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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew R. Mcguire, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tieler A. Callazo, San Francisco, CA (US);
Samuel J. Pliska, San Francisco, CA (US);
Juliette L. Paige, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael D. Quinones, Campbell, CA (US);
Nicholas G. Merz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile phone may include an enclosure including a housing component and a front cover coupled to the housing component and defining a front exterior surface of the mobile phone. The mobile phone may further include a display positioned below the front cover and a sensor module positioned below a front-facing sensor region of the front cover and including a biometric sensing system. The biometric sensing system may include a first lens, a light emitter positioned below the first lens and configured to emit light onto an object, a second lens, and a light sensor below the second lens and configured to capture an image of the object. The sensor module may further include a proximity sensing system positioned between the first lens of the biometric sensing system and the second lens of the biometric sensing system.