US 12,220,823 B2
Electronic device remote controller
Yueting Zhang, San Jose, CA (US); Haofeng Song, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Jisheng Li, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Future Dial, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Future Dial, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,635.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166404 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 9/1689 (2013.01) [B25J 9/123 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a housing;
an actuator disposed within the housing,
wherein the actuator comprises an actuator arm extending from the housing and configured to depress a button on an electronic device or release the button on the electronic device;
a motor controller disposed within the housing to control the actuator; and
a network input/output device configured to communicate with a computer device over a communications network to receive actuation signals to change a state of the actuator arm from an extended state to a retracted state or the retracted state to the extended state;
wherein the actuation signals are based on one or more commands received from the computer device.