US 12,229,341 B2
Finger-mounted input devices
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Tim H. Cornelissen, Mountain View, CA (US); Richard G. Huizar, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Paul V. Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/926,561.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/904,547, filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0089131 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 3/017 (2013.01) [G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 30/00 (2020.01); G06F 2203/0331 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
an electronic device having a display that displays image content and a first sensor that gathers user gaze information;
a finger device that is worn on a first finger of a user while leaving a finger pad at the tip of the first finger exposed, wherein the finger device comprises:
first and second side members configured to extend down respective first and second opposing sides of the first finger; and
a force sensor located in the first side member and configured to detect a force with which the first finger is compressed; and
control circuitry configured to:
use the force sensor to detect finger input from a second finger contacting the finger pad of the first finger; and
manipulate the image content based on the user gaze information and the finger input.