US 11,698,185 B2
Invisible, light-transmissive display system
Bartley K. Andre, Palo Alto, CA (US); Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US); Richard P. Howarth, San Francisco, CA (US); Daniele de Iuliis, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US); Duncan Robert Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US); Shin Nishibori, Honolulu, HI (US); Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US); Douglas B. Satzger, Menlo Park, CA (US); Calvin Q. Seid, Palo Alto, CA (US); Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US); Eugene Anthony Whang, San Francisco, CA (US); Rico Zorkendorfer, Jackson, WY (US); David Morgenstern, Los Altos, CA (US); and Paul C. L. Chow, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,458.
Application 17/572,458 is a continuation of application No. 16/919,012, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,236,895.
Application 16/919,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/038,607, filed on Jul. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,743,387, issued on Jun. 11, 2020.
Application 16/038,607 is a continuation of application No. 15/219,125, filed on Jul. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,034,350, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Application 15/219,125 is a continuation of application No. 14/281,536, filed on May 19, 2014, granted, now 9,423,835, issued on Jun. 23, 2016.
Application 14/281,536 is a continuation of application No. 12/973,632, filed on Dec. 20, 2010, granted, now 8,729,457, issued on May 20, 2014.
Application 12/973,632 is a continuation of application No. 11/551,988, filed on Oct. 23, 2006, granted, now 7,880,131, issued on Feb. 1, 2011.
Application 11/551,988 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/456,833, filed on Jul. 11, 2006, granted, now 7,884,315, issued on Feb. 8, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128228 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 23/00 (2015.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01); G09F 9/30 (2006.01); G09F 13/04 (2006.01); G09F 13/06 (2006.01); G09F 13/08 (2006.01); H01H 13/83 (2006.01); F21W 111/10 (2006.01)
CPC F21V 23/003 (2013.01) [F21V 33/0052 (2013.01); F21V 33/0056 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1635 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); G09F 9/30 (2013.01); G09F 13/04 (2013.01); G09F 13/06 (2013.01); G09F 13/08 (2013.01); H01H 13/83 (2013.01); F21W 2111/10 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
an opaque layer;
an opening in the opaque layer;
a transparent material on the opaque layer and overlapping the opening; and
a button, wherein the button comprises:
a light sensitive receptor configured to receive light through the opening and the transparent material.