PATENT DOCUMENT

Publication Number: US-9538052-B2
Application Number: US-201213558853-A
Country: US
Kind Code: B2

Title: Electronic device with input-output component mounting structures

Abstract:
An electronic device may have a housing such as a metal housing. Openings may be formed in the housing to accommodate a button, to form a camera window, to form a microphone port, and to form a camera flash window. An input-output component mounting member may be used to mount input-output components to the housing of the electronic device. The input-output component mounting member may have a recess that mates with a corresponding protrusion on the housing. Screws may attach the input-output component mounting member to the housing. The protrusion and recess in the input-output component mounting member may ensure that the input-output component mounting member is accurately aligned with respect to the housing. Input-output components such as a microphone, button switch, camera, and camera flash may be mounted to the electronic device with the input-output component mounting member.

Claims:
What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An electronic device, comprising:
 a housing having opposing interior and exterior surfaces and having a protrusion that protrudes from the interior surface and that has at least first and second protrusion surfaces, wherein the protrusion is enclosed within the housing; 
 a display mounted in the housing; 
 an input-output component mounting member that is mounted within and attached to the housing in alignment with the first and second protrusion surfaces; and 
 a button switch directly mounted to the input-output component mounting member. 
 
     
     
       2. The electronic device defined in  claim 1  wherein the housing comprises a metal housing and wherein the protrusion comprises a machined portion of the metal housing, the electronic device further comprising a camera having an input, wherein the housing has a camera window opening and wherein the input-output component mounting member comprises a camera opening that receives the camera and that holds the camera so that the input is aligned with the camera window opening. 
     
     
       3. The electronic device defined in  claim 2  further comprising a first biasing structure that biases the camera against the camera opening. 
     
     
       4. The electronic device defined in  claim 3  wherein the first biasing structure comprises a first foam member that biases the camera against a first planar surface in the camera opening and wherein the electronic device further comprises a second foam member that biases the camera against a second planar surface in the camera opening. 
     
     
       5. The electronic device defined in  claim 1  herein the input-output component mounting member comprises a camera flash recess that receives a light-emitting diode. 
     
     
       6. The electronic device defined in  claim 1  wherein the input-output component mounting member comprises a microphone recess that receives a microphone. 
     
     
       7. The electronic device defined in  claim 1  further comprising a light-emitting diode mounted to the input-output component mounting member and a microphone mounted to the input-output component mounting member, wherein the housing has a camera flash opening aligned with the light-emitting diode and a microphone opening that is aligned with the microphone. 
     
     
       8. An electronic device, comprising:
 a housing; 
 a camera window structure in the housing; 
 an input-output component mounting member mounted within and attached to the housing; 
 a camera mounted within an opening in the input-output component mounting member so that the camera is in alignment with and receives light through the camera window structure; 
 a button switch directly attached component mounting member; and 
 a flexible printed circuit in contact with the input-output component mounting member, wherein the button switch is electrically coupled to the flexible printed circuit. 
 
     
     
       9. The electronic device defined in  claim 8  further comprising a camera flash mounted to the input-output component mounting member. 
     
     
       10. The electronic device defined in  claim 9  further comprising a microphone mounted to the input-output component mounting member. 
     
     
       11. The electronic device defined in  claim 10  wherein the camera flash and the microphone are electrically coupled to the flexible printed circuit. 
     
     
       12. The electronic device defined in  claim 11  further comprising at least one hole in the input-output component mounting member and at least one screw that passes through the hole to attach the input-output component mounting member to the housing. 
     
     
       13. The electronic device defined in  claim 8  further comprising a protrusion on the housing and a mating recess in the input-output component mounting member. 
     
     
       14. An electronic device, comprising:
 a housing; 
 a camera window structure in the housing; 
 an input-output component mounting member attached to the housing; 
 a camera mounted to the input-output component mounting member so that the camera is in alignment with the camera window structure; and 
 a button switch attached to the input-output component mounting member, wherein the camera window structures include a threaded camera window trim member and a mating threaded nut. 
 
