公开(公告)号：US11709554B1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-25

申请号：US17465579

申请日：2021-09-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erin M. Bosch ,  Stephen E. Dey ,  Jeffrey A. Griffis ,  Alex J. Lehmann ,  Yuhao Pan ,  Paul X. Wang

IPC: G06F3/033

CPC classification number: G06F3/033 ,  G06F2203/0331

Abstract: A finger device may be worn on a user's finger and may serve as a controller for a head-mounted device or other electronic device. The finger device may have a housing having an upper housing portion that extends across a top of the finger and first and second side housing portions that extend down respective first and second sides of the finger. Sensors in the side housing portions may measure movements of the sides of the finger as the finger contacts an external surface. To ensure that the sensors are appropriately positioned relative to the sides of the finger, the housing may include one or more adjustable structures such as an elastomeric band, a drawstring, a ratchet mechanism, a scissor mechanism, and/or other adjustable structures for adjusting the position of the first and second side housing portions and associated sensors relative to the upper housing portion.

公开(公告)号：US20230205477A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US18177653

申请日：2023-03-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul V. Johnson ,  Aaron Wang ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Jiaying Wu ,  Paul X. Wang

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0486 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06V20/10

CPC classification number: G06F3/1423 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0486 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0346 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06V20/10

Abstract: A system may include electronic devices that communicate wirelessly. When positioned so that a pair of devices overlap or are near to one another, the devices may operate in a linked mode. During linked operations, devices may communicate wirelessly while input gathering and content displaying operations are shared among the devices. One or both of a pair of devices may have sensors. An orientation sensor, motion sensor, optical sensor, and/or other sensors may be used in identifying conditions in which to enter the linked mode and to identify a region where displays in the pair of devices overlap.

公开(公告)号：US20230188877A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US18165457

申请日：2023-02-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Chanjuan Feng ,  Christopher Wilk ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Stuart M. Nevill ,  Daniel K. Boothe ,  Nicholas A. Rundle ,  Simon S. Lee ,  Xiang Zhang ,  Thomas H. Tsang ,  Rebecca J. Mikolajczyk

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R3/12 ,  G06F1/16

CPC classification number: H04R1/028 ,  H04R3/12 ,  G06F1/1688 ,  H04R2499/15

Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume in which a speaker assembly is positioned. The speaker assembly can include a speaker module and a speaker enclosure in fluid communication, with the speaker enclosure at least partially defining a speaker volume.

公开(公告)号：US11619976B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-04

申请号：US17876350

申请日：2022-07-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Alex J. Lehmann ,  Zheng Gao

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K7/00 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  H01H13/83 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  H03K17/967 ,  H03K17/972 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A device may include a display portion that includes a display housing and a display at least partially within the display housing. The device may also include a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion and including a bottom case, a top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of raised key regions, and a sensing system below the top case and configured to detect an input applied to a raised key region of the array of raised key regions.

公开(公告)号：US20230088181A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US18054077

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Abidur R. Chowdhury ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Bart K. Andre ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Keith J. Hendren

IPC: H05K5/02 ,  F16M11/38 ,  G06F1/18 ,  H05K5/00

Abstract: Low-profile computer supports include features to reduce the thickness and improve the portability or storage capability of a computer system while it is disassembled, packaged, shipped, or moved. Some computer systems have a computing device and a dock device that can be stored and moved separately or that can store or support accessories associated with the computer system. Some computer systems have a movable stand configured to transition between a collapsed state and a deployed or standing state. Some stands include handles or grips for moving the computer systems while collapsed. Other computer systems include handles or grips to provide areas to more easily carry the computer systems. The handles or grips can have features such as a flexible material to hide or mask their appearance on the computer system.

公开(公告)号：US11609603B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US17464358

申请日：2021-09-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Jie Gu

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/147 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G10L15/08 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N5/445 ,  H04R1/02 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. The housing may be characterized by a vertical axis and may have housing structures such as cylindrical housing structures with a cylindrical surface. A speaker may be mounted in the housing to provide sound through openings in the housing structures. A visual output device may be mounted in the housing to provide light through openings in the housing structures. The visual output device may include an electrophoretic display, a light-emitting diode display, or other display with an array of pixels that display images or may include other components for emitting light. During operation, voice commands may be received by a microphone in the device and action taken based on the commands and other information. The action taken may include playing sound with the speaker and providing visual output with the visual output device.

公开(公告)号：US20230032396A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-02

申请号：US17965689

申请日：2022-10-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang

IPC: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  H03K17/95 ,  H03K17/96

Abstract: A user may provide finger press input to a surface such as a touch sensitive input surface. The input surface may be formed from a two-dimensional touch sensor overlapping a display of an electronic device. The electronic device and an associated device such as a finger-mounted device may form a system for gathering the finger press input from the user. A sensor may be used in monitoring when the finger-mounted device and a user's finger in the device approach the input surface of the electronic device. In response to detection of the finger near the input surface, actuators in the finger-mounted device may squeeze the finger inwardly to cause a finger pad on the finger to protrude outwardly towards the input surface, thereby softening impact between the finger and the input surface. The electronic device may also have an array of components to repel the finger-mounted device.

公开(公告)号：US20220394378A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-08

申请号：US17886613

申请日：2022-08-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Ivan S. Maric

IPC: H04R1/34 ,  H04R1/28 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H04R29/00

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enhancing a user's listening experience by adjusting physical attributes of an audio playback system based on detected environmental attributes of the system's environment.

公开(公告)号：US11513383B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-29

申请号：US17031767

申请日：2020-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lauren M. Farrell ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Brian P. Graves ,  David P. Tarkington ,  Eric L. Benson ,  Erik A. Zweigle ,  Kwonil D. Fleischman ,  Paul X. Wang ,  Simon S. Lee ,  Tingjun Xu ,  Nicholas A. Rundle

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G02B5/08 ,  G02B5/10 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing that at least partially defines an exterior surface and an internal volume of the electronic device, and a display assembly at least partially disposed in the internal volume. The display assembly can include a transparent cover that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the electronic device, a backlight unit disposed between the cover and the housing, a frame coupling the cover to the backlight unit, a portion of the frame at least partially defining an aperture, and an electronic component disposed in the internal volume and extending through the aperture.

公开(公告)号：US20220359133A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17813930

申请日：2022-07-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X. Wang ,  Christopher D. Jones ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Martin Melcher ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque ,  Avianne Marie B. Tuano

IPC: H01H13/14 ,  H01H13/83 ,  H01H13/84

Abstract: Keycaps for keyboards that have transparent top portions have a set of layered components to define a top surface that provides key definition by curvature, texture, ridges, or other external structural features. Other portions of the keycaps define a glyph or support structure for the top layer. Features such as angle filters and partially reflective materials are implemented to improve the visibility, contrast, and reflectivity of the keycaps. Multiple methods are used to bend or otherwise modify rigid transparent materials such as glass in order to add surface features and to improve aesthetics of the keycaps of a keyboard.