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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew D. Hill, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rasamy Phouthavong, San Jose, CA (US);
Jun Sik Ham, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James A Bertin, Saratoga, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Kallman, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Sherry Cao, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A portable electronic device may include an enclosure including a front cover defining a front exterior surface, and a display positioned below the front cover and including a set of transparent conductive traces positioned in a graphically active region of the display and including a first plurality of transparent conductive traces and a second plurality of transparent conductive traces oriented perpendicular to the first plurality of transparent conductive traces. The portable electronic device may further include a proximity sensor including an optical emitter below the display and configured to emit light through the display and through the front cover. The optical emitter may be arranged relative to an optical receiver along a direction oblique to the first plurality of transparent conductive traces and to the second plurality of transparent conductive traces.