Tong Chen

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Cupertino, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Optical sensor module including an interferometric sensor and exten...
- Patent number 12,209,890
- Issue date Jan 28, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Mitigating artifacts caused by an under-display light emitter
- Patent number 12,154,480
- Issue date Nov 26, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Jenny Hu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Electronic devices having failsafe mechanisms with near field commu...
- Patent number 12,133,314
- Issue date Oct 29, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Yaser Shanjani
- H05 - ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Grant
Beam deflector metasurface
- Patent number 12,124,002
- Issue date Oct 22, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Daryl I. Vulis
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Grant
Laser-integrated balance detection for self-mixing interferometry
- Patent number 11,909,171
- Issue date Feb 20, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Horizontal cavity surface-emitting laser (HCSEL) monolithically int...
- Patent number 11,909,175
- Issue date Feb 20, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Chih-Wei Chuang
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Grant
Self-mixing interferometry device configured for non-reciprocal sen...
- Patent number 11,874,110
- Issue date Jan 16, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Self-mixing interferometry-based input device
- Patent number 11,861,072
- Issue date Jan 2, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Mehmet Mutlu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Optical proximity sensor integrated into a camera module for an ele...
- Patent number 11,846,525
- Issue date Dec 19, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Optical tracking system
- Patent number 11,762,193
- Issue date Sep 19, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Optical communication system for position-finding of a portable ele...
- Patent number 11,639,998
- Issue date May 2, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Optical interferometry proximity sensor with optical path extender
- Patent number 11,629,948
- Issue date Apr 18, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Nathan Shou
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Input device with self-mixing interferometry sensors
- Patent number 11,614,806
- Issue date Mar 28, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Ahmet Fatih Cihan
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Self-mixing interference based sensors for characterizing touch input
- Patent number 11,599,224
- Issue date Mar 7, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Mark T. Winkler
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Display stack topologies for under-display optical transceivers
- Patent number 11,592,873
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Xiao Xiang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Methods for manipulating objects in an environment
- Patent number 11,557,102
- Issue date Jan 17, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Alexis Henri Palangie
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Hybrid interferometric and scatterometric sensing using in-plane se...
- Patent number 11,543,235
- Issue date Jan 3, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Behind display polarized optical transceiver
- Patent number 11,487,859
- Issue date Nov 1, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Surface quality sensing using self-mixing interferometry
- Patent number 11,460,293
- Issue date Oct 4, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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Self-mixing interferometry-based gesture input system including a w...
- Patent number 11,409,365
- Issue date Aug 9, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Mehmet Mutlu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Waveguide-based interferometric multi-point/distributed force and t...
- Patent number 11,392,248
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Mehmet Mutlu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Display-adjacent optical emission or reception using optical fibers
- Patent number 11,327,237
- Issue date May 10, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Grant
Monolithic infrared transceiver
- Patent number 11,322,630
- Issue date May 3, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Weiping Li
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Display-synchronized optical emitters and transceivers
- Patent number 11,295,664
- Issue date Apr 5, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
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Configuration and operation of array of self-mixing interferometry...
- Patent number 11,243,068
- Issue date Feb 8, 2022
- Apple Inc.
- Mehmet Mutlu
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Systems and methods for adjusting movable lenses in directional fre...
- Patent number 11,201,669
- Issue date Dec 14, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Omid Momtahan
- G02 - OPTICS
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Optical proximity sensor integrated into a camera module for an ele...
- Patent number 11,156,456
- Issue date Oct 26, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Grant
Self-mixing interference based sensors for characterizing touch input
- Patent number 11,157,113
- Issue date Oct 26, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Mark T. Winkler
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Self-calibrating optical transceiver system with reduced crosstalk...
- Patent number 11,150,332
- Issue date Oct 19, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Through-display optical transmission, reception, or sensing through...
- Patent number 11,067,884
- Issue date Jul 20, 2021
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Information Patent Application
Dynamic Transparency of User Representations
- Publication number 20250111596
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Tong CHEN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES INCLUDING OPTICAL OCCLUSION DETECTION
- Publication number 20250110579
- Publication date Apr 3, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Tong CHEN
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DIODES AND RELATED DEVICES...
- Publication number 20250102628
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Fei Tan
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY USING BACKSIDE-EMITTING VCSEL DIODE WITH...
- Publication number 20250105594
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Pengfei Qiao
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING AVA...
- Publication number 20250103132
- Publication date Mar 27, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Jason D. RICKWALD
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Handheld Controllers with Surface Marking Capabilities
- Publication number 20250093968
- Publication date Mar 20, 2025
- Apple Inc.
- Ian P Colahan
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
EYE TRACKING USING COHERENCE-BASED MEASUREMENT
- Publication number 20240398224
- Publication date Dec 5, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Walter NISTICO
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Multi-Channel Self-Mixing Interferometric Sensor
- Publication number 20240384980
- Publication date Nov 21, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Electronic Device With Display Light Sensor
- Publication number 20240363088
- Publication date Oct 31, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G09 - EDUCATION CRYPTOGRAPHY DISPLAY ADVERTISING SEALS
Information Patent Application
Large Mode Surface-Emitting Lasers for Self-Mixing Interferometry
- Publication number 20240305063
- Publication date Sep 12, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Pengfei Qiao
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Programmable Transmit/Receive Pixel Array and Applications
- Publication number 20240106192
- Publication date Mar 28, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Fei Tan
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Optical Proximity Sensor
- Publication number 20240102852
- Publication date Mar 28, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Brandon J. Hui
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING AVA...
- Publication number 20240077937
- Publication date Mar 7, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Jason D. RICKWALD
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Adaptive Optical Sensing Using Speckle Prediction
- Publication number 20240003671
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Mingzhou Jin
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
INPUT DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SENSORS
- Publication number 20240004483
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- William WHITNEY
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Active Optical Sensor Providing Near and Far Field Target Detection
- Publication number 20240004034
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Non-Contact Respiration Sensing
- Publication number 20240000341
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Miaolei Yan
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Wearable Device Including Optical Sensor Circuitry
- Publication number 20240000337
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
Information Patent Application
Wearable Device Including Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensor
- Publication number 20240004073
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Wavelength Modulated Self-Mixing Interferometry Using Multi-Junctio...
- Publication number 20240006858
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Mitigating Artifacts Caused by an Under-Display Light Emitter
- Publication number 20230410718
- Publication date Dec 21, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Jenny Hu
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
RETINAL REFLECTION TRACKING FOR GAZE ALIGNMENT
- Publication number 20230359273
- Publication date Nov 9, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Arthur Y. Zhang
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Eye Tracking Using Self-Mixing Interferometry
- Publication number 20230333371
- Publication date Oct 19, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Systems With Supplemental Illumination
- Publication number 20230324690
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Ritu Shah
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Optical Sensor Module Including an Interferometric Sensor and Exten...
- Publication number 20230314185
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Self-Mixing Interference Based Sensors for Characterizing Touch Input
- Publication number 20230288186
- Publication date Sep 14, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Mark T. Winkler
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
Information Patent Application
Reconfigurable Time of Flight Proximity Sensor with Near-Field and...
- Publication number 20230258785
- Publication date Aug 17, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Shingo Mandai
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
Optical Communication System for Position-Finding of a Portable Ele...
- Publication number 20230255214
- Publication date Aug 17, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- A21 - BAKING EDIBLE DOUGHS
Information Patent Application
Electronic Devices Having Quantum Film Infrared Sensors
- Publication number 20230087411
- Publication date Mar 23, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Xiaofan Niu
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Through-Display Interferometric Proximity and Velocity Sensing
- Publication number 20230087691
- Publication date Mar 23, 2023
- Apple Inc.
- Tong Chen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Optical sensor module including an interferometric sensor and exten...