     
     
       15. An electronic device, comprising:
 a housing; 
 a camera window structure in the housing; 
 an input-output component mounting member attached to the housing; 
 a camera mounted to the input-output component mounting member so that the camera is in alignment with the camera window structure; and 
 a button switch attached to the input-output component mounting member, wherein the camera window structures include a camera window trim member and a metal attachment plate that is welded to the camera window trim member. 
 
     
     
       16. An electronic device, comprising:
 a housing having opposing interior and exterior surfaces and having a camera window opening; 
 a camera window trim member that passes through the camera window opening; and 
 an attachment structure attached to the interior surface of the housing, wherein the attachment structure is welded to the camera window trim member and wherein a portion of the camera window trim member extends over the exterior surface of the housing such that a portion of the housing is secured between the camera window trim member and the attachment structure. 
 
     
     
       17. The electronic device defined in  claim 16  further comprising:
 an input-output component mounting member that is attached to the housing; and 
 a camera mounted in the electronic device with the input-output component mounting member so that the camera is aligned with an opening in the camera window trim member. 
 
     
     
       18. The electronic device defined in  claim 17  further comprising a microphone, wherein the input-output component mounting member has a microphone recess that receives the microphone. 
     
     
       19. The electronic device defined in  claim 18  wherein the housing has a button opening, the electronic device further comprising a button switch that is mounted to the input-output component mounting member and a button member that bears against the button switch and that has a portion that passes through the button opening. 
     
     
       20. The electronic device defined in  claim 19  further comprising a camera flash, wherein the input-output component mounting member has a camera flash recess that receives the camera flash.

