US 11,720,176 B2
Device having integrated interface system
Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, San Carlos, CA (US); Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, CA (US); Ron A. Hopkinson, Campbell, CA (US); Asif Hussain, San Jose, CA (US); Dinesh C. Mathew, San Francisco, CA (US); Mikael M. Silvanto, San Francisco, CA (US); Chang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US); Zheng Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Robert Y. Cao, San Francisco, CA (US); Keith J. Hendren, San Francisco, CA (US); Bryan W. Posner, LaSelva Beach, CA (US); Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, San Jose, CA (US); and Alex J. Lehmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,756.
Application 17/843,756 is a continuation of application No. 15/931,192, filed on May 13, 2020, granted, now 11,366,523.
Application 15/931,192 is a continuation of application No. 15/939,016, filed on Mar. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,656,714, issued on May 19, 2020.
Application 15/939,016 is a continuation of application No. 15/939,082, filed on Mar. 28, 2018, granted, now 11,099,649, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Application 15/939,082 is a continuation of application No. 15/939,123, filed on Mar. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,871,828, issued on Dec. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/478,537, filed on Mar. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0326777 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01); H01H 13/785 (2006.01); H01H 13/85 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/98 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); H10N 30/20 (2023.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H01H 13/703 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G06F 1/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1662 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0213 (2013.01); G06F 3/0216 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 3/0447 (2019.05); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04144 (2019.05); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06V 40/107 (2022.01); H01H 13/703 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); H01H 13/785 (2013.01); H01H 13/85 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01); H03K 17/943 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); H03K 17/9643 (2013.01); H03K 17/9647 (2013.01); H03K 17/98 (2013.01); H10N 30/20 (2023.02); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04102 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); H01H 3/125 (2013.01); H01H 2201/036 (2013.01); H01H 2215/05 (2013.01); H01H 2215/052 (2013.01); H01H 2219/002 (2013.01); H01H 2219/004 (2013.01); H01H 2219/046 (2013.01); H01H 2219/056 (2013.01); H01H 2223/002 (2013.01); H03K 2217/94089 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96003 (2013.01); H03K 2217/9653 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A device comprising:
a display portion comprising:
a display housing; and
a display within the display housing;
a base portion flexibly coupled to the display portion and comprising:
a bottom case;
a glass top case defining, along an exterior surface of the glass top case:
a keyboard region configured to receive a first user input; and
a trackpad region configured to receive a second user input;
an input sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the trackpad region; and
a hand presence sensing system configured to detect a presence of a user's hand over the keyboard region; and
a processing system operatively coupled to the hand presence sensing system and the input sensing system and configured to, in response to detecting the presence of the user's hand with the hand presence sensing system, change a mode of operation of the input sensing system.