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公开(公告)号:AU2017241549A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:AU2017241549
申请日:2017-03-27
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: KIM SORA , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , JIN RUI , WITTENBERG MICHAEL B , MCCORD MICHAEL K , LARSSON HENRIC , GOZZINI GIOVANNI , BROWNING LUCY , MYERS SCOTT A
IPC: G06F3/041 , G06F21/32 , G06K9/00 , H03K17/975
Abstract: An input device can be integrated within an electronic device and/or operably connected to an electronic device through a wired or wireless connection. The input device can include one or more force sensors positioned below a cover element of the input device or an input surface of the electronic device. The input device can include other components and/or functionality, such as a biometric sensor and/or a switch element.
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公开(公告)号:AU2018203722A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-21
申请号:AU2018203722
申请日:2018-05-28
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: FILIZ SINAN , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , SMITH JOHN STEPHEN , OGATA CHARLEY T , SAUER CHRISTIAN M , CHOI SHIN JOHN , BUTLER CHRISTOPHER J , MARTISAUSKAS STEVEN J
Abstract: A device configured to sense a touch on a surface of the device. The device includes a cover and a force-sensing structure disposed below the cover. The force-sensing structure may be positioned below a display and used in combination with other force-sensing 5 elements to estimate the force of a touch on the cover of a device.
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公开(公告)号:AU2018100481A4
公开(公告)日:2018-05-17
申请号:AU2018100481
申请日:2018-04-13
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: HARLEY JONAH A , HUPPI BRIAN Q , SHAH DHAVAL N , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , HOTELLING STEVEN P , CHRISTOPHY MIGUEL C , KATIYAR VIVEK , TAN TANG YEW , BUTLER CHRISTOPHER J , DE JONG ERIK G , QIAO RUI , MARTISAUSKAS STEVEN J , HOEN STORRS T , DINH RICHARD HUNG MINH , HOOTON LEE E , SPRAGGS IAN A , COHEN SAWYER I , PAKULA DAVID A , RICHARDS PETER W , LEUNG OMAR SZE , SARTEE MING L
Abstract: A device configured to determine the location and magnitude of a touch on a surface of the device. The device includes a transparent touch sensor that is configured to detect a location of a touch on the transparent touch sensor. The 5 device also includes a force-sensing structure disposed at the periphery of the transparent touch sensor. The force sensor includes an upper capacitive plate and a compressible element disposed on one side of the upper capacitive plate. The force sensor also includes a lower capacitive plate disposed on a side of the compressible element that is opposite the upper capacitive plate.
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公开(公告)号:AU2017101133B4
公开(公告)日:2018-03-15
申请号:AU2017101133
申请日:2017-08-21
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: HARLEY JONAH A , HUPPI BRIAN Q , SHAH DHAVAL N , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , HOTELLING STEVEN P , CHRISTOPHY MIGUEL C , KATIYAR VIVEK , TAN TANG YEW , BUTLER CHRISTOPHER J , DE JONG ERIK G , QIAO RUI , MARTISAUSKAS STEVEN J , HOEN STORRS T , DINH RICHARD HUNG MINH , HOOTON LEE E , SPRAGGS IAN A , COHEN SAWYER I , PAKULA DAVID A , RICHARDS PETER W , LEUNG OMAR SZE , SARTEE MING L
Abstract: A device configured to determine the location and magnitude of a touch on a surface of the device. The device includes a transparent touch sensor that is configured to detect a location of a touch on the transparent touch sensor. The 5 device also includes a force-sensing structure disposed at the periphery of the transparent touch sensor. The force sensor includes an upper capacitive plate and a compressible element disposed on one side of the upper capacitive plate. The force sensor also includes a lower capacitive plate disposed on a side of the compressible element that is opposite the upper capacitive plate.
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公开(公告)号:DE112015000387T5
公开(公告)日:2016-09-29
申请号:DE112015000387
申请日:2015-01-12
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: FILIZ SINAN , PEDDER JAMES E , OGATA CHARLEY T , SMITH JOHN STEPHEN , CHOI SHIN JOHN , HUPPI BRIAN Q , BUTLER CHRISTOPHER J , PATEL DHAVAL CHANDRAKANT , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P
Abstract: Ein optisch transparenter Kraftsensor, der Umgebungseffekte kompensieren kann, einschließlich beispielsweise Änderungen der Temperatur der Vorrichtung oder der Umgebungen. Bei einigen Beispielen sind zwei kraftsensible Schichten durch eine kompatible Schicht getrennt. Das relative elektrische Ansprechverhalten der beiden kraftsensiblen Schichten kann verwendet werden, um einen Schätzwert der Kraft einer Berührung zu berechnen, die den Effekt von Temperaturschwankungen reduziert. Bei einigen Beispielen werden piezoelektrische Filme mit anisotropen Dehnungseigenschaften verwendet, um die Temperaturauswirkungen zu reduzieren.
