US 11,860,588 B1
Identification of watch bands
Maegan K. Spencer, Emerald Hills, CA (US); Ryan C. Perkins, San Francisco, CA (US); Benjamin J. Kallman, Cupertino, CA (US); Daniel J. Hiemstra, San Jose, CA (US); Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US); William C. Lukens, San Francisco, CA (US); Osamu Yabe, Mountain View, CA (US); Jorge L. Rivera Espinoza, San Jose, CA (US); David D. Dashevsky, Cupertino, CA (US); Eugene C. Cheung, Redwood City, CA (US); Prashanth S. Holenarsipur, Fremont, CA (US); Tyler S. Bushnell, Mountain View, CA (US); and Zaki Moustafa, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/200,650.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/992,076, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/989,527, filed on Mar. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. G04G 9/00 (2006.01); G04G 21/02 (2010.01); G04G 21/04 (2013.01); A44C 5/00 (2006.01); A44C 5/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC G04G 9/0064 (2013.01) [A44C 5/0053 (2013.01); A44C 5/147 (2013.01); G04G 21/02 (2013.01); G04G 21/04 (2013.01); G06K 7/10366 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A watch comprising:
a watch body comprising:
a processor; and
an optical detector; and
a band that is attachable to the watch body for securing the watch to a user and comprising an identification element that is detectable by the optical detector, the identification element comprising:
a reference row comprising multiple first shapes in a first repeating pattern; and
a code row comprising multiple second shapes in a second repeating pattern.