Patents by Inventor Henry H. Yang
Henry H. Yang 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: 12135855Abstract: A biometric input system for an electronic device is provided. The biometric input system may be a fingerprint sensing system. The biometric input system includes a biometric sensing component, which may be a capacitive sensing component. The biometric input system also includes a composite cover element, which may be a dielectric cap or coating, and the biometric sensing component is capable of receiving a biometric input from a user through the composite cover element. Electronic devices including the biometric input system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Andrew Deng, Timothy D. Koch, Hui-Shan Chang, Andrew W. Joyce, Henry H. Yang, Ran Xu, Patrick E. O'Brien, Yu Hsuan Chao, Dale Setlak, Giovanni Gozzini
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Patent number: 12093359Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing member defining a side surface of the portable electronic device, a portion of the housing member defining a side wall of a hole extending through the housing member, a button member positioned along the side surface and defining a chassis portion and a hollow post extending into the hole defined through the housing member, and a first waterproof seal defined between the hollow post and the side wall of the hole. The portable electronic device may also include a biometric sensing component coupled to the chassis portion, a flexible circuit element extending through the hollow post and conductively coupling the biometric sensing component to a component within the housing, and a second waterproof seal defined within the hollow post.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Timothy D. Koch, Dylan L. Magida, Michael B. Wittenberg, Henry H. Yang, Alvin T. Chang, Steven C. Roach, Jared P. Ostdiek
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Patent number: 12039800Abstract: An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gordon S. Franza, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Dale Setlak, Marcus C. Yip, Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron S. Tucker, Andrew W. Joyce, Brian M. King, Giovanni Gozzini, Jason S. Griesbach, Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 11990695Abstract: Electronic assemblies and methods of attaching retention structures are described. The electronic assemblies may include a receiving substrate and a retention structure bonded to the receiving substrate. The retention structure may be patterned to include openings such as slot openings or a fishbone pattern in order to receive a pair of solder joints to bond the retention structure to a top side of the receiving substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sam Mahin Shirazi, Eric T. Chiang, Matthew Burke, Tiexuan Wang, Yong Gang Li, Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 11950512Abstract: An acoustic imaging system coupled to a sensing plate to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers coupled to the sensing plate opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron S. Tucker, Andrew W. Joyce, Brian M. King, Giovanni Gozzini, Jason S. Griesbach, Marcus C. Yip, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Gordon S. Franza, Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 11941907Abstract: An acoustic imaging system includes multiple transducers disposed to circumscribe a portion of substrate. An acoustic imaging system also includes a controller and an image resolver. The transducers convert electrical signals into mechanical energy and/or mechanical energy into electrical signals. The controller is adapted to apply an electrical signal to the transducers which, in response, induce a mechanical wave, such as a surface wave, into the circumscribed portion. The controller is also adapted to receive electrical signals from the transducers. The image resolver uses the electrical signals received by the controller in order to construct an image of an object in physical contact with the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Giovanni Gozzini, Brian Michael King, Marcus Yip, Marduke Yousefpor, Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron Tucker, Henry H. Yang
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Publication number: 20230418421Abstract: A biometric input system for an electronic device is provided. The biometric input system may be a fingerprint sensing system. The biometric input system includes a biometric sensing component, which may be a capacitive sensing component. The biometric input system also includes a composite cover element, which may be a dielectric cap or coating, and the biometric sensing component is capable of receiving a biometric input from a user through the composite cover element. Electronic devices including the biometric input system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Andrew Deng, Timothy D. Koch, Hui-Shan Chang, Andrew W. Joyce, Henry H. Yang, Ran Xu, Patrick E. O'Brien, Yu Hsuan Chao, Dale Setlak, Giovanni Gozzini
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Publication number: 20230369790Abstract: Electronic assemblies and methods of attaching retention structures are described. The electronic assemblies may include a receiving substrate and a retention structure bonded to the receiving substrate. The retention structure may be patterned to include openings such as slot openings or a fishbone pattern in order to receive a pair of solder joints to bond the retention structure to a top side of the receiving substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Sam Mahin Shirazi, Eric T. Chiang, Matthew Burke, Tiexuan Wang, Yong Gang Li, Henry H. Yang
