US 12,277,886 B2
Electronic devices having image transport layers and electrical components
Ying-Chih Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Michael J. Brown, Campbell, CA (US); Michael B. Wittenberg, San Francisco, CA (US); Paul C. Kelley, San Francisco, CA (US); Rasamy Phouthavong, San Jose, CA (US); Tyler R. Kakuda, Stockton, CA (US); Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, La Jolla, CA (US); and Marwan Rammah, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/667,315.
Application 18/667,315 is a continuation of application No. 18/299,487, filed on Apr. 12, 2023, granted, now 12,020,603.
Application 18/299,487 is a continuation of application No. 17/840,890, filed on Jun. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,670,210, issued on Jun. 6, 2023.
Application 17/840,890 is a continuation of application No. 17/225,520, filed on Apr. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,436,964, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Application 17/225,520 is a continuation of application No. 16/682,406, filed on Nov. 13, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,656, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0304128 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/20 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC G09G 3/20 (2013.01) [G02B 6/0006 (2013.01); G02B 6/0008 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12111 (2013.01); G09F 9/301 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing comprising a transparent layer;
a sensor overlapped by the transparent layer; and
an image transport layer overlapped by the transparent layer, wherein the image transport layer is configured to guide light to the sensor.