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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Rong Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Andrew Baek, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ethan W. Juhnke, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eugene A. Whang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gemma A. Roper, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glenn K. Trainer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jia Chen Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Qi, San Jose, CA (US);
Ka Ho P. Poon, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael C. Sulkis, San Jose, CA (US);
Pedro Mari, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Syed F. Mohiuddin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Victor H. Yin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yu P. Sun, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing. A speaker and other input-output components and control circuitry may be mounted within the housing. Light-emitting components may emit light that passes through a curved upper top cap portion or other housing structure. The light-emitting components may be interconnected using a flex circuit on a curved substrate or may be mounted on a planar circuit board. A subset of the light-emitting components may be rotated to improve color balance. Optical structures such as light guides, lens, microlenses, and/or a diffuser layer may be disposed over the light-emitting components to promote light mixing, to reduce hotspots, and to improve contrast on the top cap. The diffuser layer may be suspended using a support structure having baffle members to constraint the angular spread of the emitted light. Illuminated or persistently visible glyphs may be displayed in or near the top cap portion.