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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Xuyang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason P. Shannon, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jon F. Housour, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert F. Meyer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Owen D. Hale, Oakland, CA (US);
Dale T. Morgan, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas Merz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Benjamin Morse, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rasamy Phouthavong, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael B. Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simon C. Helmore, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gareth L. Rose, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Melissa A. Wah, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacob Barton, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ian A. Spraggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a housing, a sensor array including a first camera module having a first field of view, a second camera module having a second field of view different from the first field of view, and a light source, and a rear cover formed from a glass material and defining a raised sensor array region positioned over the sensor array. The raised sensor array region defines a first hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a first corner region of the raised sensor array region, and a second hole extending through the rear cover and positioned proximate a second corner region diagonal from the first corner region. The first camera module includes a first camera housing defining a recess at a corner of the first camera housing, and the second camera module includes a second camera housing extending into the recess.