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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benjamin M. Rappoport, Santa Barbara, CA (US);

Jeremy C. Franklin, San Francisco, CA (US);

Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);

Scott A. Myers, Saratoga, CA (US);

Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US);

Julian Hoenig, Lisbon, PT;

Christopher Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);

John P. Ternus, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Stephen Brian Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 59/60 (2023.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G09G 3/3208 (2016.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 59/60 (2023.02); G02B 5/208 (2013.01); G02B 27/01 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1637 (2013.01); G06F 1/1641 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G09G 3/3208 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H05K 999/99 (2013.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 77/111 (2023.02); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.


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