US 12,355,907 B2
Handheld electronic device
Matthew D. Hill, Mountain View, CA (US); Rasamy Phouthavong, San Jose, CA (US); Jun Sik Ham, Sunnyvale, CA (US); James A Bertin, Saratoga, CA (US); Benjamin J. Kallman, Emerald Hills, CA (US); and Sherry Cao, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,900.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,182, filed on Jan. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224392 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H10K 50/816 (2023.01); H10K 50/828 (2023.01)
CPC H04M 1/0266 (2013.01) [H10K 50/816 (2023.02); H10K 50/828 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H04M 2201/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
an enclosure comprising a front cover defining a front exterior surface;
a display positioned below the front cover and comprising a set of transparent conductive traces positioned in a graphically active region of the display and including:
a first plurality of transparent conductive traces; and
a second plurality of transparent conductive traces oriented perpendicular to the first plurality of transparent conductive traces; and
a proximity sensor comprising:
an optical emitter below the display and configured to emit light through the display and through the front cover; and
an optical receiver below the display and configured to receive, through the display and through the front cover, a reflected portion of the emitted light, the optical emitter arranged relative to the optical receiver along a direction oblique to the first plurality of transparent conductive traces and to the second plurality of transparent conductive traces.