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公开(公告)号:US20230042447A1
公开(公告)日:2023-02-09
申请号:US17873413
申请日:2022-07-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: William D. Lindmeier , Benjamin G. Jackson , Tony Kobayashi , Brenton A. Baugh , Matthew J. Sundstrom , Israel Pastrana Vicente
IPC: G06F3/04815 , G06T19/00 , G06F3/04883 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0346
Abstract: The method includes: displaying first graphical elements associated with first plurality of output modalities within an XR environment; while displaying the first graphical elements, detecting movement of a physical object; and in response to detecting the movement of the physical object: in accordance with a determination that the movement of the physical object causes the physical object to breach a distance threshold relative to a first graphical element among the first graphical elements, selecting a first output modality associated with the first graphical element as a current output modality for the physical object; and in accordance with a determination that the movement of the physical object causes the physical to breach the distance threshold relative to a second graphical element among the first graphical elements, selecting a second output modality associated with the second graphical element as the current output modality for the physical object.
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公开(公告)号:US20220350411A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-03
申请号:US17857922
申请日:2022-07-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin G. Jackson , Brenton A. Baugh , Megan A. McClain , Steven J. Taylor
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/044
Abstract: A haptic device for an electronic device includes an actuation member formed from a shape-memory alloy (SMA) material that changes shape (e.g., expands or contracts) in response to an applied electrical current. In some cases, the haptic devices described herein also include a restoration mechanism that restores the actuation member to its original shape or to a similar shape. The change in the shape of the actuation member and the restoration of the shape of the actuation member may produce a haptic output at the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US20220075328A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-10
申请号:US17528046
申请日:2021-11-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Steven J. Taylor , Brenton A. Baugh
IPC: G04G21/08 , G06F3/0481 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/01
Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a variable friction mechanism for providing variable frictional feedback as an input mechanism, such as a crown, is rotated. The variable frictional feedback may correspond to operational states, events, or other conditions at the electronic watch. The variable frictional feedback may be provided by changing a frictional force between the crown and the variable friction mechanism. The variable friction mechanism may include a friction element adapted to contact a shaft of the crown and an actuator adapted to change a frictional force between the friction element and the shaft.
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公开(公告)号:US11184708B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-23
申请号:US17028936
申请日:2020-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Taylor G. Carrigan , David C. Graham , Thomas S. Hulbert , Dustin A. Hatfield , Gemma A. Roper , Karlin Y. Bark , David H. Bloom , Benjamin G. Jackson , Brenton A. Baugh , Shota Aoyagi
Abstract: A wearable audio output device in a physical environment includes an input device and one or more microphones. While ambient sound from the physical environment is being detected by the microphone(s), the wearable audio output device: while in a first mode, provides a first audio output including one or more pass-through audio components selected so as to increase audio pass-through of the ambient sound; detects an input via the input device; in response to detecting the input, and in accordance with a determination that the input is a first type of gesture, transitions from the first mode to a second mode; and, while in the second mode, provides a second audio output including one or more cancellation audio components selected so as to increase audio cancellation of the ambient sound.
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公开(公告)号:US10725544B1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-28
申请号:US15593240
申请日:2017-05-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Steven J. Taylor , Brenton A. Baugh , Paul X. Wang , Alex J. Lehmann , Ivan S. Maric , Zheng Gao , Qiliang Xu
IPC: G06F3/01 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/038
Abstract: According to some embodiments, an accessory device for interacting with an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface, is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls suitable for carrying a processor capable of providing instructions and an interface unit extending through an opening at a distal end of the housing, where the interface unit is capable of interacting with the touch sensitive surface. The accessory device can further include a sensor in communication with the processor and the interface unit, where the sensor is capable of (i) detecting a stimulus generated by the interaction between the interface unit and the touch sensitive surface, and (ii) responding by providing a feedback parameter to the processor that responds by providing a feedback instruction. The accessory device can further include a feedback component that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback force to the walls of the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20200103968A1
公开(公告)日:2020-04-02
申请号:US16146243
申请日:2018-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Darya Amin-Shahidi , Alex M. Lee , Brenton A. Baugh
Abstract: A module includes a permanent magnet biased electromagnetic haptic engine having a stator and a rotor; a constraint coupled to the stator and the rotor; and a force sensor at least partially attached to the permanent magnet biased electromagnetic haptic engine and configured to sense a force applied to the rotor. The constraint is configured to constrain closure of a gap between the rotor and the stator and bias the rotor toward a rest position in which the rotor is separated from the stator by the gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20170248986A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15055554
申请日:2016-02-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin G. Jackson , Brenton A. Baugh , Megan A. McClain , Steven J. Taylor
Abstract: Disclosed herein is an input device that replicates mechanical actuation of a rotatable input mechanism in such a way that the haptic output provided by the input device is controllable.
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公开(公告)号:US11670962B2
公开(公告)日:2023-06-06
申请号:US16821853
申请日:2020-03-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Benjamin G. Jackson , Brenton A. Baugh , Brian T. Gleeson , Steven J. Taylor , Thayne M. Miller
CPC classification number: H02J50/10 , G04C10/04 , G04G19/00 , H01F38/14 , H02J7/0063 , H02J7/02 , H01H2003/008 , H03K2217/96062 , H04R2400/03
Abstract: An electronic watch may include a housing, a display positioned at least partially within the housing, a transparent cover coupled to the housing and at least partially covering the display, a battery, and a coil coupled to the battery and configured to, during a battery charging operation, supply a first current to the battery and, during a haptic output operation, receive a second current from the battery to produce a haptic output. The electronic watch may further include a ferromagnetic element positioned at least partially within the housing and movable relative to the housing. The second current may cause the coil to produce a magnetic field, and the haptic output may be produced as a result of an interaction between the magnetic field and the ferromagnetic element that causes the ferromagnetic element to move relative to the housing.
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公开(公告)号:US20220385160A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-01
申请号:US17336074
申请日:2021-06-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Brett W. Degner , Brenton A. Baugh , Shingo Yoneoka , Songsheng Zhou
IPC: H02K33/18
Abstract: A linear resonant actuator includes a ferritic tube, a movable mass, first and second flexures, and a set of one or more flexures. The ferritic tube has an axis extending from a first end of the ferritic tube to a second end of the ferritic tube. The movable mass has a set of magnet sections disposed along the axis. First and second flexures mechanically couple first and second ends of the movable mass to the ferritic tube. The flexures suspend the movable mass within the ferritic tube and allow movement of the movable mass along the axis. The electric coil(s) are attached to the ferritic tube and extend around the movable mass, between the ferritic tube and the movable mass. Each magnet section has magnetic poles disposed at different positions along the axis, and like magnetic poles of adjacent magnetic sections face each other.
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公开(公告)号:US11169628B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-09
申请号:US16869422
申请日:2020-05-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Aidan N. Zimmerman , Wingshan Wong , Kevin Armendariz , Nathan Bohney , Christopher Pasma , Mahmoud Amini , Brenton A. Baugh , Ryan P. Brooks
IPC: G06F3/038 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/041
Abstract: A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected using axially-aligned electric fields generated by the stylus. The stylus may also include a force-sensitive structure that can be used to estimate a force applied to the electronic device by the stylus.
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