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公开(公告)号：US20230299564A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-21
申请号：US18301087
申请日：2023-04-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Angelo M. Alaimo , Richard L. Baer , Garam Young , Florian R. Fournier , Blake M. Coughenour , Bryan Dang
CPC classification number: H01S5/323 , H01S5/0087 , H04N23/56 , H04N23/74
Abstract: A mobile device includes a camera and a light source module embedded in the mobile device. The light source module includes at least a laser-pumped phosphor light source that includes a photoluminescent phosphor and a laser diode to generate laser light within a first wavelength range to pump the photoluminescent phosphor. Exposure of the photoluminescent phosphor to the laser light results in emission of visible light within a second wavelength range according to a laser-pumped emission spectrum associated with the photoluminescent phosphor.
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公开(公告)号：US10690986B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-23
申请号：US15887661
申请日：2018-02-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Michael W. Firka , Ashley E. Fletcher , Benjamin J. Pope , Lee E. Hooton , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Garam Young , Blake M. Coughenour
Abstract: An electronic device has an electrically adjustable shutter. The shutter may be placed in a transparent state or a nontransparent state. The shutter may overlap a portion of a display, may overlap a liquid contact indictor or a structure with text in a device, or may overlap an optical component such as an optical proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, visible light-emitting diode or laser, infrared light-emitting diode or laser, visible light image sensor, or infrared light image sensor. Control circuitry in the electronic device may place the shutter in an opaque state to hide an overlapped component from view or may place the shutter in a transparent state to allow the overlapped component to transmit or receive light. The adjustable shutter may exhibit changes in its transmission spectrum in different modes of operation and may be used as a camera filter or neutral density filter.
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公开(公告)号：US20200166824A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-28
申请号：US16777670
申请日：2020-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Blake M. Coughenour
Abstract: A Fresnel lens includes multiple different zones. At least one of the zones may be an asymmetric zone that is radially asymmetric. The asymmetric zone may redirect light received from a light source located within a focal length of the Fresnel lens to a portion of a field of view of an image sensor. In some embodiments, multiple asymmetric zones may be implemented within the same Fresnel lens, which may have different radial asymmetry.
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公开(公告)号：US20190079334A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-14
申请号：US15887661
申请日：2018-02-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Michael W. Firka , Ashley E. Fletcher , Benjamin J. Pope , Lee E. Hooton , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Garam Young , Blake M. Coughenour
Abstract: An electronic device has an electrically adjustable shutter. The shutter may be placed in a transparent state or a nontransparent state. The shutter may overlap a portion of a display, may overlap a liquid contact indictor or a structure with text in a device, or may overlap an optical component such as an optical proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, visible light-emitting diode or laser, infrared light-emitting diode or laser, visible light image sensor, or infrared light image sensor. Control circuitry in the electronic device may place the shutter in an opaque state to hide an overlapped component from view or may place the shutter in a transparent state to allow the overlapped component to transmit or receive light. The adjustable shutter may exhibit changes in its transmission spectrum in different modes of operation and may be used as a camera filter or neutral density filter.
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公开(公告)号：US20240302025A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-12
申请号：US18668720
申请日：2024-05-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Angelo M. Alaimo , Blake M. Coughenour , Bryan Dang , Florian R. Fournier , Katherine J. Armstrong
Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed herein include adaptive light source modules that can provide adaptive illumination to a scene. The adaptive light source modules may comprise a housing, an emitter array, and a lens. The emitter array comprises a plurality of emitters. The lens may redirect light emitted from the emitter array through a transparent window of the housing. The housing may further include a prismatic surface that distorts light emitted from the emitter array and/or one or more non-transparent portions that limits light travelling therethrough. The adaptive light source module may optionally comprise a light sensor, and a portion of the lens may be configured to direct light toward the light sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US11467472B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-11
申请号：US16777670
申请日：2020-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Blake M. Coughenour
Abstract: A Fresnel lens includes multiple different zones. At least one of the zones may be an asymmetric zone that is radially asymmetric. The asymmetric zone may redirect light received from a light source located within a focal length of the Fresnel lens to a portion of a field of view of an image sensor. In some embodiments, multiple asymmetric zones may be implemented within the same Fresnel lens, which may have different radial asymmetry.
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公开(公告)号：US11435044B2
公开(公告)日：2022-09-06
申请号：US16564128
申请日：2019-09-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Garrett R. Owoc , Stoyan P. Hristov , Jason B. Neevel , Ian A. Spraggs , Daniel W. Jarvis , David A. Pakula , Mikael S. Wagner , Blake M. Coughenour , Gikku J. George
Abstract: A strobe module can include a Fresnel lens that defines an external surface of the strobe module and a sidewall at least partially defining an internal volume and defining an external channel. A gasket can be disposed in the external channel. A substrate can be coupled to the sidewall to further define the internal volume and a light source can be disposed on the substrate in the internal volume.
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公开(公告)号：US10942412B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US16808911
申请日：2020-03-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Michael W. Firka , Ashley E. Fletcher , Benjamin J. Pope , Lee E. Hooton , Scott A. Myers , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Garam Young , Blake M. Coughenour
Abstract: An electronic device has an electrically adjustable shutter. The shutter may be placed in a transparent state or a nontransparent state. The shutter may overlap a portion of a display, may overlap a liquid contact indictor or a structure with text in a device, or may overlap an optical component such as an optical proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, visible light-emitting diode or laser, infrared light-emitting diode or laser, visible light image sensor, or infrared light image sensor. Control circuitry in the electronic device may place the shutter in an opaque state to hide an overlapped component from view or may place the shutter in a transparent state to allow the overlapped component to transmit or receive light. The adjustable shutter may exhibit changes in its transmission spectrum in different modes of operation and may be used as a camera filter or neutral density filter.
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公开(公告)号：US20250159116A1
公开(公告)日：2025-05-15
申请号：US18951544
申请日：2024-11-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Felipe Bacim De Araujo E Silva , Blake M. Coughenour , Dana F. Segler, JR. , Lee A. Szuba , Stuart J. Wood
IPC: H04N9/31
Abstract: A spatial light system that may, for example, be used to project image content onto surfaces of a room. The system may include two or more projection units for emitting light onto surfaces within a room. The system may include a controller and two or more projection units, each module including an LED array, an array of light pipes, and a condenser lens. Two or more projection units may be connected to a flexible strip that provides power and data (e.g., serial data) to the projection units, a composable light emitter unit, or a bulb-form projection system. Two or more flex strips or composable light emitter units may be connected together to provide a serially-connected, flexible modular architecture for spatial light systems that allow the projection units to be conformed to a variety of configurations and shapes.
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公开(公告)号：US12126943B1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-22
申请号：US17665331
申请日：2022-02-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Felipe Bacim de Araujo e Silva , Stuart J. Wood , Noah D. Bedard , Bosheng Zhang , Dana F. Segler, Jr. , Blake M. Coughenour , Rong Liu , Yung-Yu Hsu
CPC classification number: H04N9/3138 , G01B11/25 , G03B21/2013 , G03B21/2033 , G03B21/208 , H04N9/3147 , H04N9/3164 , H04N9/3194
Abstract: A spatial light system that may, for example, be used to project image content onto surfaces of a room. The system may include two or more projection units for emitting light onto surfaces within a room. The system may include a controller and two or more projection units, each module including an LED array, an array of light pipes, and a condenser lens. Two or more projection units may be connected to a flexible strip that provides power and data (e.g., serial data) to the projection units. Two or more flex strips may be connected together. The flex strips provide a serially-connected, flexible modular architecture for spatial light systems that allow the projection units to be conformed to a variety of configurations and shapes.
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