US 11,714,540 B2
Remote touch detection enabled by peripheral device
Samuel L. Iglesias, Palo Alto, CA (US); Devin W. Chalmers, Oakland, CA (US); Rohit Sethi, Mountain View, CA (US); and Lejing Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/28,298.
Application 17/028,298 is a continuation of application No. 16/554,432, filed on Aug. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,809,910.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/738,435, filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0004133 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0488 (2013.01) [G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0426 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
19. A method, comprising:
at a first electronic device:
obtaining first image data about an input, wherein the first image data is obtained using one or more camera sensors of the first electronic device external to a second electronic device;
obtaining second image data about the input, wherein the second image data is obtained using one or more camera sensors of the second electronic device, the first electronic device different from the second electronic device; and
in accordance with a determination that a set of one or more criteria is met based on the first image data and the second image data, performing an operation based on the input, wherein the set of one or more criteria includes a criterion that is met when the input is a touch input.