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     This relates to electronic devices and, more particularly, to mounting structures in electronic devices for mounting input-output components. 
     Electronic devices such as cellular telephones and other portable devices are often provided with input-output components such as cameras, microphones, and buttons. In many devices, bulky or cumbersome mounting structures are used in mounting input-output components. This may result in electronic devices that are undesirably large, that are complex to assemble, and that exhibit mounting structure failures during use. 
     It would therefore be desirable to be able to provide improved electronic device mounting structures for input-output components. 
     SUMMARY 
     An electronic device may have a housing such as a metal housing. Input-output components may be mounted in the housing. For example, input-output components such as a button, a camera, a camera flash, and a microphone may be mounted within the housing. 
     To accommodate input-output components, openings may be formed in the housing. For example, a button opening may be formed in the housing to accommodate a button member in a button. During operation, the button member may move back and forth within the button opening and may bear against an associated button switch. As another example, the housing may have openings to form a camera window, a microphone port, and a camera flash window. A clear camera window member may be mounted in the camera window opening. A Fresnel lens or other clear structure may be mounted in the camera flash window. A mesh with openings may be used to cover the microphone port while allowing sound to reach the microphone. 
     An input-output component mounting member may be used to mount input-output components to the housing of the electronic device. The input-output component mounting member may have a recess that mates with a corresponding alignment features such as a protrusion on the housing, thereby helping to ensure that the input-output component mounting member is aligned with respect to the housing. 
     Screws may attach the input-output component mounting member to the housing. The protrusion and recess in the input-output component mounting member may ensure that the input-output component mounting member is accurately aligned with respect to the housing. Input-output components such as a microphone, button switch, camera, and camera flash may be mounted to the electronic device with the input-output component mounting member in respective alignment with the microphone port, button opening, camera window, and camera flash window in the electronic device housing. 
     A camera window trim structure that is associated with the camera window may be attached to the housing using a threaded nut or using a welded attachment plate. 
     Further features of the invention, its nature and various advantages will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of an illustrative electronic device with input-output component mounting structures in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a rear perspective view of the illustrative electronic device of  FIG. 1  in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional side view of an illustrative camera window structure that may be used in an electronic device of the type shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2  in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of an illustrative nut for attaching a camera trim member of the type shown in  FIG. 3  to an electronic device housing in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional side view of another illustrative camera window structure that may be used in an electronic device of the type shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2  in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 6  is a top view of the illustrative camera window structure of  FIG. 5  in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is an exploded perspective view of an interior portion of an electronic device with input-output component mounting structures in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 8  is an exploded perspective view of illustrative input-output component mounting structures and an associated component such as an audio component in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 9  is a cross-sectional side view of an illustrative audio component such as a microphone mounted in a portion of an electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  is a perspective view of illustrative input-output component mounting structures to which a microphone, camera flash, and button have been mounted in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 11  is an exploded perspective view of a rear corner portion of an electronic device of the type shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2  showing how a camera window and camera flash lens may be mounted within openings in an electronic device housing in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Electronic devices may be provided with input-output components such as audio components (e.g., microphones and speakers), buttons, sensors, imaging equipment (e.g., a camera and flash), and other components. Bracket structures and other input-output component mounting structures may be used in compactly and accurately mounting these input-output components within an electronic device. 
     An illustrative electronic device of the type that may be provided with input-output component mounting structures is shown in  FIG. 1 . Device  10  of  FIG. 1  may be a handheld device such as a cellular telephone or media player, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, other portable computing equipment, a wearable or miniature device such as a wristwatch or pendant device, a television, a computer monitor, or other electronic equipment. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , electronic device  10  may have a front face that includes a display such as display  14 . Display  14  may be a touch screen that incorporates a layer of conductive capacitive touch sensor electrodes or other touch sensor components or may be a display that is not touch-sensitive. Display  14  may include an array of display pixels formed from liquid crystal display (LCD) components, an array of electrophoretic display pixels, an array of electrowetting display pixels, or display pixels based on other display technologies. 
