Apple Inc.

Eugene C Cheung

Daniel J Coster

Jeremy D Bataillou

Stephen Robert McClure

Sean S Corbin

David D Dashevsky

Kristina A Babiarz

Jonathan P Ive

Duncan Robert Kerr

Bartley K Andre

Richard P Howarth

Eugene Antony Whang

Peter N Russell-Clarke

Christopher J Stringer

Martha Evans Hankey

Rico L Zorkendorfer

Daniele De Iuliis

Jody R Akana

Matthew Dean Rohrbach

Julian Hoenig

Shin Nishibori

John Raff

Kenneth John Vampola

Dong Zheng

Brian S Pearson

Mikael M Silvanto

John Z Zhong

Colin M Ely

Victor H Yin

Jeremy C Franklin

Benjamin M Rappoport

Tyler S Bushnell

Wei Lin

Kevin David Gibbs

Sunggu Kang

Maegan K Spencer

Po-Jui Chen

Ryan C Perkins

Benjamin J Kallman

Prashanth S Holenarsipur

Amy Qian

Nathan K Gupta

William C Lukens

Pey-Jiun Ko

Osamu Yabe

Chun-Hao Tung

Dhaval Chandrakant Patel

Daniel J Hiemstra

Jorge L Rivera Espinoza

Mookyung Son

Zaki Moustafa

Steven M Scardato

Christopher L Boitnott

Wookyung Bae

Xiaofan Niu

Xiaoqi Zhou

Se Hyun Ahn

Yindar Chuo

Rasmi R Das

Robert W Rumford

Steve L Terry

Ming Leong

Yi Gu

An electronic device may be attached to an external item. The electronic device may include an optical identification sensor configured to sense a color-encoded tag in the external item when the item is attached to the device. The optical identification sensor may include a board layer, a protective filter layer, wall structures for supporting the protective filter layer on the board layer, a linear array of photodetectors disposed between the board layer and the protective filter layer, a field-of-view restriction filter interposed between the photodetectors and the protective filter layer, and a light source having multiple emitters for illuminating the color-encoded tag. The emitters may be activated sequentially to produce multiple images that are combined to reconstruct an accurate reading of the color-encoded tag, which can then be used to identify the type of external item currently attached to the electronic device.

Electronic devices with optical identification sensor

A watch can include a watch body and a band for securing the watch to the user. The watch body can detect an identification of the band or combination of band portions, which can serve as an input to initiate actions performed by the watch body. For example, a type, model, color, size, or other characteristic of a band can be determined and used to select a corresponding action performed by the watch body. Identification of the band can be performed by components of the watch body that also serve other purposes. The watch body can respond to the identification of a particular band by performing particular functions, such as changing an aspect of a user interface or altering settings of the watch body.

Identification of watch bands

An electronic device with a force sensing device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a user input surface defining an exterior surface of the electronic device, a first capacitive sensing element, and a second capacitive sensing element capacitively coupled to the first capacitive sensing element. The electronic device also comprises a first spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements, and a second spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements. The first and second spacing layers have different compositions. The electronic device also comprises sensing circuitry coupled to the first and second capacitive sensing elements configured to determine an amount of applied force on the user input surface. The first spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is below a force threshold, and the second spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is above the force threshold.

Force sensing architectures

Display for a portable display device

Component for an electronic device

Transparent articles for use as outer surfaces of electronic devices and methods therefor are disclosed. A transparent cover can be provided over a display of portable electronic device to provide a protective outer cover over the display. The transparent cover can include material to mark, mask or color a portion of the transparent cover, such portion thereupon becoming opaque. The material can be provided in a recessed portion of an inner surface of the transparent cover, such portion being a portion of the transparent cover that is not over a usable portion of the display. The electronic device can, for example, be a portable electronic device.

Exposed glass article with inner recessed area for portable electronic device housing

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Eugene C Cheung