公开(公告)号：US11073954B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US15261847

申请日：2016-09-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mikael M. Silvanto ,  Erik A. Zweigle ,  Jun Qi ,  Christiaan A. Ligtenberg ,  Robert Y. Cao ,  Bartley K. Andre ,  Molly J. Anderson ,  ByoungSuk Kim ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Victor H. Yin

IPC: G06F3/023 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0354

Abstract: Embodiments related to an electronic device having an adaptive input row. The adaptive input row may be positioned within an opening of a device and include a cover for receiving a touch and a display that is configured to present an adaptable set of indicia. The adaptive input row may also include one or more sensors for detecting the location of a touch and/or the magnitude of a force of the touch. The adaptive input row may be positioned adjacent or proximate to a keyboard of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US11054696B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16629537

申请日：2018-08-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rong Liu ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Zhenyue Luo

IPC: F21V21/00 ,  G02F1/13357 ,  G02F1/1335

Abstract: An array of pixels in a display may be illuminated by a backlight having an array of light sources such as light-emitting diodes. The light-emitting diodes may be mounted on a printed circuit. A reflector may be formed on the printed circuit to help reflect light from the light-emitting diodes upwards through the pixels. The reflector may include two white ink layers. Multifunctional layers and other optical films may be incorporated into the backlight. These layers may include diffusers, microlens array layers, thin-film interference filters, phosphor layers, light-collimating layers, and reflective polarizers.

公开(公告)号：US11022840B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-01

申请号：US16409567

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rong Liu ,  Yu P. Sun ,  Abdeslam Hafidi ,  Erik A. Zweigle ,  Jun Qi ,  Mingxia Gu ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Xiangtong Li ,  Yanming Li ,  Yi Huang ,  Ziruo Hong

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13357

Abstract: An array of pixels in a display may be illuminated by a backlight having an array of light-emitting diodes in an array of respective cells. A reflector is used to reflect light from the light-emitting diodes through the array of pixels. Within the cells, the reflector has cross-sectional profiles that help distribute light emitted from the light-emitting diodes toward edges of the cells. A light diffuser layer for the backlight may have a partially reflective layer such as a thin-film interference filter with an angularly dependent transmission. Within each cell, the reflector may have cross-sectional profiles with portions that are parabolic or elliptical.

公开(公告)号：US11003208B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16412285

申请日：2019-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Keith J. Hendren ,  Adam T. Garelli ,  Bryan W. Posner ,  Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Mengyang Liang ,  Eric Benson ,  Victor Yin ,  Jun Qi

IPC: F21V7/04 ,  G06F1/16 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13357

Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer or other device may have a housing. A display may be coupled to the housing. The display may have a pixel array configured to display an image. Backlight illumination for the pixel array may be provide by a backlight unit. The backlight unit may have a light guide layer. A light source may provide light to an edge of the light guide layer. The light guide layer may scatter the light outwardly to serve as the backlight illumination for the pixel array. The backlight unit may have optical films interposed between the light guide layer and the pixel array. The optical films may include flexible polymer layers such as diffuser layers and prism films. The optical films may each have a bent alignment portion that bends back on itself while wrapping around an edge of the light guide layer.

公开(公告)号：US20210072555A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-11

申请号：US17005199

申请日：2020-08-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： ByoungSuk Kim ,  Yi Huang ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Seung Wook Kim ,  Nicolas V. Scapel ,  Yi-Pai Huang

IPC: G02B30/27 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52 ,  G02F1/17

Abstract: A lenticular display may be formed with convex curvature. The lenticular display may have a lenticular lens film with lenticular lenses that extend across the length of the display. The lenticular lenses may be configured to enable stereoscopic viewing of the display. To enable more curvature in the display while ensuring satisfactory stereoscopic display performance, the display may have stereoscopic zones and non-stereoscopic zones. A central stereoscopic zone may be interposed between first and second non-stereoscopic zones. The non-stereoscopic zones may have more curvature than the stereoscopic zone. To prevent crosstalk within the lenticular display, a louver film may be incorporated into the display. The louver film may have a plurality of transparent portions separated by opaque walls. The opaque walls may control the emission angle of light from the display, reducing crosstalk. The louver film may be interposed between the lenticular lens film and the display panel.

