公开(公告)号：US11209783B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-28

申请号：US16523815

申请日：2019-07-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tyler S. Bushnell ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: G04G21/08 ,  G04G11/00 ,  G04G17/04 ,  G04G21/06

Abstract: A watch can include a user input component that employs an optical sensor to receive input from a user. The input components provide an ability for a user to interact with the watch in a manner similar to how a user would interact with a crown that is rotatable and/or translatable. The user can provide motions and gestures near the input component that the input component can detect and interpret and user inputs to control an aspect of the watch. The motions and gestures provided by the user can be directly detected with optical systems of the input component, so that the number of moving parts are reduced and space within the watch is more efficiently utilized. While providing these benefits, the input component provides a user experience that simulates user interactions with a crown that is rotatable and/or translatable.

公开(公告)号：US10401800B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-03

申请号：US16151199

申请日：2018-10-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Cardinali ,  Katherine E. Tong ,  Trevor J. Ness ,  William C. Lukens

IPC: G04G21/02 ,  G04G21/00 ,  G04G9/00

Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a housing and a band attached to the housing. The band has an indicator with a variably and/or progressively illuminable portion. The indicator of the band conveys to a user an analog representation of the completion progress of an activity or task tracked by wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device also includes a processing unit within the housing, and a sensor operatively coupled to the processing unit. In some cases, the sensor is a motion sensor such as an accelerometer or a gyroscope. In other examples, the sensor is a health sensor or a biometric sensor. Sensor data is used to update the indicator.

公开(公告)号：US09811121B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14747642

申请日：2015-06-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Cardinali ,  Anna-Katrina Shedletsky

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H04R1/08 ,  H04R1/00 ,  H04R7/00 ,  B81B7/00 ,  G06F15/02

CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 ,  B81B7/0009 ,  B81B2207/11 ,  G06F15/0208 ,  H04R1/00 ,  H04R1/086 ,  H04R1/44 ,  H04R7/00

Abstract: A liquid-resistant acoustic assembly for an electronic device includes an acoustic device positioned in a housing, a gasket compressed between the acoustic device and the housing, and a liquid-resistant membrane. The liquid-resistant membrane is disposed such that it is isolated from a non-uniform compressive distribution resulting from compression of the gasket. The liquid-resistant membrane may be uncompressed by compression of the gasket or compressed by a different compressive force than the gasket. For example, the liquid-resistant membrane may not be positioned between the gasket and the acoustic device, may be separated from the gasket, may be mounted to a shelf of the gasket or within a gap defined by the gasket, mounted to a stiffener positioned within the gasket, and mounted using other similar configurations.

公开(公告)号：US20170207524A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15002236

申请日：2016-01-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Cardinali ,  James G. Horiuchi

IPC: H01Q1/38 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01L2223/6677 ,  H01L2224/16227 ,  H01L2924/15192 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H05K1/186 ,  H05K3/185 ,  H05K3/284 ,  H05K2201/10098 ,  H05K2203/1316 ,  H05K2203/1322 ,  H05K2203/1469

Abstract: A packaged device may include electrical components such as integrated circuits that are mounted to a substrate such as a printed circuit substrate. Plastic may be molded to the printed circuit substrate over the integrated circuits. The molded plastic may include one or more shots of plastic and may include laser-sensitizable plastic material. Antenna structures may be supported by molded plastic such as molded plastic in a packaged device. The antenna structures may be formed from metal foil, flexible printed circuit substrate material with metal antenna traces, and metal traces that are formed on exposed surfaces of the plastic. The metal traces may be electroplated metal traces that are formed on regions of a laser-sensitizable plastic material that have been exposed to laser light. A package may have a protrusion that supports an antenna structure.

公开(公告)号：US11986318B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-21

申请号：US16810666

申请日：2020-03-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven P. Cardinali ,  William C. Lukens ,  Katherine E. Tong ,  Trevor J. Ness

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B10/00 ,  A61B5/11

CPC classification number: A61B5/681 ,  A61B5/14517 ,  A61B5/14539 ,  A61B5/4266 ,  A61B5/7435 ,  A61B5/746 ,  A61B10/0064 ,  A61B5/1112 ,  A61B5/145 ,  A61B5/14507 ,  A61B5/6801 ,  A61B5/6802 ,  A61B5/6813 ,  A61B5/6887 ,  Y02A90/10

Abstract: A wearable consumer electronic product includes at least a housing arranged to carry operational components comprising a processor and a band having a pliable band body and a securing means arranged to secure the band body to the housing. In one embodiment, the pliable band body has a size and shape suitable for wrapping around an individual appendage and that includes an opening that leads to a cavity within the band body suitable for accumulating an amount of water and a band sensor embedded within the band body in communication with the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US11796968B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US17507589

