US 11,735,126 B1
Electronic devices with color sampling sensors
Jackson K. Roland, San Francisco, CA (US); Nicolas P. Bonnier, Campbell, CA (US); Alexandre Chapiro, Sunnyvale, CA (US); David A. Doyle, Cupertino, CA (US); Guillaume Lestoquoy, Mountain View, CA (US); and Jonathan C. Moisant-Thompson, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,386.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,258, filed on Aug. 13, 2020.
Int. Cl. G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01)
CPC G09G 3/3413 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 3/342 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0666 (2013.01); G09G 2340/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display that emits light towards an external object in front of the display;
a light sensor behind the display that detects the light after the light reflects from the external object; and
control circuitry that:
stores a watch-band-specific algorithm for determining watch band colors and a clothing-specific algorithm for determining clothing colors;
selects either the watch-band-specific algorithm or the clothing-specific algorithm based on user input;
after selecting the watch-band-specific algorithm or the clothing-specific algorithm, gathers sensor data from the light sensor; and
determines a color of the external object based on the sensor data using the selected watch-band-specific algorithm or the clothing-specific algorithm.