Electronic Device Signal Routing Structures With Conductive Adhesive
    81.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device Signal Routing Structures With Conductive Adhesive 有权
    电子设备信号路由结构与导电胶

    公开(公告)号:US20140300832A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-09

    申请号:US13858746

    申请日:2013-04-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have structures that are coupled together using conductive adhesive such as anisotropic conductive film and other adhesives. The structures that are coupled together may include a touch sensor structure formed from electrodes on the inner surface of a display cover layer, a display module having display layers such as a thin-film transistor layer, and circuitry mounted on substrates such as printed circuits. Conductive signal path structures may be used in routing signals within the electronic device. The conductive signal path structures may be formed from pins that are embedded within injection molded plastic, from metal traces such as laser-deposited metal traces that are formed on the surface of a plastic member or other dielectric, from metal structures that run within channels in a plastic, printed circuit traces, and other signal path structures.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有使用诸如各向异性导电膜和其它粘合剂的导电粘合剂耦合在一起的结构。 耦合在一起的结构可以包括由显示覆盖层的内表面上的电极形成的触摸传感器结构,具有诸如薄膜晶体管层的显示层的显示模块以及安装在诸如印刷电路的基板上的电路。 导电信号路径结构可用于电子设备内的路由信号。 导电信号路径结构可以由嵌入在注射成型塑料中的销钉形成,从金属轨迹(例如形成在塑料构件或其它电介质的表面上的激光沉积金属迹线)与在金属结构内运行的金属结构形成 塑料,印刷电路迹线和其他信号路径结构。

    Electronic Devices With Display-Integrated Light Sensors
    82.
    发明申请
    Electronic Devices With Display-Integrated Light Sensors 有权
    具有显示器集成光传感器的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20140145150A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-05-29

    申请号:US13686746

    申请日:2012-11-27

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H01L27/3269 H01L27/3227 H01L27/323 H01L27/3276

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a display-integrated light sensor. The display includes a transparent cover layer, light-generating layers, and a touch-sensitive layer. The display-integrated light sensor is interposed between the transparent cover layer and a display layer such as the touch-sensitive layer or a thin-film transistor layer of the light-generating layers. The light-generating layers include a layer of organic light-emitting material. The display-integrated light sensor can be implemented as an ambient light sensor or a proximity sensor. The display-integrated light sensor may be a packaged light sensor that is integrated into the display layers of the display or may be formed from light-sensor components formed directly on a display circuitry layer such as the touch-sensitive layer or the thin-film transistor layer.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备设置有显示器和集成显示器的光传感器。 显示器包括透明覆盖层,发光层和触敏层。 显示器集成光传感器介于透明覆盖层和诸如感光层的显示层或发光层的薄膜晶体管层之间。 发光层包括有机发光材料层。 显示器集成光传感器可以实现为环境光传感器或接近传感器。 显示器集成光传感器可以是集成在显示器的显示层中的封装光传感器,或者可以由直接形成在诸如触敏层或薄膜的显示电路层上的光传感器部件形成 晶体管层。

    REJECTION OF FALSE TURNS OF ROTARY INPUTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20250165101A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-22

    申请号:US19030765

    申请日:2025-01-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.

    Electronic devices with light sensors and displays

    公开(公告)号:US12150339B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-19

    申请号:US18474118

    申请日:2023-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.

    REJECTION OF FALSE TURNS OF ROTARY INPUTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20240192804A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18585013

    申请日:2024-02-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.

    Capacitive touch panel for sensing mechanical inputs to a device

    公开(公告)号:US11556190B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17647583

    申请日:2022-01-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A device including a mechanical input and a touch-sensitive surface for detecting one or more touch inputs and an input from the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs, and a second portion for detecting at least the mechanical input. The touch-sensitive surface can include a first portion for detecting at least the touch inputs and the mechanical input. The mechanical input can comprise an electrically conductive material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the mechanical input and the touch-sensitive surface. The device can include a sensing element, the mechanical input can comprise an electrically insulating material, and the mechanical input can be detected based on capacitance measurements between the touch-sensitive surface and the sensing element. The device can include logic to differentiate between the touch inputs and the mechanical input.

    REJECTION OF FALSE TURNS OF ROTARY INPUTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20220261111A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17735695

    申请日:2022-05-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210337480A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-28

    申请号:US17369761

    申请日:2021-07-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A power source is configured to supply power to one or more components of an electronic device. A processing device that is in communication with the power source can be configured to determine an estimated power requirement of the mobile electronic device during a time period, to determine a charge state of the power source, and to produce an indication of the remaining use time of the electronic device based on the estimated power requirement and the charge state of the power source.

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