US 11,709,554 B1
Finger devices with adjustable housing structures
Erin M. Bosch, San Jose, CA (US); Stephen E. Dey, San Francisco, CA (US); Jeffrey A. Griffis, San Carlos, CA (US); Alex J. Lehmann, Redwood City, CA (US); Yuhao Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,579.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,216, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/033 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/033 (2013.01) [G06F 2203/0331 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A finger device configured to be worn on a finger to control an electronic device with a display, the finger device comprising:
an upper housing portion configured to extend across a top of the finger;
first and second side housing portions configured to extend down respective first and second opposing sides of the finger;
a sensor in the first side housing portion; and
an adjustable structure that adjusts a position of the first and second side housing portions relative to the upper housing portion, wherein the adjustable structure is configured to move the first side housing portion along a first linear axis and the second side housing portion along a second linear axis.