申请日：2021-10-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven C. Roach ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Erik L. Wang ,  Peter J. Kardassakis ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: G04G21/08 ,  G01D5/30 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G17/08 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04B37/10

CPC classification number: G04G21/08 ,  G01D5/30 ,  G04G9/007 ,  G04G17/08 ,  G04G21/025 ,  G04B37/10

Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing defining a side wall having a through-hole and a crown assembly including an actuation member. The actuation member may include a crown shaft extending through the through-hole and having an exterior portion defining an input surface and a crown ring coupled to the exterior portion of the crown shaft and electrically isolated from the crown shaft. The crown assembly may further include an optical encoder component attached to the actuation member and defining a group of optical features. The electronic watch may further include an optical detector configured to detect rotation of the crown assembly by detecting motion of the group of optical features and an electrocardiograph sensor comprising a sensing component. The sensing component may be conductively coupled to the actuation member via a conductive path at least partially defined by the crown shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20230098960A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US18075212

申请日：2022-12-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sameer Pandya ,  Adam T. Clavelle ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Michael B. Wittenberg ,  Tobias J. Harrison-Noonan ,  Martin Melcher ,  Zhipeng Zhang ,  Steven C. Roach ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  G06F1/16 ,  A61B5/282 ,  A61B5/332 ,  A61B5/339 ,  A61B5/024 ,  G04G9/00 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04G21/08

Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a housing to which a carrier is attached. The carrier has a first surface interior to the electronic device, and a second surface exterior to the electronic device. A set of electrodes is deposited on the exterior surface of the carrier. An additional electrode is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while the first electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The additional electrode may be positioned on a user-rotatable crown of the electronic device, on a button of the electronic device, or on another surface of the housing of the electronic device. A processor of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter of the user based on voltages at the electrodes. The biological parameter may be an electrocardiogram.

公开(公告)号：US10327326B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-18

申请号：US15819243

申请日：2017-11-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brad G. Boozer ,  Colin M. Ely ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: H05K1/00 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H03K17/96 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K3/28 ,  H05K5/06 ,  H05K9/00

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a circuit assembly for an electronic device having an electromagnetic shield that defines a sensing element or contact pad along an outer surface of the assembly. The circuit assembly includes a group of electrical components attached to a surface of a printed circuit board. A molded structure may encapsulate the group of electrical components and at least a portion of the surface of the printed circuit board. A metal layer may be formed over an outer surface of the molded structure. The metal layer may define both a shield portion configured to provide shielding for one or more of the group of electrical components and an electrode configured to detect an input applied to the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US09888561B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14804486

申请日：2015-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ryan C. Perkins ,  Trevor J. Ness ,  Tyler S. Bushnell ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: H05K1/16 ,  H05K1/02 ,  H01L23/60 ,  H05K1/18 ,  H05K7/00 ,  H05K9/00 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L23/00 ,  H01L23/28 ,  H05K1/14 ,  H05K3/28

CPC classification number: H05K1/0218 ,  H01L23/28 ,  H01L23/564 ,  H01L23/60 ,  H01L31/048 ,  H01L2224/16225 ,  H01L2924/181 ,  H05K1/147 ,  H05K1/167 ,  H05K1/185 ,  H05K3/284 ,  H05K9/0022 ,  H05K2201/0133 ,  H05K2201/0707 ,  H05K2201/10098 ,  H05K2201/10151 ,  H05K2201/10371 ,  H05K2201/10977 ,  H05K2203/1316 ,  H01L2924/00012

Abstract: Electrical components such as integrated circuits and other components may be mounted on a substrate such as a printed circuit substrate. A molded plastic cap may cover the components and a portion of the printed circuit substrate to form a packaged electrical device. Metal structures such as springs, posts, and other metal members may be insert molded within the plastic cap. A metal layer on the surface of the cap may be patterned to from electromagnetic shielding, signal paths, contact pads, sensor electrodes, antennas, and other structures. Multiple substrates each with a respective set of mounted electrical components may be joined using a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may be covered with a rigid cap portion or an elastomeric material or may be left uncovered.

公开(公告)号：US20240393747A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-28

申请号：US18789281

申请日：2024-07-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Steven P. Cardinali

IPC: G04G21/00 ,  G04G9/00

Abstract: An input device includes a movable input surface protruding from an electronic device. The input device enables force inputs along three axes relative to the electronic device: first lateral movements, second lateral movements, and axial movements. The input device includes force or displacement sensors which can detect a direction and magnitude of input forces.