Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device configured to collect biometric and amount of force data when a user touches a displayed image
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Application No.: US16017438Application Date: 2018-06-25
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Publication No.: US10739855B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Sora Kim , Martin P. Grunthaner , Rui Jin , Michael B. Wittenberg , Michael K. McCord , Henric Larsson , Giovanni Gozzini , Lucy Browning , Scott A. Myers
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06F3/041 ; G06K9/00 ; H03K17/975 ; G06F3/044 ; G06F21/32 ; H03K17/96

Abstract:
An input device can be integrated within an electronic device and/or operably connected to an electronic device through a wired or wireless connection. The input device can include one or more force sensors positioned below a cover element of the input device or an input surface of the electronic device. The input device can include other components and/or functionality, such as a biometric sensor and/or a switch element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190025923A1 Force Sensor in an Input Device Public/Granted day:2019-01-24
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