US 11,875,592 B2
Elongated fingerprint sensor
Daniel B. Sargent, San Francisco, CA (US); Dale Setlak, Merritt Island, FL (US); Giovanni Gozzini, Berkeley, CA (US); John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US); Michael B Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US); and Ron A. Hopkinson, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/484,165.
Application 17/484,165 is a continuation of application No. 16/786,762, filed on Feb. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,275,920.
Application 16/786,762 is a continuation of application No. 15/853,478, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,046, filed on Sep. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0012451 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/1306 (2022.01) [G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/1365 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing comprising a conductive material and defining a first opening and a second opening;
a display positioned at least partially within the first opening of the housing;
a cover positioned over the display and defining a front surface of the electronic device; and
a biometric input device positioned at least partially within the second opening and comprising:
a sensor cover formed from a sapphire material and defining an input surface having a length that exceeds a width and configured to move within the second opening;
a conductive frame surrounding the sensor cover and configured to move with the sensor cover; and
a biometric sensor positioned below the sensor cover and configured to obtain fingerprint information in response to a touch input applied to the sensor cover; and
an isolation member that electrically isolates the conductive frame from the housing.