     Display  14  may be protected using a display cover layer such as a layer of transparent glass or clear plastic. Openings may be formed in the display cover layer. For example, an opening may be formed in the display cover layer to accommodate a button such as button  16  and an opening such as opening  18  may be used to form a speaker port. Device configurations without openings in display  14  may also be used for device  10 . 
     Device  10  may have a housing such as housing  12 . Housing  12 , which may sometimes be referred to as an enclosure or case, may be formed of plastic, glass, ceramics, fiber composites, metal (e.g., stainless steel, aluminum, etc.), other suitable materials, or a combination of any two or more of these materials. 
     Housing  12  may be formed using a unibody configuration in which some or all of housing  12  is machined or molded as a single structure or may be formed using multiple structures (e.g., an internal frame structure, one or more structures that form exterior housing surfaces, etc.). 
     Housing  12  may have openings to form input-output ports (e.g., audio ports, digital signal ports, etc.). Housing  12  may also have one or more openings to accommodate buttons and other input-output components. As an example, housing  12  may have an opening along upper edge  12 ′ to accommodate a button such as button  20 . 
     A rear perspective view of device  10  of  FIG. 1  is shown in  FIG. 2 . As shown in  FIG. 2 , housing  12  may have a rear surface such as surface  12 R. Rear surface  12 R may be a planar surface formed from metal, glass, polymer, ceramic, or other materials. The peripheral portions of rear surface  12 R may form vertical sidewalls (i.e., sidewalls having surfaces that run perpendicular to the central portion of rear planar surface  12 R) or may be curved (e.g., to form rounded edges for device  10 ). The rear housing wall of device  10  may be formed from a structure that is separate from the sidewalls of housing  12  or the rear surface of housing  12  and all or some of the sidewalls of housing  12  may be formed from integral housing structures. 
     Openings may be formed in housing  12 . For example, rear housing wall  12 R may have an opening for a camera window such as camera window  22 , an opening for a camera flash window (sometimes referred to as a camera strobe window) such as camera flash window  24 , and an opening for forming a microphone port such as microphone port  26 . Housing  12  may also have one or more antenna window structures. As an example, housing  12  may be formed from a conductive material such as metal and rear surface  12 R may have an opening in which a dielectric antenna window structure is formed such as antenna window structure  28  of  FIG. 2 . 
     Camera window  22  may include a transparent camera window member such as a clear glass or plastic disk (sometimes referred to as a camera lens) and trim structures for mounting the transparent camera window disk to device  10 . A cross-sectional side view of illustrative camera trim structures of the type that may be used in mounting a transparent camera window member to housing  12  is shown in  FIG. 3 . The cross-sectional side view of  FIG. 3  is taken along line  50  of  FIG. 2  and viewed in direction  52 . With the configuration shown in  FIG. 3 , camera trim structures  22  include camera trim member  38  and threaded nut  32 . Camera trim member  38  may have a cylindrical shape with a concentric cylindrical bore that extends along longitudinal axis  36 . A transparent camera window disk may be mounted within the camera window structures so as to cover the opening of camera window trim member  38 . 
     Threaded nut  32  may be screwed onto threads  44  on member  38 . Member  38  may have engagement features such as holes  34  that may be engaged by a mating tool. This allows the tool to hold member  38  in place and prevent rotation of member  38  about axis  36  when screwing threaded nut  32  onto threads  44 . 
     Camera window trim member  38  may have a circular ledge portion such as ledge  40  that extends around the circular periphery of camera window trim member  38 . Electronic device housing  12  may have a corresponding portion such as ledge  42 . When threaded nut  32  is screwed onto the threaded portion of member  38 , ledge  40  of member  38  may be pressed against ledge  42  of housing  12 . Portions  46  of housing  12  may therefore be compressed between threaded nut  32  and ledge portion  40  of member  38 , securing camera window structures  22  in place on housing  12 . 
     Structures  22  in a configuration of the type shown in  FIG. 3  may be characterized by a portion of member  38  that protrudes a distance D 1  above the exterior surface of housing  12  and a thickness D 2  for nut  32 . The magnitude of D 1  may be, for example, 0.6 mm, 0.3 mm to 0.9 mm, or other suitable size. The magnitude of D 2  may be, for example, 0.2 mm, 0.1 to 0.3 mm, or other suitable size. The diameter D 3  of member  38  may be, for example 0.5 to 10 mm or other suitable size. 
       FIG. 4  is a top view of threaded nut  32  of  FIG. 3  as viewed in direction  54  of  FIG. 3 .  FIG. 4  shows how threaded nut  32  may have a circular opening such as opening  56  to receive threads  44  on the cylindrical upper portion of member  38  of  FIG. 3 . Threaded nut  32  may have flat edges such as edges  58  that allow nut  32  to be screwed onto member  38  using a wrench or other tool. The use of threaded nut  32  to secure trim member  38  to housing  12  may provide a robust camera window trim structure that is resistant to dislodgement during impact events. Structures such as nut  32  and member  38  may be formed from metal or other suitable materials. 
