Electronic Devices With Deformable Displays
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    发明申请
    Electronic Devices With Deformable Displays 审中-公开
    具有可变形显示器的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20170068318A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-09

    申请号:US15221033

    申请日:2016-07-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing in which display structures are mounted. Additional input-output devices such as a track pad may also be mounted in the housing. These input-output devices may include components such as touch sensors and force sensors for gathering input from a user. The display structures may include a display such as a flexible organic light-emitting diode display or a liquid crystal display that can present visual information to the user. To provide the user with tactile output, an output device such as a display or track pad may be provided with electroactive polymer structures, electromagnetic actuators, and other tactile output devices. The tactile output devices may provide protrusions, indentations, selectively stiffened and softened areas, and other tactile output for a user.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有其中安装显示结构的壳体。 附加的输入输出设备,例如轨道板也可以安装在壳体中。 这些输入输出设备可以包括诸如触摸传感器和用于从用户收集输入的力传感器的组件。 显示结构可以包括可以向用户呈现视觉信息的显示器,例如柔性有机发光二极管显示器或液晶显示器。 为了向用户提供触觉输出,诸如显示器或轨迹板的输出装置可以设置有电活性聚合物结构,电磁致动器和其他触觉输出装置。 触觉输出装置可以为用户提供突起,凹痕,选择性加硬和软化区域以及其它触觉输出。

    Electronic devices with folding displays having flexible area support structures

    公开(公告)号:US12114451B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17538701

    申请日:2021-11-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H05K5/03 G06F1/1652 H05K5/0017

    Abstract: A foldable display may have a display cover layer and display panel that bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along and overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. Polymer may be formed in the recess. Stiffening structures such as glass strips and glass beads of one or more diameters may be embedded in the polymer to help resist inward compression of the surface of the display cover layer in the locally thinned region while allowing the display cover layer to bend about the bend axis.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING COLORED GLASS-BASED COMPONENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20230056403A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17891648

    申请日:2022-08-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Components formed from colored glass-based materials are disclosed. A cover member formed from a colored glass-based material may be positioned over one or more device components such as 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. In some cases, different portions of the cover member may be configured to have different optical and/or electrical properties.

    Electronic Devices With Folding Displays Having Flexible Area Support Structures

    公开(公告)号:US20220201885A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17538701

    申请日:2021-11-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A foldable display may have a display cover layer and display panel that bend around a bend axis. The display panel may have an array of pixels configured to display an image through the display cover layer. The display cover layer may be formed from a layer of glass. A recess may be formed in the layer of glass that extends along and overlaps the bend axis. The recess forms a flexible locally thinned portion in the glass that allows the display cover layer to bend. Polymer may be formed in the recess. Stiffening structures such as glass strips and glass beads of one or more diameters may be embedded in the polymer to help resist inward compression of the surface of the display cover layer in the locally thinned region while allowing the display cover layer to bend about the bend axis.

    Electronic Devices With Optical Markers

    公开(公告)号:US20210191142A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17198044

    申请日:2021-03-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Electronic devices with optical markers

    公开(公告)号:US10969600B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16143812

    申请日:2018-09-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Patterned glass layers in electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10757805B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-25

    申请号:US16680312

    申请日:2019-11-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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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