US 12,189,872 B2
Interacting with an electronic device through physical movement
Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, San Francisco, CA (US); Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Bristol (GB); Julian Missig, Burlingame, CA (US); and Golnaz Abdollahian, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,778.
Application 18/511,778 is a continuation of application No. 17/950,943, filed on Sep. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,861,077.
Application 17/950,943 is a continuation of application No. 17/383,880, filed on Jul. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,520,416, issued on Dec. 6, 2022.
Application 17/383,880 is a continuation of application No. 16/773,536, filed on Jan. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,073,918, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Application 16/773,536 is a continuation of application No. 15/937,716, filed on Mar. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,558,278, issued on Feb. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/531,248, filed on Jul. 11, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085992 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G04C 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0346 (2013.01) [G04C 3/002 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a sensor;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying an affordance via the display;
receiving sensor input, via the sensor, associated with a positioning of a user's hand; and
in response to receiving the sensor input:
in accordance with a determination that the sensor input corresponds to a predefined pattern for a threshold amount of time, the predefined pattern being associated with the positioning of the user's hand:
displaying, concurrently with the affordance, an indication that the sensor input corresponds to the predefined pattern for the threshold amount of time; and
performing the operation associated with the affordance; and
in accordance with a determination that the sensor input does not correspond to the predefined pattern for the threshold amount of time, forgoing performing the operation associated with the affordance.