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Publication number: 20220327856Abstract: An acoustic imaging system coupled to an acoustic medium to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers formed at least in part from a thin-film piezoelectric material, such as PVDF. The array is coupled to the acoustic medium opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Gordon S. Franza, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Dale Setlak, Marcus C. Yip, Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron S. Tucker, Andrew W. Joyce, Brian M. King, Giovanni Gozzini, Jason S. Griesbach, Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 11415491Abstract: A gas-sensing apparatus with gas convection capability includes a gas sensor mounted inside a container, a substrate forming a bottom plate of the container and an actuator. The gas sensor is mounted over a first surface of the substrate internal to the container. The actuator is coupled to a second surface of the substrate external to the container. The actuator can cause convection of a gas within the container by enabling movements of the substrate in response to an activation signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Henry H. Yang, Roberto M. Ribeiro
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Publication number: 20220100833Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing member defining a side surface of the portable electronic device, a portion of the housing member defining a side wall of a hole extending through the housing member, a button member positioned along the side surface and defining a chassis portion and a hollow post extending into the hole defined through the housing member, and a first waterproof seal defined between the hollow post and the side wall of the hole. The portable electronic device may also include a biometric sensing component coupled to the chassis portion, a flexible circuit element extending through the hollow post and conductively coupling the biometric sensing component to a component within the housing, and a second waterproof seal defined within the hollow post.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Timothy D. Koch, Dylan L. Magida, Michael B. Wittenberg, Henry H. Yang, Alvin T. Chang, Steven C. Roach, Jared P. Ostdiek
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Publication number: 20210296562Abstract: An acoustic imaging system coupled to a sensing plate to define an imaging surface. The acoustic imaging system includes an array of piezoelectric acoustic transducers coupled to the sensing plate opposite the imaging surface and formed using a thin-film manufacturing process over an application-specific integrated circuit that, in turn, is configured to leverage the array of piezoelectric actuators to generate an image of an object at least partially wetting to the imaging surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2021Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron S. Tucker, Andrew W. Joyce, Brian M. King, Giovanni Gozzini, Jason S. Griesbach, Marcus C. Yip, Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Gordon S. Franza, Henry H. Yang
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Publication number: 20210271843Abstract: An acoustic imaging system includes multiple transducers disposed to circumscribe a portion of substrate. An acoustic imaging system also includes a controller and an image resolver. The transducers convert electrical signals into mechanical energy and/or mechanical energy into electrical signals. The controller is adapted to apply an electrical signal to the transducers which, in response, induce a mechanical wave, such as a surface wave, into the circumscribed portion. The controller is also adapted to receive electrical signals from the transducers. The image resolver uses the electrical signals received by the controller in order to construct an image of an object in physical contact with the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Giovanni Gozzini, Brian Michael King, Marcus Yip, Marduke Yousefpor, Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron Tucker, Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 11048902Abstract: An acoustic imaging system includes multiple transducers disposed to circumscribe a portion of substrate. An acoustic imaging system also includes a controller and an image resolver. The transducers convert electrical signals into mechanical energy and/or mechanical energy into electrical signals. The controller is adapted to apply an electrical signal to the transducers which, in response, induce a mechanical wave, such as a surface wave, into the circumscribed portion. The controller is also adapted to receive electrical signals from the transducers. The image resolver uses the electrical signals received by the controller in order to construct an image of an object in physical contact with the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Appple Inc.Inventors: Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost, Giovanni Gozzini, Brian Michael King, Marcus Yip, Marduke Yousefpor, Ehsan Khajeh, Aaron Tucker, Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 10957969Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with antennas. The antenna may be a display-integrated antenna. An antenna feed for the antenna may be located in a recess in a sidewall of a housing of the device. The antenna feed may be coupled to transceiver circuitry on a logic board of the device by a pair of flex circuits. A first one of the pair of flex circuits may form a portion of an antenna feed assembly. A second one of the pair of flex circuits may be an impedance-matching flex having an end that is soldered to the main logic board. The antenna may be coupled to a conductive portion of the housing of the device.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sameer Pandya, Mario Martinis, Baris Ozgen, Tyler S. Bushnell, Sherry Tang, Henry H. Yang, Christopher M. Werner, Jayesh Nath, Carlo Di Nallo, Andrea Ruaro
