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公开(公告)号:US11896136B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-13
申请号:US17020585
申请日:2020-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Riley E. Brandt , Linda Benavente-Notaro , Antonio Herrera , Denis Lin , Zijing Zeng , Erno H. Klaassen , Zhipeng Zhang
CPC classification number: A47C27/083 , A47C27/10 , A47C27/146 , A47C27/18 , G08B1/04 , G08B6/00
Abstract: An in-bed haptic device may include an array of actuation cells. Actuation cells of the array of actuation cells may be configured to actuate (e.g., expand, contract, or otherwise change shape) in a predetermined sequence to provide haptic outputs. The in-bed haptic device may be configured to be placed beneath a user during use, for example between a user and a mattress. The haptic outputs may be provided to help a user relax, to move and/or wake a user, to indicate outputs, alerts, or notifications at the in-bed haptic device or another electronic device, or the like.
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公开(公告)号:US20230068455A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US18054283
申请日:2022-11-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Riley E. Brandt , Richard H. Koch , Zhipeng Zhang , John C. DiFonzo , Michael B. Wittenberg
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure and a keyboard positioned within the enclosure. The keyboard includes a substrate and a key mechanism. The key mechanism includes a keycap support mechanism, a keycap supported by the keycap support mechanism and movable relative to the substrate, a ferromagnetic component attached to the keycap support mechanism, and a selectively magnetizable magnet. The selectively magnetizable magnet system may include a magnetizable material and a coil configured to selectively magnetize and demagnetize the magnetizable material. The key mechanism may include a collapsible dome biasing the keycap toward the extended position.
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公开(公告)号:US11432766B2
公开(公告)日:2022-09-06
申请号:US16118282
申请日:2018-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sameer Pandya , Adam T. Clavelle , Erik G. de Jong , Michael B. Wittenberg , Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan , Martin Melcher , Zhipeng Zhang , Steven C. Roach , Steven P. Cardinali
IPC: A61B5/00 , G06F1/16 , A61B5/282 , A61B5/332 , A61B5/339 , A61B5/024 , G04G9/00 , G04G21/02 , G04G21/08
Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.
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公开(公告)号:US10957501B1
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US15880140
申请日:2018-01-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Riley E. Brandt , Richard H. Koch , Zhipeng Zhang , John C. DiFonzo , Michael B. Wittenberg
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure and a keyboard positioned within the enclosure. The keyboard includes a substrate and a key mechanism. The key mechanism includes a keycap support mechanism, a keycap supported by the keycap support mechanism and movable relative to the substrate, a ferromagnetic component attached to the keycap support mechanism, and a selectively magnetizable magnet. The selectively magnetizable magnet system may include a magnetizable material and a coil configured to selectively magnetize and demagnetize the magnetizable material. The key mechanism may include a collapsible dome biasing the keycap toward the extended position.
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公开(公告)号:US20200229761A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-23
申请号:US16841543
申请日:2020-04-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sameer Pandya , Adam T. Clavelle , Erik G. de Jong , Michael B. Wittenberg , Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan , Martin Melcher , Zhipeng Zhang , Steven C. Roach , Steven P. Cardinali
IPC: A61B5/00 , G06F1/16 , G04G21/02 , A61B5/0404 , G04G21/08 , G04G9/00 , A61B5/044 , A61B5/0408 , A61B5/024
Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.
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公开(公告)号:US10701845B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US16262763
申请日:2019-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Griffin L. Schmitt , Benjamin S. Bustle , Kevin M. Froese , Lucy E. Browning , Zhipeng Zhang , Jaden A. Barney , Nan Li
Abstract: A shield assembly can enclose an electronic component in a chamber of a mobile communication device. The shield assembly can include a chassis having a slot and a conductive rail adjacent to the slot. A covering can be mounted over the electronic component and coupled to the chassis via a spring contact disposed in the slot. The covering can include a shield element configured to cover a chamber enclosing the electronic component. The covering can further include a first tab connected to the shield element, and a second tab connected to the shield element and spaced apart from the first tab by a gap. A spring contact can be disposed in the gap and electrically connected to the shield element via at least one of the first tab and the second tab.
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公开(公告)号:US10315828B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-11
申请号:US15181615
申请日:2016-06-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tommaso P. Rivellini , Richard H. Koch , Zhipeng Zhang
Abstract: A portable electronic device includes one or more bumpers that are operable to transition between a stowed position and a deployed position. In the deployed position, the bumpers may be proud of one or more surfaces of the portable electronic device that the bumpers are not proud of in the stowed position. The bumpers may protect the surfaces from impact when proud of those surfaces if the portable electronic device contacts a surface, such as when the portable electronic device is dropped. The bumpers may form portions of side corners or other portions of the portable electronic device in the stowed position. In transitioning from the stowed position to the deployed position, the bumpers may rotate and/or translate.
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公开(公告)号:US12009162B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US18054283
申请日:2022-11-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Riley E. Brandt , Richard H. Koch , Zhipeng Zhang , John C. DiFonzo , Michael B. Wittenberg
CPC classification number: H01H13/84 , G06F3/0202 , H01H36/00 , H01H36/004 , H01H36/0073 , H01H2215/052 , H01H2223/052 , H01H2231/002
Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure and a keyboard positioned within the enclosure. The keyboard includes a substrate and a key mechanism. The key mechanism includes a keycap support mechanism, a keycap supported by the keycap support mechanism and movable relative to the substrate, a ferromagnetic component attached to the keycap support mechanism, and a selectively magnetizable magnet. The selectively magnetizable magnet system may include a magnetizable material and a coil configured to selectively magnetize and demagnetize the magnetizable material. The key mechanism may include a collapsible dome biasing the keycap toward the extended position.
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公开(公告)号:US20230098960A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-30
申请号:US18075212
申请日:2022-12-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sameer Pandya , Adam T. Clavelle , Erik G. de Jong , Michael B. Wittenberg , Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan , Martin Melcher , Zhipeng Zhang , Steven C. Roach , Steven P. Cardinali
IPC: A61B5/00 , G06F1/16 , A61B5/282 , A61B5/332 , A61B5/339 , A61B5/024 , G04G9/00 , G04G21/02 , G04G21/08
Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.
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公开(公告)号:US10646121B2
公开(公告)日:2020-05-12
申请号:US15274183
申请日:2016-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ravi K. Narasimhan , Zijing Zeng , Zhipeng Zhang
Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the measuring and monitoring of blood pressure. More specifically, embodiments may apply the theory of applanation tonometry for the measurement of blood pressure. Some embodiments provide a method for measuring mean arterial pressure. Some embodiments provide a device that may be worn by a user that may non-invasively measure and monitor blood pressure of a user. In some embodiments, the invention generally relates to sensor arrays for use with a wrist-worn device to measure blood pressure. Embodiments of the sensor array designs described may be configured to improve resolution by decoupling nodes of the sensor array.
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