Apple Inc.

Acellent Technologies, Inc.

Other

Synaptics Corporation

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Chang Zhang

Paul Xiaopeng Wang

Zheng Gao

Alex Joseph Lehmann

Xinlin Qing

Mikael M Silvanto

Brett W Degner

Dinesh C Mathew

Keith J Hendren

Ron Alan Hopkinson

Robert Y Cao

Christiaan A Ligtenberg

Asif Hussain

Simon R Lancaster-Larocque

Bryan W Posner

Irene Li

Tianjia Sun

Lei Liu

Dayu Qu

John Patrick Ternus

John B Morrell

John C DiFonzo

Ray Ling Chang

Fu-Kuo Chang

Shawn J Beard

Eric Shyr

Daniel J Drusch

Aaron Wang

Dominic P McCarthy

Hung Chi Chung

Dam Le Quang

Xing Xie

Stephen E Dey

Qiliang Xu

Madeleine S Cordier

Golnaz Abdollahian

Luis R Deliz Centeno

John Schooley Camp

Reza Nasiri Mahalati

Benjamin R Blachnitzky

Jian H Li

Nicolai Philip Georg

Yuhao Pan

Kenneth M Silz

Scott J McEuen

Hongcheng Sun

Jonathan C Atler

Kevin Z Lo

Lilli Ing-Marie Jonsson

Qing Liu

Xihong Jin

Xining Li

Joon-Sup Han

Sang E Lee

Xiangjian Yang

Yanjun Zeng

Yongqiang He

Gang Yan

Paul N DuMontelle

John Buckmaster

Hian Leng Chan

Fuo-Kuo Chang

Alhad A Palkar

Minhazul Islam

Jun Zhang

Simon R Lancaster-Laroque

Lilli Ing-Marie Johnsson

Hongchen Sun

Paul N Dumontelle

Luis Deliz Centeno

Nicolai Georg

Jian Li

A system may include electronic devices that communicate wirelessly. When positioned so that a pair of devices overlap or are adjacent to one another, the devices may operate in a linked mode. During linked operations, devices may communicate wirelessly while input gathering and content displaying operations are shared among the devices. One or both of a pair of devices may have sensors. A capacitive sensor or other sensor may be used to measure the relative position between two devices when the two devices overlap each other. Content displaying operations and other linked mode operations may be performed based on the measured relative position between the two devices and other information.

Position sensors for system with overlapped displays

A keycap assembly can include a keycap that includes a chargeable light emissive material. The keycap assembly can include a light sensor configured to sense light emitted by or incident to the chargeable light emissive material. The keycap assembly can further include a microcontroller. In certain implementations, the microcontroller includes a processor and a memory device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the microcontroller to: receive an electrical signal from the light sensor; and determine a property of the chargeable light emissive material based on the electrical signal, where the property includes at least one of a charge level or an illumination intensity.

Photoluminescence keyboard glyph lighting

Disclosed herein is an input device having adjustable input mechanisms. The input mechanisms of the input device may be dynamically adjusted based on one or more input characteristics associated with a user. Accordingly, the input device may be customized to fit a user's input preferences.

Input device having adjustable input mechanisms

A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.

Device having integrated interface system

The present disclosure generally relates to engaging in cross device interactions. The method includes at a first device with a first display, while a second device having a second display is placed over a first region of the first display, detecting, via input devices of the first device, a first input. In response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input occurred while focus was directed to the second device, the method includes causing a response to the first input to be displayed on the second display. In response to detecting the first input and in accordance with a determination that the first input occurred while focus was directed to the first device, the method includes displaying, on the first display, a response to the first input without causing a response to the first input to be displayed on the second display.

Cross device interactions

A laptop computer includes a display portion comprising a primary display and a base portion coupled to the display portion. The base portion includes a keyboard and a light-transmissive cover defining a first touch-sensitive input region along a first side of the keyboard and a second touch-sensitive input region along a second side of the keyboard. The base portion also includes a first display under the first touch-sensitive input region and a second display under the second touch-sensitive input region.

Portable computer with dynamic display interface

An input device for an electronic device includes an enclosure and a top member defining an input surface having multiple differentiated input regions. The input device further includes a first force sensing system associated with a first area of the top member and including a first group of the differentiated input regions, and a second force sensing system associated with a second area of the top member and including a second group of the differentiated input regions. The input device further includes a touch sensing system configured to determine which input region from the first group of the differentiated input regions corresponds to the first force input and to determine which input region from the second group of the differentiated input regions corresponds to the second force input.

Keyless keyboard with force sensing and haptic feedback

A system may include finger devices. A touch sensor may be mounted in a finger device housing to gather input from an external object as the object moves along an exterior surface of the housing. The touch sensor may include capacitive sensor electrodes. Sensors such as force sensors, ultrasonic sensors, inertial measurement units, optical sensors, and other components may be used in gathering finger input from a user. Finger input from a user may be used to manipulate virtual objects in a mixed reality or virtual reality environment while a haptic output device in a finger device provides associated haptic output. A user may interact with real-world objects while computer-generated content is overlaid over some or all of the objects. Object rotations and other movements may be converted into input for a mixed reality or virtual reality system using force measurements or other sensors measurements made with the finger devices.

Computer systems with finger devices

The present invention discloses a method for extending the detection range of a structural health monitoring (SHM) system. A structure being monitored is scanned multiple times. A scan with no collection delay covers an original detection area of the SHM system. Scans with collection delays cover extended detection areas. The SHM system's detection range is extended when results of multiple scans with different collection delays are combined.

Method for extending detection range of a structural health monitoring system

A method and apparatus for image processing. An image scaling circuit is configured to receive image data for a plurality of pixels corresponding to a first image. The image data includes color information and a transparency value for each of the plurality of pixels. The image scaling circuit updates the image data by selectively changing the color information for one or more of the pixels based at least in part on the transparency values. In updating the image data, the image scaling circuit may determine contextual information about the first image based at least in part on the transparency values. The image scaling circuit further generates an interpolated image based on the updated image data for the plurality of pixels. For example, the interpolated image may be a scaled version of the first image.

Context-aware image processing

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Chang Zhang