PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HAPTIC BUTTON

    公开(公告)号:US20230408984A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US17845872

    申请日:2022-06-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G04G21/08 G08B6/00

    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a housing member defining a hole along a side surface of the housing member, and a haptic button. The haptic button may include an input member positioned at least partially within the hole and defining an input surface, a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field, and a conductive coil coupled to the input member and positioned at least partially within the magnetic field. The electronic watch may further include a processing unit configured to cause an electrical current to pass through the conductive coil, thereby moving the input member along a translation direction perpendicular to the input surface to produce a haptic output. The conductive coil may be fixed to an interior surface of the input member.

    Pressure-sensing system for a wearable electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US11614716B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-28

    申请号:US16890694

    申请日:2020-06-02

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments include a wearable electronic device including a housing having an internal wall separating an internal chamber from an external chamber, an outer shell defining a port that connects the external chamber to an external environment, a membrane positioned at an opening in the internal wall and configured to equalize a pressure within the internal chamber with a pressure of the external environment, a first pressure-sensing device positioned in the internal chamber and configured to produce a first output, a second pressure-sensing device positioned in the external chamber and configured to produce a second output, and a processing unit configured to estimate the pressure of the external environment using the second output in accordance with a determination an accuracy condition satisfies a criteria and estimate the pressure of the external environment using the first output in accordance with a determination the accuracy condition does not satisfy the criteria.

    Lid with embedded water detection and heater

    公开(公告)号:US10768067B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16114070

    申请日:2018-08-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An apparatus with embedded water detection and heater includes a substrate including a number of conductive traces and a lid including multiple electrodes. Each electrode is coupled to at least one of the conductive traces through vias. A sensor is placed inside a cavity of the lid and is electrically coupled to one or more conductive traces of the substrate. A gel at least partially fills the lid and covers the sensor. The presence of water on the apparatus is detected by measuring a dielectric permittivity between at least two of the plurality of electrodes, and the electrodes can generate heat to eliminate the water.

    Electronic device port
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    公开(公告)号:US12262161B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US17809556

    申请日:2022-06-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture, a membrane extending across the aperture, and a non-metallic woven support mesh disposed parallel to the flexible membrane and extending across the aperture. In at least one example, the membrane is acoustically transparent and the membrane is air permeable and water impermeable. In addition, the support mesh can be less flexible than the membrane such that the support mesh structurally supports the membrane.

    Laser-based rotation sensor for a crown of an electronic watch

    公开(公告)号:US12092996B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17377482

    申请日:2021-07-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G04G21/08 G01D5/30 G04G9/007 G04G17/08

    Abstract: An electronic watch includes a housing and a crown assembly including a rotatable actuation member. The rotatable actuation member includes a knob external to the housing and configured to receive a rotational input and a shaft assembly coupled to the knob and positioned at least partially within the housing, the shaft assembly defining a sensing surface configured to rotate in response to the rotational input. The electronic watch further includes an optical sensing system configured to detect the rotational input, the detecting including directing light onto the sensing surface, receiving reflected light from the sensing surface, and producing a signal corresponding to a rotational motion of the sensing surface, the signal based at least in part on an interference between the light directed onto the sensing surface and the reflected light.

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