     If desired, camera trim structures  22  may use a welded member to attach trim member  38  to housing  12 . This type of arrangement is shown in  FIGS. 5 and 6 .  FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional side view of camera trim structures  22  of  FIG. 3  as taken along line  50  of  FIG. 2  and viewed in direction  52 . As shown in  FIG. 5 , camera trim structures  22  may use an attachment member such as metal attachment plate  60  to mount camera trim member  38  to housing  12 . As with the illustrative configuration of  FIG. 3 , camera trim member  38  of  FIG. 5  may have a shape such as a cylindrical shape with a cylindrical bore that extends along longitudinal axis  36 . A transparent camera window disk or other transparent camera window member may be mounted within the opening of camera trim member  38 , thereby allowing light from an image to enter a camera mounted in the interior of device  10 . 
     Attachment plate  60  may be attached to camera trim member  38  along seam  66  using attachment structures such as welds  64 . Welds  64  may be formed using laser welding or other welding techniques. Housing  12  may have a recess such as recess  74  for receiving plate  60 . Recess  74  may help ensure that plate  60  does not protrude above inner surface  62  of housing  12  and may help prevent plate  60  and member  38  from rotating about axis  36 . 
       FIG. 6  is a top view of camera window structures  22  of  FIG. 5  when viewed in direction  72 . As shown in  FIG. 6 , attachment plate  60  may be rotationally asymmetric with respect to longitudinal axis  36  of member  38 .  FIG. 6  shows how attachment plate  60  may have a circular opening such as opening  78  to receive a corresponding cylindrical portion of member  38  of  FIG. 5 . Attachment plate  60  may have an inner surface  68  that is separated from outer surface  70  of member  38  by an air gap running along seam  66  ( FIG. 5 ). The width of the air gap separating inner surface  68  of plate  60  from outer surface  70  of member  38  may be 0.05 mm, 0.02 to 0.08 mm, or other suitable size that allows satisfactory formation of welds  64 . The peripheral edge of plate  60  may have curved portions, straight portions, and, if desired, may have a combination of curved and straight portions, as shown in  FIG. 6 . 
       FIG. 7  is an exploded perspective view of device  10  in the vicinity of the corner of housing  12  that contains button  20 . Button  20  (not shown in  FIG. 7 ) may be formed from a button member that protrudes through button opening  80  of housing  12 . Housing  12  may have openings in rear surface  12 R such as openings  84 ,  86 , and  88 . Opening  88  may be used to accommodate camera trim structures  22  and may be used in forming camera window  22  of  FIG. 2 . Opening  86  may be used to form microphone port  26  of  FIG. 2 . Opening  84  may be used to form camera flash window  24  of  FIG. 2 . 
     Input-output component mounting structures such as input-output component mounting member  90  may be used in mounting components such as camera  92  and other input-output components within device  10 . Mounting member  90  may have a partial or full recess such as opening  94  for receiving camera  92 . Camera  92  may include a digital imaging device such as a silicon image sensor and associated lens structures. During operation, light from an image may be received by camera  92  through camera window opening  88 . 
     When assembled, camera  92  may be received within opening  94 , so that biasing structures  96  and  98  press against respective surfaces  100  and  102  of camera  92 . Biasing structures  96  and  98  may be formed from springs, foam, or other biasing structures. When camera  92  is biased along dimension “Y” using structures  96 , surface  104  of camera  92  may bear against opposing planar surface  106  of opening  94 . When camera  92  is biased along dimension “X” using structures  98 , surface  108  of camera  92  may bear against planar surface  110  of member  90 . Using this type of arrangement, the position of camera  92  within member  90  may be accurately controlled by accurately forming surfaces  110  and  106 . 
     The position of camera  92  relative to housing  12  and opening  88  may be accurately controlled by accurately controlling the placement of member  90  with respect to housing  12  using an alignment feature. Alignment between member  90  and housing  12  may be achieved using surfaces on housing protrusion  82  such as Y-datum surface  112  and X-datum surface  116  or other surfaces. Surfaces  112  and  116  may be oriented at right angles to each other or may otherwise be configured so as not to be coplanar, thereby supporting alignment for multiple dimensions such as dimensions X and Y. Surfaces  112  and  116  may be machined using the same machining tool (e.g., the same computer numerical control machine tool) that is used in machining housing  12  into the shape shown in  FIG. 7 , thereby ensuring that the position of surfaces  112  and  116  is accurate relative to the positions of the walls of housing  12 , openings  84 ,  86 , and  88 , and other housing features. The upper surface of protrusion  82  may serve as a Z reference. 
     The underside of member  90  may have an opening such as opening  132  that receives protrusion  82 . Surfaces  134  and  136  in the opening may bear against surfaces  112  and  116  of protrusion  82 , respectively. By ensuring that member  90  bears against surface  112  and is therefore aligned with respect to surface  112 , the position of member  90  along dimension Y becomes fixed. By ensuring that member  90  bears against surface  116  and is therefore aligned with surface  116 , the position of member  90  with respect to dimension X becomes known. If desired, other reference features may be used in accurately establishing the position of member  90  with respect to housing  12  (e.g., by using the upper surface of protrusion  82  and the mating lower surface of opening  132  of member  90  to establish the position of member  90  with respect to dimension Z). The use of reference surfaces  112  and  116  on housing protrusion  82  is merely illustrative. 
