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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
May. 09, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher D. Jones, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dinesh C. Mathew, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin Melcher, Mountain View, CA (US);
Matthew S. Rogers, San Jose, CA (US);
Naoto Matsuyuki, Kasugai, JP;
Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US);
Avianne Marie B. Tuano, New Castle, DE (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Keycaps for keyboards that have transparent top portions have a set of layered components to define a top surface that provides key definition by curvature, texture, ridges, or other external structural features. Other portions of the keycaps define a glyph or support structure for the top layer. Features such as angle filters and partially reflective materials are implemented to improve the visibility, contrast, and reflectivity of the keycaps. Multiple methods are used to bend or otherwise modify rigid transparent materials such as glass in order to add surface features and to improve aesthetics of the keycaps of a keyboard.