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公开(公告)号:US11269442B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-08
申请号:US16901933
申请日:2020-06-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein , Senem E. Emgin , Terrence L. Van Ausdall , Xianwei Zhao , Yuxi Zhao , Soyoung Kim
Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210396935A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-23
申请号:US16905664
申请日:2020-06-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tong Chen , Mark T. Winkler , Michael K. McCord , Tingjun Xu , Xianwei Zhao
Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and a display. The housing defines an interior cavity and includes an optically-transmissive housing component. The display is disposed in the interior cavity and is viewable through the optically-transmissive housing component. An optoelectronic component is disposed in the interior cavity. An optical fiber extends between a first end positioned adjacent the optoelectronic component and a second end positioned adjacent the optically-transmissive housing component. The optical fiber defines a non-linear optical path between the first end and the second end. At least a portion of the optical fiber is laterally offset from a lateral edge of the display.
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公开(公告)号:US11054932B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16102557
申请日:2018-08-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Qiliang Xu , Alex J. Lehmann , Ming Yu , Xianwei Zhao , Xiaonan Wen , Shan Wu , Xiaofan Niu
IPC: G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/045 , G06F3/0354
Abstract: An electronic device includes an input device. The input device has an input/output module below or within a cover defining an input surface. The input/output module detects touch and/or force inputs on the input surface, and provides haptic feedback to the cover. In some instances, a haptic device is integrally formed with a wall or structural element of a housing or enclosure of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10591645B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-17
申请号:US15484888
申请日:2017-04-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Zhenbin Ge , Xianwei Zhao , Wookyung Bae , Sunggu Kang , Ligang Wang , Avery P. Yuen , Stephen C. Cool , John Z. Zhong
Abstract: An electronic device may have transparent members such as display cover layers and camera windows. A transparent member such as a sapphire member may be provided with an antireflection coating. The antireflection coating may have a stack of dielectric thin-film interference filter layers that form a thin-film interference filter that suppresses visible light reflections. The stack of dielectric thin-film interference filter layers may have thicknesses and materials that provide the thin-film interference filter and coating with low light reflection properties while enhancing scratch resistance. An adhesion layer may be used to help adhere the stack of thin-film interference filter layer to the transparent member. An antismudge coating such as a fluoropolymer coating may be used to reduce smudging. Graded layers and layers with elevated hardness values may be used in the coating.
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公开(公告)号:US20200015390A1
公开(公告)日:2020-01-09
申请号:US16403425
申请日:2019-05-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Khadijeh Bayat , Yoshitaka Matsui , Naomi Sugawara , Daisuke Nozu , Xianwei Zhao , Avery P. Yuen , Martin Melcher , James R. Wilson , Di Fan
Abstract: An electronic device may have transparent housing structures such as walls formed of glass or sapphire. Housing structures such as transparent housing structures may have a colored coating. The colored coating may include an absorptive layer and a metal layer. The coating may exhibit a color that can be adjusted by adjusting the thickness of the thin absorptive layer. A colored layer such as a layer of colored polymer may be incorporated into the colored coating to further adjust the color of the coating. The colored coating may be formed on an inner or outer housing structure surface. The surface may have a texture to provide the coating with a matte appearance. When formed on an outer surface, a diamond-like carbon layer may protect the colored coating. When formed on an inner surface, a passivation layer may be used to prevent oxidation of the metal layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10395620B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-27
申请号:US15713308
申请日:2017-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ove Lyngnes , Tingjun Xu , Avery P. Yuen , Christopher M. Dodson , Tianbo Sun , Xianwei Zhao , Xingxing Cai , Sunggu Kang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have an array of pixels that form an active area and may have an inactive area that runs along an edge of the active area. An opaque layer may be formed on an inner surface of a display cover layer in the inactive area of the display or may be formed on another transparent layer in the electronic device. An ambient light sensor window may be formed from the opening and may be aligned with color ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor may have an integrated circuit with photodetectors. Ambient light passing through the ambient light sensor window may be diffused by a light diffuser having one or more light-diffusing layers. Diffused ambient light may be collimated using a light collimator having one or more light-collimating layers such as layers with inwardly facing protrusions.
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公开(公告)号:US20180067212A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15487233
申请日:2017-04-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: James R. Wilson , Kenichi Nakajima , Ligang Wang , Mark T. Winkler , Matthew S. Rogers , Naoto Matsuyuki , Xianwei Zhao
IPC: G01S17/08
CPC classification number: G01S17/026 , G01S7/4813 , G06F1/1637 , G06F1/1684 , H04M1/026 , H04M1/0266 , H04M2250/12
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a display cover layer. The display may have an active area with pixels and an inactive area without pixels. An opaque masking layer such as a layer of black ink may be formed on the underside of the display cover layer in the inactive area. Windows may be formed from openings in the opaque masking layer. Optical components such as infrared-light-based optical components may be aligned with the windows. The windows may include coatings in the openings that block visible light while transmitting infrared light. The window coatings may be formed from polymer layers containing pigments, polymer layers containing dyes that are coated with antireflection layers, thin-film interference filters formed from stacks of thin-film layers, or other coating structures.
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