Mitigating artifacts caused by an under-display light emitter

Electronic devices having failsafe mechanisms with near field commu...

Beam deflector metasurface

Laser-integrated balance detection for self-mixing interferometry

Horizontal cavity surface-emitting laser (HCSEL) monolithically int...

Self-mixing interferometry device configured for non-reciprocal sen...

Self-mixing interferometry-based input device

Optical proximity sensor integrated into a camera module for an ele...

Optical tracking system

Optical communication system for position-finding of a portable ele...

Optical interferometry proximity sensor with optical path extender

Input device with self-mixing interferometry sensors

Self-mixing interference based sensors for characterizing touch input

Display stack topologies for under-display optical transceivers

Methods for manipulating objects in an environment

Hybrid interferometric and scatterometric sensing using in-plane se...

Behind display polarized optical transceiver

Surface quality sensing using self-mixing interferometry

Self-mixing interferometry-based gesture input system including a w...

Waveguide-based interferometric multi-point/distributed force and t...

Display-adjacent optical emission or reception using optical fibers

Monolithic infrared transceiver

Display-synchronized optical emitters and transceivers

Configuration and operation of array of self-mixing interferometry...

Systems and methods for adjusting movable lenses in directional fre...

Optical proximity sensor integrated into a camera module for an ele...

Self-mixing interference based sensors for characterizing touch input

Self-calibrating optical transceiver system with reduced crosstalk...

Through-display optical transmission, reception, or sensing through...

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Dynamic Transparency of User Representations

SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES INCLUDING OPTICAL OCCLUSION DETECTION

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DIODES AND RELATED DEVICES...

SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY USING BACKSIDE-EMITTING VCSEL DIODE WITH...

DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING AVA...

Handheld Controllers with Surface Marking Capabilities

EYE TRACKING USING COHERENCE-BASED MEASUREMENT

Multi-Channel Self-Mixing Interferometric Sensor

Electronic Device With Display Light Sensor

Large Mode Surface-Emitting Lasers for Self-Mixing Interferometry

Programmable Transmit/Receive Pixel Array and Applications

Optical Proximity Sensor

DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CONTROLLING AVA...

Adaptive Optical Sensing Using Speckle Prediction

INPUT DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SENSORS

Active Optical Sensor Providing Near and Far Field Target Detection

Non-Contact Respiration Sensing

Wearable Device Including Optical Sensor Circuitry

Wearable Device Including Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensor

Wavelength Modulated Self-Mixing Interferometry Using Multi-Junctio...

Mitigating Artifacts Caused by an Under-Display Light Emitter

RETINAL REFLECTION TRACKING FOR GAZE ALIGNMENT

Eye Tracking Using Self-Mixing Interferometry

Systems With Supplemental Illumination

Optical Sensor Module Including an Interferometric Sensor and Exten...

Self-Mixing Interference Based Sensors for Characterizing Touch Input

Reconfigurable Time of Flight Proximity Sensor with Near-Field and...

Optical Communication System for Position-Finding of a Portable Ele...

Electronic Devices Having Quantum Film Infrared Sensors

Through-Display Interferometric Proximity and Velocity Sensing