Apple had eight patents in advanced materials during Q2 2024. Apple Inc’s patents filed in Q2 2024 focus on innovative technologies for head-mounted devices, touch surface detection using piezoelectric transducers, and composite enclosure components for electronic devices. The head-mounted device includes display projectors, waveguides, and optical couplers to provide images to users, with sensor circuitry detecting misalignments and control circuitry adjusting optical components accordingly. The touch surface detection patent involves using piezoelectric transducers in conjunction with capacitive touch sensors to confirm touches and determine touch location. The composite enclosure component patent introduces a composite material with a porous ceramic structure embedded in a glass-based matrix, colored by nanoparticles, for electronic device enclosures. GlobalData’s report on Apple gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Apple had no grants in advanced materials as a theme in Q2 2024.
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Application: Device alignment systems (Patent ID: US20240192508A1)
The patent filed by Apple Inc. describes a head-mounted device with display projectors, waveguides, and optical couplers to convey images to eye boxes for user viewing. The device includes sensor circuitry to measure misalignment between optical components and control circuitry to adjust the position of projectors, couplers, and waveguides using zero hold power piezoelectric actuators based on sensor measurements to correct any misalignment.
The claims detail the specific components and functionalities of the head-mounted device, such as the use of prisms to direct images, sensors to measure misalignment, and zero hold power actuators to adjust the position of optical components. The actuators are designed to prevent distortion in the images by correcting misalignments between projectors, waveguides, and prisms. The patent also includes claims related to the tilting mechanisms of the optical components, the use of fluid between components, and the configuration of left and right projectors and waveguides with corresponding optical couplers and actuators for each side.
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