公开(公告)号：US20230345155A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18218433

申请日：2023-07-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin G. Jackson ,  Brenton A. Baugh ,  David H. Bloom ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Karlin Y. Bark ,  Thomas S. Hulbert

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R3/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/016 ,  H04R3/007

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The earbud may be configured to detect input using various sensors and structures. For example, the earbud may be configured to detect gestures, physical manipulations, and so forth performed along or on the earbud. In response to the detected inputs, the earbud may be configured to change various outputs, such as an audio output or a haptic output of the device. The earbud may also include a microphone to register voice commands. In some cases, the microphone may be used to control the earbud using the registered voice command in response to one or more detected gestures or physical manipulations.

公开(公告)号：US11743623B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-29

申请号：US16927367

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin G. Jackson ,  Brenton A. Baugh ,  David H. Bloom ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Karlin Y. Bark ,  Thomas S. Hulbert

IPC: H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R3/00

CPC classification number: H04R1/02 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H04R1/1016 ,  H04R3/007

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a wearable audio device, such as an earbud. The earbud may be configured to detect input using various sensors and structures. For example, the earbud may be configured to detect gestures, physical manipulations, and so forth performed along or on the earbud. In response to the detected inputs, the earbud may be configured to change various outputs, such as an audio output or a haptic output of the device. The earbud may also include a microphone to register voice commands. In some cases, the microphone may be used to control the earbud using the registered voice command in response to one or more detected gestures or physical manipulations.

公开(公告)号：US11695864B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-04

申请号：US17583902

申请日：2022-01-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Jeremy D. Bataillou ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Brian T. Gleeson ,  Miao He ,  Benjamin G. Jackson ,  David C. Burns

IPC: H04M1/72412 ,  H04B1/3888 ,  H04M1/72448 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H04N23/63 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/16

CPC classification number: H04M1/72412 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H04B1/3888 ,  H04B5/0025 ,  H04M1/72448 ,  H04N23/631

Abstract: A system may include an electronic device that includes an enclosure having a transparent cover. The electronic device may also include a display positioned below the transparent cover and configured to display a first graphical user interface and a second graphical user interface different from the first graphical user interface, and a touch sensor positioned below the transparent cover and configured to detect touch inputs applied to the transparent cover. The system may also include a protective case that includes a shell defining a cavity and configured to at least partially cover the enclosure of the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned in the cavity, and a near-field wireless communication antenna coupled to the shell and detectable by the electronic device. In response to detecting the near-field wireless communication antenna, the electronic device may be configured to switch from the first graphical user interface to the second graphical user interface.

公开(公告)号：US20220103675A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17033627

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Jeremy D. Bataillou ,  Brian T. Gleeson ,  Christopher P. Foss ,  David C. Graham ,  Deena Khattab ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Lee S. Broughton ,  Arian Behzadi ,  Alan C. Dye

IPC: H04M1/725 ,  H04B5/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06Q20/40 ,  G06Q20/34 ,  G06Q20/32

Abstract: A method includes, at a computer system with a display, a housing, and an attachment mechanism, detecting attachment of an accessory to the computer system, where the accessory, while attached, has a predetermined orientation relative to the attachment mechanism, and in response to detecting the attachment of the accessory to the computer system in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a first accessory with first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display, a first visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the first visual indication indicates at least one property of the first physical dimensions, and in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a second accessory with second physical dimensions that are different from the first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display a second visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the second visual indication indicates at least one property of the second physical dimensions and the second visual indication is different from the first visual indication.

公开(公告)号：US20220100271A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17483744

申请日：2021-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Karlin Y. Bark ,  Alfred B. Huergo Wagner ,  Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  William A. Sorrentino, III

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0346

Abstract: An electronic device, while the electronic device is worn over a predefined portion of the user's body, displays, via a display generation component arranged on the electronic device opposite the predefined portion of the user's body, a graphical representation of an exterior view of a body part that corresponds to the predefined portion of the user's body. The electronic device detects a change in position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body. The electronic device, in response to detecting the change in the position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body, modifies the graphical representation of the exterior view of the body part that corresponds to predefined portion of the user's body in accordance with the detected change in position of the electronic device with respect to the predefined portion of the user's body.

