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公开(公告)号:US20240327293A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18740437
申请日:2024-06-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Matthew S. Rogers , Que Anh S. Nguyen
IPC: C04B35/46 , C04B35/119
CPC classification number: C04B35/46 , C04B35/119
Abstract: Glass ceramic components for electronic devices are disclosed, as are components including a glass ceramic material. A cover member including a glass ceramic material may be positioned over one or more device components such as an optical module or a component of a wireless communication or charging system. The cover member may have optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, and/or mechanical properties compatible with the requirements of the one or more device components.
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公开(公告)号:US11921300B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17198044
申请日:2021-03-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Marta M. Giachino , Matthew S. Rogers , Que Anh S. Nguyen
CPC classification number: G02B27/34 , G06F3/011 , G06F3/0317 , G06T7/73 , G06T19/006 , G02B2027/0138 , G02B2027/014 , G02B2027/0187 , G02B2027/0198
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with optical markers. A marker may be formed from a coating. The coating may be patterned to form a two-dimensional optical code or may be patterned to form an outline or other recognizable marker structure that helps provide information about an electronic device. A device with a sensor such as a depth sensor or other sensor may gather information on the electronic device and its markers. This information may include information on images captured with an image sensor while the electronic device is illuminated by one or more light beams from the depth sensor or other light sources. Markers may be configured to serve as mixed reality optical markers in a mixed reality system. Analysis of the mixed reality marker images or other sensor data may reveal information on device type, device location, device size, device orientation, and other information on a marked device.
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公开(公告)号:US20230167021A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US18102625
申请日:2023-01-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Victor Luzzato , Christopher D. Prest , Dale N. Memering , Matthew S. Rogers
IPC: C03C21/00
CPC classification number: C03C21/002
Abstract: Asymmetrically strengthened glass articles, methods for producing the same, and use of the articles in portable electronic device is disclosed. The asymmetrically strengthened glass articles include glass articles having a deeper compressive stress layer in a thicker portion of the glass article. Using a budgeted amount of compressive stress and tensile stress, asymmetric chemical strengthening is optimized for the utility of a glass article. In some aspects, the strengthened glass article can be designed for reduced damage, or damage propagation, when dropped.
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公开(公告)号:US20230122975A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-20
申请号:US17502721
申请日:2021-10-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a portable wearable device having a housing that includes a shell formed from a sheet metal material and defining an outer surface of the portable wearable device and a frame formed from a polymer material molded to an inner surface of the shell. The housing also includes a cover glass coupled to a ledge of the frame, where the frame and the cover glass define at least a portion of a sealed cavity. The portable wearable device may include a display assembly coupled to an inner surface of the cover glass such that the display assembly is positioned within the sealed cavity.
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公开(公告)号:US11573603B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-07
申请号:US17397716
申请日:2021-08-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Tseng-Mau Yang , Dale N. Memering
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.
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公开(公告)号:US11330708B2
公开(公告)日:2022-05-10
申请号:US16922871
申请日:2020-07-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: James R. Wilson , Christopher D. Prest , Marta M. Giachino , Matthew S. Rogers , Que Anh S. Nguyen
IPC: H05K5/00 , H05K5/02 , H05K5/03 , H05K1/03 , G09F3/02 , G02B5/28 , C03C17/22 , C03C27/10 , H04M1/02
Abstract: An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within an interior of a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer may be provided with regions having different appearances. The regions may be textured, may have coatings such as thin-film interference filter coatings formed from stacks of dielectric material having alternating indices of refraction, may have metal coating layers, and/or may have ink coating layers. Textured surfaces may be formed on thin glass layers and polymer films that are coupled to the glass layer. A glass layer may be formed from a pair of coupled glass layers. The coupled layers may have one or more recesses or other structures to visually distinguish different regions of the glass layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20220117094A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-14
申请号:US17401194
申请日:2021-08-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Matthew S. Rogers , Que Anh S. Nguyen
IPC: H05K5/00 , C04B35/46 , C04B35/119
Abstract: Glass ceramic components for electronic devices are disclosed, as are components including a glass ceramic material. A cover member including a glass ceramic material may be positioned over one or more device components such as an optical module or a component of a wireless communication or charging system. The cover member may have optical properties, electrical properties, magnetic properties, and/or mechanical properties compatible with the requirements of the one or more device components.
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公开(公告)号:US11258891B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US17006678
申请日:2020-08-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Quin C. Hoellwarth , Christopher D. Prest
IPC: H04M1/05 , G06F3/01 , G02B27/01 , H04M1/72454 , G06F3/041 , G02B27/00 , H04M1/02 , G02B27/02 , G06F3/0362 , G06T19/00 , H04B1/3827 , H04N5/225 , G09G5/00 , G09G5/14 , G09G5/391 , G06F3/16 , G09G5/377 , H04W4/80 , A45F5/00 , G06F1/16
Abstract: Head-mounted display systems and methods of operation that allow users to couple and decouple a portable electronic device such as a handheld portable electronic device with a separate head-mounted device (e.g., temporarily integrates the separate devices into a single unit) are disclosed. The portable electronic may be physically coupled to the head-mounted device such that the portable electronic device can be worn on the user's head. The portable electronic device may be operatively coupled to the head-mounted device such that the portable electronic device and head mounted device can communicate and operate with one another. Each device may be allowed to extend its features and/or services to the other device for the purpose of enhancing, increasing and/or eliminating redundant functions between the head-mounted device and the portable electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20220006060A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-06
申请号:US17481751
申请日:2021-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tseng-Mau Yang , Christopher D. Prest , Dale N. Memering
IPC: H01L51/52 , G02F1/1333 , G02F1/1335 , H01L27/32
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as a sheet of glass or another optical member may have portions that are configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The optical member may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical member may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. Solidified liquid polymer may be used to support the optical structures and may be interposed between the optical structures and the active display structures.
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公开(公告)号:US20210365071A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-25
申请号:US17397716
申请日:2021-08-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Christopher D. Prest , Tseng-Mau Yang , Dale N. Memering
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light.
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