FORCE SENSING ARCHITECTURES
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    发明申请
    FORCE SENSING ARCHITECTURES 审中-公开
    强制感知架构

    公开(公告)号:WO2017143242A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:PCT/US2017/018450

    申请日:2017-02-17

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/044 G06F3/041 G06F2203/04102 G06F2203/04105

    Abstract: An electronic device with a force sensing device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a user input surface defining an exterior surface of the electronic device, a first capacitive sensing element, and a second capacitive sensing element capacitively coupled to the first capacitive sensing element. The electronic device also comprises a first spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements, and a second spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements. The first and second spacing layers have different compositions. The electronic device also comprises sensing circuitry coupled to the first and second capacitive sensing elements configured to determine an amount of applied force on the user input surface. The first spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is below a force threshold, and the second spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is above the force threshold.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种具有力感测设备的电子设备。 电子设备包括限定电子设备的外表面的用户输入表面,第一电容感测元件和电容性耦合到第一电容感测元件的第二电容感测元件。 电子设备还包括第一和第二电容感测元件之间的第一间隔层以及第一和第二电容感测元件之间的第二间隔层。 第一和第二间隔层具有不同的组成。 该电子设备还包括耦合到第一和第二电容感测元件的感测电路,被配置为确定在用户输入表面上施加的力的量。 如果所施加的力低于力阈值,则所述第一间隔层被配置成塌陷,并且所述第二间隔层被配置为如果所施加的力高于所述力阈值则塌陷。

    ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH OPTICAL FIBER RIBBONS

    公开(公告)号:WO2022164608A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:PCT/US2022/011312

    申请日:2022-01-05

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A light pipe such as a fiber ribbon may be formed from fibers joined by binder such as extruded binder. The fiber ribbon or other light pipe may have bends. A light source may provide light to an input of a fiber ribbon that is guided by the fiber ribbon to a corresponding output. The output may be located in an interior portion of an electronic device or may be positioned so that light from the output exits the electronic device and illuminates external objects. The light source may have light-emitting devices on a substrate. The light-emitting devices may be vertical cavity surface-emitting laser diodes or other lasers and/or may be light-emitting diodes. Light-emitting devices may be arranged in discrete clusters corresponding to the locations of fiber cores in the fiber ribbon.

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