     Member  90  may be secured to housing  12  using fasteners such as screws  118  or other attachment mechanisms. Screws  118  may pass through openings  120  in member  90  and may be screwed into threaded holes  122  in protrusion  82  of housing  12 . 
     Member  90  may have an opening such as opening  124  on the underside of member  90  for receiving a microphone. Inspection hole  126  may be used to allow the microphone to be viewed from above. When assembled, the microphone may receive sound from the exterior of device  10  through microphone port  86  in housing  12 . 
     Member  90  may have a recess such as camera flash recess  128  for receiving a light source such as a light-emitting diode or other light-emitting component that serves as a camera flash for camera  92 . Opening  130  may allow light from the camera flash to pass through a camera flash window member mounted in opening  84 . 
       FIG. 8  is an exploded perspective view of member  90  and an associated audio component such as microphone  138 . Microphone  138  may be mounted within microphone recess  124  in member  90 . During operation of device  10 , sound may pass from the exterior of device  10  to input  140  of microphone  138  via microphone opening  86  in housing  12 . Light from the camera flash may pass through opening  130  of member  90  and opening  84  of housing  12  to the exterior of device  10 . 
       FIG. 9  is a cross-sectional side view of member  90  and housing  12  taken along line  150  of  FIG. 2  and viewed in direction  152 . As shown in  FIG. 9 , a sealing structure such as elastomeric microphone boot  144  may be used to mount microphone  138  to housing  12 . Mesh  142  may have an array of openings that allow sound to reach microphone input  140  from microphone port  86  in housing  12 . Mesh  142  may be formed from metal, plastic, other materials, or multiple mesh layers. Screw  118  may be used to mount member  190  to housing  12  so that input  140  is in alignment with microphone port  86  as shown in  FIG. 9 . Other types of mounting arrangements may be used if desired. The mounting configuration of  FIG. 9  is merely illustrative. 
       FIG. 10  is perspective view of member  90  in a configuration in which input-output components have been mounted to member  90  using a flexible printed circuit substrate such as flexible printed circuit substrate  158 . Flexible printed circuit substrate  158  may be formed from a flexible layer of polymer such as a sheet of polyimide. Input-output components may be attached to flexible printed circuit substrate  158  using solder, conductive adhesive, connectors, or other attachment mechanisms. 
     As shown in  FIG. 10 , flexible printed circuit substrate  158  may have a portion such as portion  158 A on which a component such as button switch  156  is formed. Button switch  156  and flexible printed circuit substrate portion  158 A may be mounted to protruding portion  160  of member  90  using adhesive or other suitable attachment mechanisms. Button  20  may be formed from switch  156  and an associated button member such as button member  154 . When assembled in a completed device, button member portion  162  of button member  154  may protrude through opening  80  ( FIG. 7 ) of housing  12 , so that button  20  may be controlled by a user of device  10 . Extending portions  164  of button member  154  may help retain button member  154  within housing  12 . Switch  156  may have two or more states such as open and closed states. For example, when button member  154  is in its outermost (unpressed) position, switch  156  may be in one state (e.g., the open state) and when button member  154  is in its innermost (pressed) position, switch  156  may be in another state (e.g., the closed state). 
     Flexible printed circuit  158  may have a portion such as portion  158 B for mounting a camera flash component such as light-emitting diode camera flash  174  within camera flash recess  128 . Flexible printed circuit  158  may also have a portion such as portion  158 C for mounting an input-output component such as microphone  138  ( FIG. 9 ) within microphone recess  124 . Metal traces on flexible printed circuit  158  may be coupled to camera flash  174 , microphone  138 , and button switch  156 . If desired, wires, metal traces on molded plastic carriers, or other conductive paths may be used in routing signals to and from input-output components. The use of flexible printed circuit  158  to route signals to and from the components that are attached to member  90  is merely illustrative. 
       FIG. 11  is a perspective view of a corner portion of electronic device  10  in the vicinity of button  20 . As shown in  FIG. 11 , button member portion  162  of button  20  may protrude through button opening  80  in housing  12 . A transparent camera window member such as window member  170  may be mounted in camera window opening  88  for forming camera window  22 . A transparent flash window member such as Fresnel lens  172  may be mounted in camera flash window opening  84  for forming camera flash window  24 . 
     The foregoing is merely illustrative of the principles of this invention and various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The foregoing embodiments may be implemented individually or in any combination.

Metadata:
Filing Date: 20120726
Publication Date: 20170103
Grant Date: 20170103
Priority Date: 20120726
Inventors: SANFORD EMERY A.
HAVSKJOLD DAVID G.
DABOV TEODOR
LYNCH STEPHEN BRIAN
DE JONG ERIK G. P.
MANULLANG TYSON B.
MONTEVIRGEN ANTHONY S.
Assignee: APPLE INC
CPC Classifications: [{"code": "H04N23/56", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N23/51", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N23/56", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N23/51", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N5/2256", "inventive": true, "first": false, "tree": "[]"}, {"code": "H04N5/2252", "inventive": true, "first": true, "tree": "[]"}]
Family ID: 49994549