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公开(公告)号:AU2015204591A1
公开(公告)日:2016-07-07
申请号:AU2015204591
申请日:2015-01-12
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: FILIZ SINAN , PEDDER JAMES E , OGATA CHARLEY T , SMITH JOHN STEPHEN , PATEL DHAVAL CHANDRAKANT , CHOI SHIN JOHN , HUPPI BRIAN Q , BUTLER CHRISTOPHER J , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P
Abstract: An optically transparent force sensor that may compensate for environmental effects, including, for example, variations in temperature of the device or the surroundings. In some examples, two force-sensitive layers are separated by a compliant layer. The relative electrical response of the two force-sensitive layers may be used to compute an estimate of the force of a touch that reduces the effect of variations in temperature. In some examples, piezoelectric films having anisotropic strain properties are used to reduce the effects of temperature.
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公开(公告)号:AU2015101546A4
公开(公告)日:2015-11-19
申请号:AU2015101546
申请日:2015-10-19
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: FILIZ SINAN , PEDDER JAMES E , OGATA CHARLEY T , SMITH JOHN STEPHEN , PATEL DHAVAL CHANDRAKANT , CHOI SHIN JOHN , HUPPI BRIAN Q , BUTLER CHRISTOPHER J , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P
Abstract: An optically transparent force sensor that may compensate for environmental effects, including, for example, variations in temperature of the device or the surroundings. In some examples, two force-sensitive layers are separated by a compliant layer. The relative electrical response of the two force-sensitive layers may be used to compute an estimate of the force of a touch that reduces the effect of variations in temperature. In some examples, piezoelectric films having anisotropic strain properties are used to reduce the effects of temperature.
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公开(公告)号:AU2012352798A1
公开(公告)日:2014-05-01
申请号:AU2012352798
申请日:2012-11-21
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: YANG BINGRUI , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , HOTELLING STEVEN P
IPC: H03K17/96
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which components such as a display are mounted. A strain gauge may be mounted on a layer of the display such as a cover layer or may be mounted on a portion of the housing or other support structure. The layer of material on which the strain gauge is mounted may be configured to flex in response to pressure applied by a finger of a user. The strain gauge may serve as a button for the electronic device or may form part of other input circuitry. A differential amplifier and analog-to-digital converter circuit may be used to gather and process strain gauge signals. The strain gauge may be formed form variable resistor structures that make up part of a bridge circuit that is coupled to the differential amplifier. The bridge circuit may be configured to reduce the impact of capacitively coupled noise.
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公开(公告)号:EP3213173A4
公开(公告)日:2018-06-06
申请号:EP15854782
申请日:2015-10-27
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: LI YINGXUAN , YAO WEIJUN , PANT VIVEK , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , YOUSEFPOR MARDUKE , RANGANATHAN SUMANT
CPC classification number: G06F3/044 , G06F3/0418
Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a plurality of touch node electrodes. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a touch controller configured to drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a fully bootstrapped configuration to obtain a fully bootstrapped touch image, drive and sense the plurality of touch node electrodes in a second configuration, different from the fully bootstrapped configuration, to obtain a second touch image, the second touch image including an effect of water on the touch sensor panel, and determine a final touch image based on the fully bootstrapped touch image and the second touch image, the final touch image not including the effect of the water on the touch sensor panel. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a mutual capacitance configuration. In some examples, the second configuration comprises a partially bootstrapped configuration.
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公开(公告)号:EP2760308A4
公开(公告)日:2015-01-28
申请号:EP12836724
申请日:2012-09-25
Applicant: APPLE INC
Inventor: IVE JONATHAN P , KERR DUNCAN R , ROHRBACH MATTHEW DEAN , HOTELLING STEVE P , MULLENS CHRISTOPHER T , GRUNTHANER MARTIN P , CRETELLA MICHAEL A JR
CPC classification number: H04M1/0245 , A45C11/00 , A45C2011/003 , G06F1/1626 , G06F1/1677 , G06F2200/1634 , H04M1/0283 , H04M1/72527 , H04M1/72575 , H04M2250/12
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