Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Biometric key including a textured ceramic cover
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Application No.: US16812297Application Date: 2020-03-07
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Publication No.: US11113494B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Vivek Gupta , Nicholas A. Renda , Chi Xu , Stephen V. Jayanathan
- 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: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G02B1/115

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided, the electronic device having a keyboard including a biometric input device. The biometric input device may be a biometric key or button. A cap of a biometric key or button may include a textured ceramic cover, such as a textured sapphire cover. The cap may further include a rear decorative coating and a front antireflective coating disposed on or over the textured ceramic cover. The cap may have one or more visual and or tactile properties which resemble those of an adjacent key of the keyboard.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210142030A1 BIOMETRIC KEY INCLUDING A TEXTURED CERAMIC COVER Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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