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Publication number: 20200103318Abstract: A gas-sensing apparatus with gas convection capability includes a gas sensor mounted inside a container, a substrate forming a bottom plate of the container and an actuator. The gas sensor is mounted over a first surface of the substrate internal to the container. The actuator is coupled to a second surface of the substrate external to the container. The actuator can cause convection of a gas within the container by enabling movements of the substrate in response to an activation signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: April 2, 2020Inventors: Henry H. YANG, Roberto M. RIBEIRO
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Patent number: 10545038Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with environmental sensors. Environmental sensors may include one or more environmental sensor components and one or more acoustic components. Acoustic components may include a speaker or a microphone. Environmental sensor components may include a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or other sensors or combinations of sensors for sensing attributes of the environment surrounding the device. The environmental sensor may have an enclosure with an opening. The enclosure may be formed from a rigid support structure and a portion of a printed circuit. The opening may be formed in the rigid support structure or the printed circuit. The opening in the enclosure for the environmental sensor may be aligned with an opening in an outer structural member for the device. The outer structural member may be a housing structure or a cover layer for a device display.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Henry H. Yang
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Patent number: 10466047Abstract: An electronic device having a pressure sensor configured to determine pressure is disclosed. The electronic device includes an enclosure defining an internal volume. The enclosure may include a sidewall with an external opening that provides a vent for the internal components. To reduce the response of the pressure sensor (that is, the time required to detect a pressure change), the pressure sensor may secure with an internal wall of the enclosure. Further, the internal wall includes an opening defining an air pocket significantly smaller than the internal volume. When the pressure sensor is mounted to receive air via the air pocket, the pressure sensor may respond faster to pressure changes, as compared to receiving air circulating throughout the internal volume. This is due in part to an amount of airflow passing through the air pocket causing a greater pressure change throughout the air pocket as compared to the internal volume.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rex T. Ehman, William C. Lukens, David M. Pelletier, Henry H. Yang
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Publication number: 20190236257Abstract: A hardware security token in contact with a user's body can send a signal via interbody communication to one or more electronic devices associated with a system of electronic devices having unified access controls such that a user can access each of the electronic devices using the same credentials. The signal sent by the hardware security token can be deputized by a user in possession of credentials to the system as a temporary proxy for that user's identity. In other examples, the signal sent by the portable security token can be deputized by a user in possession of credentials to the system as a temporary proxy for another user's identity. In some embodiments, the proxy can expire after a period of time or after a particular event occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Matthew E. Last, Giovanni Gozzini, Henry H. Yang
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Publication number: 20190154471Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with environmental sensors. Environmental sensors may include one or more environmental sensor components and one or more acoustic components. Acoustic components may include a speaker or a microphone. Environmental sensor components may include a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or other sensors or combinations of sensors for sensing attributes of the environment surrounding the device. The environmental sensor may have an enclosure with an opening. The enclosure may be formed from a rigid support structure and a portion of a printed circuit. The opening may be formed in the rigid support structure or the printed circuit. The opening in the enclosure for the environmental sensor may be aligned with an opening in an outer structural member for the device. The outer structural member may be a housing structure or a cover layer for a device display.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventor: Henry H. Yang