US 11,715,355 B1
Crown input and feedback for head-mountable devices
Muhammad F. Hossain, San Jose, CA (US); Riccardo Tarelli, Mountain View, CA (US); Rui He, San Jose, CA (US); Jason C. Sauers, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Samuel A. Resnick, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,661.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/059,792, filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08B 6/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 6/00 (2013.01) [H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
15. A head-mountable device comprising:
a housing;
a crown positioned at least partially outside the housing;
a shaft positioned within the housing and connected to the crown;
a magnetic element within a chamber of the shaft and being moveable relative to the shaft; and
a coil coupled to the housing and configured to induce a magnetic field in the magnetic element, such that, when the coil is activated, the magnetic element provides haptic feedback by moving within the shaft.