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Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2010
Applicants:

Chong Yip Chow, Fremont, CA (US);

Hongqin Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Shizhe Shen, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael Divincent, Discovery Bay, CA (US);

Inventors:

Chong Yip Chow, Fremont, CA (US);

Hongqin Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Shizhe Shen, San Jose, CA (US);

Michael DiVincent, Discovery Bay, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A portable device has a rear facing camera assembly and a front facing display assembly that includes at least a protective cover layer, a display stack that includes a plurality of display components arranged in a plurality of interconnected layers, the display stack providing an imaging service, and a flat support chassis arranged to provide support for the display stack. In the described embodiment, a protective cover can wrap around and protect at least the rear portion of the portable device without adversely affecting an image capture process carried out by the rear facing camera assembly.


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