US 11,914,780 B2
Finger-mounted device with sensors and haptics
Paul X Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Alex J. Lehmann, Redwood City, CA (US); Michael J. Rockwell, Palo Alto, CA (US); Michael Y. Cheung, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ray L. Chang, Saratoga, CA (US); Hongcheng Sun, Menlo Park, CA (US); Ian M. Bullock, Cupertino, CA (US); Kyle J. Nekimken, San Jose, CA (US); Madeleine S. Cordier, San Francisco, CA (US); Seung Wook Kim, San Jose, CA (US); David H. Bloom, San Francisco, CA (US); and Scott G. Johnston, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,360.
Application 17/886,360 is a continuation of application No. 17/094,653, filed on Nov. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,416,076.
Application 17/094,653 is a continuation of application No. 16/015,043, filed on Jun. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,838,499, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/526,792, filed on Jun. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382376 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G01P 15/003 (2013.01); G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0426 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0331 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A finger-mounted electronic device, comprising:
a body having first and second side body portions coupled by an upper body portion;
a force sensor in the first side body portion, wherein the force sensor comprises multiple components each of which produces a separate respective force sensor measurement based on different amounts of finger compression along the first side body portion;
a haptic output device coupled to the body; and
control circuitry configured to:
gather finger input using the force sensor;
provide haptic output using the haptic output device in response to the finger input; and
send control signals to an external electronic device based on the finger input.