公开(公告)号：US20210014611A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US17028936

申请日：2020-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Taylor G. Carrigan ,  David C. Graham ,  Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Dustin A. Hatfield ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Karlin Y. Bark ,  David H. Bloom ,  Benjamin G. Jackson ,  Brenton A. Baugh ,  Shota Aoyagi

IPC: H04R3/12 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: A wearable audio output device in a physical environment includes an input device and one or more microphones. While ambient sound from the physical environment is being detected by the microphone(s), the wearable audio output device: while in a first mode, provides a first audio output including one or more pass-through audio components selected so as to increase audio pass-through of the ambient sound; detects an input via the input device; in response to detecting the input, and in accordance with a determination that the input is a first type of gesture, transitions from the first mode to a second mode; and, while in the second mode, provides a second audio output including one or more cancellation audio components selected so as to increase audio cancellation of the ambient sound.

公开(公告)号：US20250150742A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US18865759

申请日：2023-06-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Darius A. Satongar ,  Per Haakan Linus Persson ,  Thomas S. Hulbert ,  William D. Lindmeier

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/04817 ,  H04S7/00

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing defining an internal volume and an external surface. The electronic device can also include a cavity and a charging system disposed within the internal volume and electrically connected to the cavity. A user interface touchpad of the electronic device defines a portion of the exterior surface.

公开(公告)号：US20230216946A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18094608

申请日：2023-01-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Jeremy D. Bataillou ,  Brian T. Gleeson ,  Christopher P. Foss ,  David C. Graham ,  Deena Khattab ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Lee S. Broughton ,  Arian Behzadi ,  Alan C. Dye

IPC: H04M1/72412 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06Q20/32 ,  G06Q20/40 ,  H04M1/72448 ,  G06Q20/34

CPC classification number: H04M1/72412 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06Q20/3278 ,  G06Q20/40145 ,  H04M1/72448 ,  G06Q20/352

Abstract: A method includes, at a computer system with a display, a housing, and an attachment mechanism, detecting attachment of an accessory to the computer system, where the accessory, while attached, has a predetermined orientation relative to the attachment mechanism, and in response to detecting the attachment of the accessory to the computer system in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a first accessory with first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display, a first visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the first visual indication indicates at least one property of the first physical dimensions, and in accordance with a determination that the accessory is a second accessory with second physical dimensions that are different from the first physical dimensions, displaying, on the display a second visual indication that the accessory has been attached to the computer system, wherein the second visual indication indicates at least one property of the second physical dimensions and the second visual indication is different from the first visual indication.

公开(公告)号：US11240365B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US17033641

申请日：2020-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Jeremy D. Bataillou ,  Gemma A. Roper ,  Brian T. Gleeson ,  Miao He ,  Benjamin G. Jackson ,  David C. Burns

IPC: H04M1/72412 ,  H04B1/3888

Abstract: A system may include an electronic device that includes an enclosure having a transparent cover. The electronic device may also include a display positioned below the transparent cover and configured to display a first graphical user interface and a second graphical user interface different from the first graphical user interface, and a touch sensor positioned below the transparent cover and configured to detect touch inputs applied to the transparent cover. The system may also include a protective case that includes a shell defining a cavity and configured to at least partially cover the enclosure of the electronic device when the electronic device is positioned in the cavity, and a near-field wireless communication antenna coupled to the shell and detectable by the electronic device. In response to detecting the near-field wireless communication antenna, the electronic device may be configured to switch from the first graphical user interface to the second graphical user interface.

公开(公告)号：US20210014610A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16920303

申请日：2020-07-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Taylor G. Carrigan ,  David C. Graham ,  Andrew E. Greenwood ,  Thomas S. Hulbert ,  Hugo D. Verweij

IPC: H04R3/12 ,  H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/16

Abstract: While a first wearable audio output component of a wearable audio output device is in a first position relative to a first ear of a user and a second wearable audio output component of the wearable audio output device is in the first position relative to a second ear, a computer system operates the wearable audio output device in a first mode. While doing so, the computer system detects a change in position of the first component from the first position to a second position; and, in response, while the second component is maintained in the first position, the computer system transitions the wearable audio output device from the first mode to a different, second mode that is a pass-through mode in which audio outputs provided via the wearable audio output device include pass-through audio components that include at least a portion of ambient sound from the physical environment.