Patents by Inventor Senem E. Emgin
Senem E. Emgin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11755124Abstract: A physical keyboard can be used to collect user input in a typing mode or in a tracking mode. To use a tracking mode, first movement data is detected for a hand of a user in relation to a physical keyboard at a first location. A determination is made that the first movement data is associated with a tracking movement. In response to determining that the movement type is associated with the tracking movement, a tracking mode is initiated. User input is provided based on the movement data and in accordance with the tracking mode. Contact data and non-contact data is used to determine a user intent, and a user instruction is processed based on the user intent.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michele Stoppa, Waleed Abdulla, Henning Tjaden, Sree Harsha Kalli, Senem E. Emgin, John B. Morrell, Seung Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20220413633Abstract: Computing devices, input devices, keyboard assemblies, and related systems include a set of conductive traces or leads configured to transfer a capacitive load from an appendage of a user or another capacitive load source from a remote location, such as on a keycap of the keyboard, to a conductive portion or electrode on the keyboard that is positioned near a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The capacitive load is thereby transferable through the conductive traces or leads to the touch-sensitive interface without having to directly apply the load, such as by touching a finger to the interface. This can reduce or eliminate the need for on-screen controls or keyboard interface elements in a touch screen device without having to use a more expensive and energy-draining wired or wireless connection between the computing device and a keyboard case or accessory for the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Antonio Clarke
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Patent number: 11435840Abstract: Computing devices, input devices, keyboard assemblies, and related systems include a set of conductive traces or leads configured to transfer a capacitive load from an appendage of a user or another capacitive load source from a remote location, such as on a keycap of the keyboard, to a conductive portion or electrode on the keyboard that is positioned near a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The capacitive load is thereby transferable through the conductive traces or leads to the touch-sensitive interface without having to directly apply the load, such as by touching a finger to the interface. This can reduce or eliminate the need for on-screen controls or keyboard interface elements in a touch screen device without having to use a more expensive and energy-draining wired or wireless connection between the computing device and a keyboard case or accessory for the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Antonio Clarke
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Patent number: 11429147Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Dinesh C. Mathew, Senem E. Emgin
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Patent number: 11269442Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Xianwei Zhao, Yuxi Zhao, Soyoung Kim
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Publication number: 20210208694Abstract: Computing devices, input devices, keyboard assemblies, and related systems include a set of conductive traces or leads configured to transfer a capacitive load from an appendage of a user or another capacitive load source from a remote location, such as on a keycap of the keyboard, to a conductive portion or electrode on the keyboard that is positioned near a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The capacitive load is thereby transferable through the conductive traces or leads to the touch-sensitive interface without having to directly apply the load, such as by touching a finger to the interface. This can reduce or eliminate the need for on-screen controls or keyboard interface elements in a touch screen device without having to use a more expensive and energy-draining wired or wireless connection between the computing device and a keyboard case or accessory for the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Antonio Clarke
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Publication number: 20210149445Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Dinesh C. Mathew, Senem E. Emgin
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Patent number: 10955934Abstract: Computing devices, input devices, keyboard assemblies, and related systems include a set of conductive traces or leads configured to transfer a capacitive load from an appendage of a user or another capacitive load source from a remote location, such as on a keycap of the keyboard, to a conductive portion or electrode on the keyboard that is positioned near a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The capacitive load is thereby transferable through the conductive traces or leads to the touch-sensitive interface without having to directly apply the load, such as by touching a finger to the interface. This can reduce or eliminate the need for on-screen controls or keyboard interface elements in a touch screen device without having to use a more expensive and energy-draining wired or wireless connection between the computing device and a keyboard case or accessory for the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Antonio Clarke
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Patent number: 10921854Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Dinesh C. Mathew, Senem E. Emgin
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Patent number: 10838501Abstract: An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Senem E. Emgin, Soyoung Kim, Ryan J. Moynihan, YiBo Liu
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Publication number: 20200310569Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Xianwei Zhao, Yuxi Zhao, Soyoung Kim
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Patent number: 10684734Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Xianwei Zhao, Yuxi Zhao, Soyoung Kim
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Publication number: 20200117278Abstract: An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Inventors: Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Senem E. Emgin, Soyoung Kim, Ryan J. Moynihan, YiBo Liu
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Publication number: 20200097042Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to contact designs for electrically coupling electronic devices and electronic accessories. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device including a housing, one or more magnets configured to align and removably couple the electronic accessory to the electronic device, and a contact area disposed at an external surface of the housing, the contact area including two or more spaced apart contacts. Each of the contacts includes a conductive contact surface positioned at the external surface of the housing, the contact surface configured to directly contact a corresponding contact of the electronic accessory when the electronic device is coupled to the electronic accessory, and an electrically-conductive via extending from the contact surface through the outer surface of housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Senem E. Emgin, Florence W. Ow
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Publication number: 20200081485Abstract: An electronic device may have an elongated sensing strip. Control circuitry may use the sensing strip to gather air gesture input from the fingers or other body part of a user. The electronic device may have a housing. The housing may have portions such as upper and lower portions that rotate relative to each other about an axis. A hinge may be used to couple the upper and lower portions together. The sensing strip may extend parallel to the axis and may be located on the lower portion between keys on the lower portion and the axis or on the upper portion between the edge of a display in the upper portion and the axis. The sensing strip may have a one-dimensional array of sensor elements such as capacitive sensor elements, optical sensor elements, ultrasonic sensor elements, or radio-frequency sensor elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Dinesh C. Mathew, Senem E. Emgin
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Publication number: 20200073484Abstract: Computing devices, input devices, keyboard assemblies, and related systems include a set of conductive traces or leads configured to transfer a capacitive load from an appendage of a user or another capacitive load source from a remote location, such as on a keycap of the keyboard, to a conductive portion or electrode on the keyboard that is positioned near a touch-sensitive interface of a computing device. The capacitive load is thereby transferable through the conductive traces or leads to the touch-sensitive interface without having to directly apply the load, such as by touching a finger to the interface. This can reduce or eliminate the need for on-screen controls or keyboard interface elements in a touch screen device without having to use a more expensive and energy-draining wired or wireless connection between the computing device and a keyboard case or accessory for the computing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2019Publication date: March 5, 2020Inventors: Adam T. Garelli, Senem E. Emgin, Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Antonio Clarke
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Patent number: 10579096Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to contact designs for electrically coupling electronic devices and electronic accessories. Some embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device including a housing, one or more magnets configured to align and removably couple the electronic accessory to the electronic device, and a contact area disposed at an external surface of the housing, the contact area including two or more spaced apart contacts. Each of the contacts includes a conductive contact surface positioned at the external surface of the housing, the contact surface configured to directly contact a corresponding contact of the electronic accessory when the electronic device is coupled to the electronic accessory, and an electrically-conductive via extending from the contact surface through the outer surface of housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Senem E. Emgin, Florence W. Ow
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Patent number: 10509475Abstract: An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Senem E. Emgin, Soyoung Kim, Ryan J. Moynihan, YiBo Liu
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Publication number: 20190212826Abstract: An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Senem E. Emgin, Soyoung Kim, Ryan J. Moynihan, YiBo Liu
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Patent number: 10248211Abstract: An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Senem E. Emgin, Soyoung Kim, Ryan J. Moynihan, YiBo Liu