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

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

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.

公开(公告)号：AU2016222496A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-22

申请号：AU2016222496

申请日：2016-09-02

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  HOTELLING STEVEN P

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to switch between a mutual capacitance near field sensing architecture and a self-capacitance far field sensing architecture. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either drive lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or as sense electrodes in a self capacitance configuration. The touch sensor panel also includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either sense lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or a sense electrode in a self-capacitance configuration.

公开(公告)号：AU2016219716A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-15

申请号：AU2016219716

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： POPE BENJAMIN J ,  JARVIS DANIEL W ,  MERZ NICHOLAS G ,  MYERS SCOTT A ,  CRETELLA MICHAEL A ,  ENG MICHAEL ,  FOSTER JAMES H ,  GILTON TERRY L ,  HAGGERTY MYRA ,  HAN BYRON B ,  HANKEY M EVANS ,  HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  LAND BRIAN R ,  LYNCH STEPHEN BRIAN ,  MEADE PAUL ,  SARWAR MUSHTAQ A ,  TERNUS JOHN P ,  THOMPSON PAUL M ,  VAN OS MARCEL ,  WRIGHT JOHN A

IPC: G06F3/048

Abstract: An electronic device with a display and a fingerprint sensor displays, on the display, a first user interface. While displaying the first user interface on the display, the device detects movement of a fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor. In response to detecting movement of the fingerprint on the fingerprint sensor: in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a first direction, the device navigates through the first user interface; and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the fingerprint is in a second direction different from the first direction, the device displays a second user interface different from the first user interface on the display.

公开(公告)号：AU2015101174B4

公开(公告)日：2016-06-16

申请号：AU2015101174

申请日：2015-08-26

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： PEDDER JAMES EDWARD ALEXANDER ,  SHIH DAVID H C ,  GRUNTHANER MARTIN PAUL ,  HOTELLING STEVEN P

IPC: G06F3/041

Abstract: A touch sensor panel is disclosed. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a first touch pixel electrode formed in a first layer, the first touch pixel electrode comprising a plurality of electrically coupled touch pixel segments separated by one or more touch pixel gaps. In some examples, the touch sensor panel comprises a sense connection formed in the first layer and coupled to the first touch pixel electrode, the sense connection configured to couple the first touch pixel electrode to sense circuitry. In some examples, the touch pixel segments and the touch pixel gaps are configured to provide optical uniformity on the touch sensor panel.

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.

公开(公告)号：NL2010604A

公开(公告)日：2013-10-16

申请号：NL2010604

申请日：2013-04-09

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  BUSSAT JEAN-MARIE ,  LYON BENJAMIN B

IPC: G06K9/00

Abstract: A capacitive fingerprint sensor that may be formed of an array of sensing elements. Each capacitive sensing element of the array may register a voltage that varies with the capacitance of a capacitive coupling. A finger may capacitively couple to the individual capacitive sensing elements of the sensor, such that the sensor may sense a capacitance between each capacitive sensing element and the flesh of the fingerprint. The capacitance signal may be detected by sensing the change in voltage on the capacitive sensing element as the relative voltage between the finger and the sensing chip is changed. Alternately, the capacitance signal may be detected by sensing the change in charge received by the capacitive sensing elements as the relative voltage between the finger and the sensing chip is changed.

公开(公告)号：GB2475631A

公开(公告)日：2011-05-25

申请号：GB201101918

申请日：2007-04-05

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH HORST ,  HUPPI BRIAN QUENTIN

IPC: G06F3/044

Abstract: An offset compensation circuit for use in conjunction with a capacitive touch sensor in for example a tablet personal computer. The controller may have a single application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) with an output circuitry connected to a row electrode to generate timing signals that generate drive waveforms for a transparent touch screen (36) for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor, to determine proximity of object at each node by measuring coupling of drive waveforms for reading sensor. Various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques may permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. The offset compensation circuit uses a programmable offset digital to analogue converter to generate a static component for the capacitive coupling and a sub-tractor circuit. The offset signal is adjustable and determined from a look-up table for each of the touch pixels.

公开(公告)号：AU2007257866B2

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：AU2007257866

申请日：2007-06-08

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  CHEN WEI ,  HODGE ANDREW BERT ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH H ,  LAND BRIAN ,  YAO WEI ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  BOER WILLEM DEN

IPC: G06F3/041

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane- switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：AU2007257869B2

公开(公告)日：2011-02-17

申请号：AU2007257869

申请日：2007-06-08

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HODGE ANDREW BERT ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  YAO WEI ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH H ,  CHEN WEI ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  LAND BRIAN ,  BOER WILLEM DEN ,  HOTELLING STEVEN P

IPC: G06F3/041

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs, In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：GB2455179B

公开(公告)日：2011-01-12

申请号：GB0820662

申请日：2007-06-08

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  CHEN WEI ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH HORST ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  YAO WEI H ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  HODGE ANDREW BERT ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  BOER WILLEM DEN

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs, In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.