公开(公告)号：WO2014046919A2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-27

申请号：PCT/US2013/059072

申请日：2013-09-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： FRANKLIN, Jeremy C. ,  LEONG, Ming ,  BABIARZ, Kristina A. ,  QIAN, Amy ,  GIBBS, Kevin David ,  CHEUNG, Eugene C.

IPC: B24C1/04 ,  B32B17/06

CPC classification number: G06F1/1643 ,  B32B2307/41 ,  C03C17/002 ,  C03C21/002

Abstract: Transparent articles for use as outer surfaces of electronic devices and methods therefor are disclosed. A transparent cover can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. The transparent cover can include material to mark, mask or color a portion of the transparent cover, such portion thereupon becoming opaque. The material can be provided in a recessed portion of an inner surface of the transparent cover, such portion being a portion of the transparent cover that is not over a usable portion of the display. The electronic device can, for example, be a portable electronic device.

Abstract translation: 公开了用作电子设备的外表面的透明物品及其方法。 可以在便携式电子设备的显示器上提供透明盖，以在显示器上提供保护性外盖。 透明盖可以包括用于标记，掩蔽或着色透明盖的一部分的材料，这样的部分随之变得不透明。 该材料可以设置在透明盖的内表面的凹陷部分中，这样的部分是透明盖的不在显示器的可用部分之上的部分。 电子设备可以例如是便携式电子设备。

公开(公告)号：EP4148464A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-15

申请号：EP22190336.2

申请日：2022-08-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： DASHEVSKY, David D. ,  PEARSON, Brian S. ,  ZHENG, Dong ,  CHEUNG, Eugene C. ,  VAMPOLA, Kenneth J.

IPC: G01S17/04 ,  G06K7/10 ,  G06V40/13 ,  G02B5/00

Abstract: An electronic device may be attached to an external item. The electronic device may include an optical identification sensor configured to sense a color-encoded tag in the external item when the item is attached to the device. The optical identification sensor may include a board layer, a protective filter layer, wall structures for supporting the protective filter layer on the board layer, a linear array of photodetectors disposed between the board layer and the protective filter layer, a field-of-view restriction filter interposed between the photodetectors and the protective filter layer, and a light source having multiple emitters for illuminating the color-encoded tag. The emitters may be activated sequentially to produce multiple images that are combined to reconstruct an accurate reading of the color-encoded tag, which can then be used to identify the type of external item currently attached to the electronic device.