modulator, or other light modulator layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210142736A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-13

申请号：US17150818

申请日：2021-01-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Fletcher R. Rothkopf ,  David W. Lum ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Graham B. Myhre ,  Bennett S. Wilburn ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Cheuk Chi Lo

IPC: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted device may have displays. The display may have regions of lower and higher resolution to reduce data bandwidth and power consumption for the display while preserving satisfactory image quality. Data lines may be shared by lower and higher resolution portions of a display or different portions of a display with different resolutions may be supplied with different numbers of data lines. Data line length may be varied in transition regions between lower resolution and higher resolution portions of a display to reduce visible discontinuities between the lower and higher resolution portions. The lower and higher resolution portions of the display may be dynamically adjusted using dynamically adjustable gate driver circuitry and dynamically adjustable data line driver circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US10996748B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US16565298

申请日：2019-09-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mehmet Agaoglu ,  Cheng Chen ,  Harsha Shirahatti ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang ,  Nischay Goel ,  Jiaying Wu ,  William Sprague

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G02B27/00 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06K9/32 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to gaze-dependent visual encryption of electronic device displays. Each display frame that is displayed on the electronic device display may include a clear-display region around the user's gaze location and an obscured region outside the clear-display region. In this way, only the display content that the user is actively viewing is recognizable and understandable and an onlooker such as an unwanted observer looking over the user's shoulder is unable to understand what is displayed. The obscured region of each display frame may be generated such that the overall look and structure of that region is unchanged, but the content is unintelligible. In this way, the visual experience of the user is not disrupted or distracted by the visual encryption and the eye of the onlooker is not guided to the clear-display region by the visual encryption.

公开(公告)号：US10576081B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US14986148

申请日：2015-12-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shih Chang Chang ,  Cheng Chen ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Donghee Nam ,  Meng-Huan Ho ,  Minhyuk Choi ,  Rui Liu

IPC: G09G3/3208 ,  A61K31/513 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: Systems and electronic displays with improved contrast even under bright-light conditions are provided. Such an electronic display may include a self-emissive pixel (e.g., OLED or μ-LED) with a corresponding liquid crystal switchable retarder pixel. A liquid crystal layer of the switchable retarder pixel may be tuned to an “on” state or an “off” state. In the “on” state, the switchable retarder pixel may allow outside light that enters the pixel to reflect back out of the pixel. This may add to the amount of light that appears to be emitted from that pixel. In the “off” state, the switchable retarder pixel may block the outside light that enters the pixel from reflecting back out of the pixel. This may reduce the amount of light that appears to be emitted from that pixel. Selectively controlling the switchable retarder pixels may allow for increased contrast even under bright-light conditions.