Electronic device with visual feedback
An electronic device such as a voice-controlled speaker device may have a housing. A speaker and other input-output components and control circuitry may be mounted within the housing. Light-emitting components may emit light that passes through a curved upper top cap portion or other housing structure. The light-emitting components may be interconnected using a flex circuit on a curved substrate or may be mounted on a planar circuit board. A subset of the light-emitting components may be rotated to improve color balance. Optical structures such as light guides, lens, microlenses, and/or a diffuser layer may be disposed over the light-emitting components to promote light mixing, to reduce hotspots, and to improve contrast on the top cap. The diffuser layer may be suspended using a support structure having baffle members to constraint the angular spread of the emitted light. Illuminated or persistently visible glyphs may be displayed in or near the top cap portion.
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
a speaker in the housing configured to emit sound;
light-emitting components configured to emit light through a portion of the housing; and
a support structure that surrounds the light-emitting components, wherein the support structure includes at least one baffle member suspended over a region between at least two of the light-emitting components and configured to control an angular spread of the light emitted from the light-emitting components.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the housing is spherical and has a top and wherein the portion of the housing comprises a housing wall on the top.
3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting components comprise light-emitting components selected from the group consisting of light-emitting diodes and lasers.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one baffle member comprises a ring-shaped member.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the support structure further includes an additional baffle member attached to the at least one baffle member via an arm member.
6. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a diffuser layer mounted on the support structure.
7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the diffuser layer is above the at least one baffle member.
8. The electronic device of claim 6 , further comprising a touch sensor between the diffuser layer and the portion of the housing.
9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the touch sensor and the diffuser layer are separated by an air gap.
10. The electronic device of claim 8 , further comprising a clear window layer between the touch sensor and the portion of the housing.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the portion of the housing has a peripheral edge covered by a white coating layer.
12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the clear window layer has a peripheral edge covered by a black coating layer.
13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the portion of the housing has a peripheral edge covered by the black coating layer.
14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting components are mounted on a planar substrate.
15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein a first subset of the light-emitting components have a given orientation on the planar substrate and wherein a second subset of the light-emitting components are rotated by an angle with respect to the given orientation.
16. The electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the angle of rotation is equal to 90° or 180°.
17. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising glyph layer formed at a top surface of the portion or at a bottom surface of the portion.
18. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing;
light-emitting components overlapped by a top portion of the housing; and
an opaque support structure between the light-emitting components and the top portion of the housing, wherein the opaque support structure comprises a ring-shaped rib member and a radially-extending arm member configured to control an angle of light emitted from the light-emitting components.
19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the opaque support structure further comprises an additional ring-shaped rib member surrounding the ring-shaped rib member and wherein the ring-shaped rib member and the additional ring-shaped rib member are joined by the radially-extending arm member.
20. The electronic device of claim 18 , further comprising a light diffuser layer mounted on the opaque support structure over the ring-shaped rib member.
21. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing with a top cap portion;
a light-emitting device configured to emit light through the top cap portion;
a touch sensor between the light-emitting device and the top cap portion;
a clear polymer layer between the touch sensor and the top cap portion; and
a black ink layer formed along a side wall of the clear polymer layer.
22. The electronic device of claim 21 , wherein the black ink layer is also formed along a side wall of the top cap portion.