公开(公告)号：US20200371632A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16422727

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  ByoungSuk Kim ,  Jun Qi

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/16

Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally take the form of an electronic device including a primary and secondary display; at least the secondary display is force-sensitive and further has its force-sensing circuitry in-plane with the display. The secondary display and force-sensing circuitry may be encapsulated between two glass layers that are bonded to one another by a frit. In some embodiments the force-sensing circuitry is formed from, or constitutes part of, the frit.

公开(公告)号：US10739638B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US16409688

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rong Liu ,  Yu P. Sun ,  Erik A. Zweigle ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Ziruo Hong ,  Sungwon Bae

IPC: G02F1/13 ,  G02F1/13357 ,  F21K9/64 ,  F21K9/68 ,  G09G3/34 ,  G09G3/36

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with a backlight. The backlight provides backlight illumination for an array of pixels that is displaying images. The backlight may include an array of cells. Each cell may contain a light source with one or more light-emitting diodes and a cavity reflector that reflects light from the light source outwardly through a diffuser for use in forming the backlight illumination. The light sources may be mounted to a printed circuit. Support posts on the printed circuit may be used to maintain the diffuser at a fixed distance from the printed circuit. Sensors on the printed circuit may be used to measure separation distances between the printed circuit and diffuser. Adjustments to pixel gain profiles can be made based on the measured separation distances.

公开(公告)号：US10571957B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-25

申请号：US15076464

申请日：2016-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dinesh C. Mathew ,  Keith J. Hendren ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Thomas Wilson, Jr. ,  Adam T. Garelli

IPC: G02B5/30 ,  H04N5/225 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  H04M1/02 ,  G02F1/133

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. Inactive portions of the display such as peripheral portions of the display may be masked using an opaque masking layer. An opening may be provided in the opaque masking layer to allow light to pass. For example, a logo may be viewed through an opening in the opaque masking layer and a camera may receive light through an opening in the opaque masking layer. The display may include upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The opaque masking layer may be formed on the upper polarizer, may be interposed between the upper polarizer and the color filter layer, or may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The upper polarizer may have unpolarized windows for cameras, logos, or other internal structures.

公开(公告)号：US20190285950A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-19

申请号：US16294723

申请日：2019-03-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rong Liu ,  Daming Xu ,  Joshua A. Spechler ,  Jun Qi ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Ling Han ,  Juan He ,  Ziruo Hong ,  Mookyung Son ,  Heesang Suh ,  Xinyu Zhu

IPC: G02F1/1335

Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a backlight unit. The backlight unit may include a printed circuit board, a plurality of light-emitting diodes mounted on the printed circuit board, at least one light spreading layer formed over the printed circuit board that spreads light received from the plurality of light-emitting diodes, a partially reflective layer formed over the at least one light spreading layer, a color conversion layer formed over the partially reflective layer, a collimating layer formed over the color conversion layer, a brightness enhancement film formed over the collimating layer, and a diffuser formed over the brightness enhancement film. The at least one light spreading layer may include two light spreading layers with elongated protrusions that are rotated relative to each other.

公开(公告)号：US20190215924A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16353896

申请日：2019-03-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad J. Navabi-Shirazi ,  Alejandro Lara Ascorra ,  Asif Hussain ,  Ji Yeoul Ryoo ,  Jingdong Chen ,  Jun Qi ,  Manisha P. Pandya ,  Yanhui Xie

IPC: H05B33/08 ,  G09G3/34

Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to control circuitry for light-emitting diodes. The control circuitry may operate a light-emitting diode using a multi-peak pulse-width-modulation signal. The control circuitry may include a multi-stage driver having a relatively larger driver stage for providing a direct current through a light-emitting diode and a relatively smaller driver stage configured to cooperate with a pulse-width-modulation controller to pulse-width-modulate a current through the light-emitting diode.