US 12,073,025 B2
Electronic devices with touch input components and haptic output components
Camille Moussette, San Francisco, CA (US); James H. Foster, Oxford (GB); Duncan Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US); Adam S. Meyer, Cupertino, CA (US); Per Haakan Linus Persson, San Francisco, CA (US); Peter C. Tsoi, San Jose, CA (US); and Stuart J. Wood, London (GB)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,762.
Application 18/167,762 is a continuation of application No. 17/467,035, filed on Sep. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,579,701.
Application 17/467,035 is a continuation of application No. 16/396,479, filed on Apr. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,119,574, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/663,793, filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195231 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device configured to interact with external electronic devices, the electronic device comprising:
wireless communications circuitry configured to determine a pointing direction of the electronic device;
control circuitry configured to identify which of the external electronic devices is being selected based on the pointing direction;
an input device configured to receive user input;
a haptic output device configured to provide haptic output in response to the user input, wherein the haptic output is based on which of the external electronic devices is selected; and
a motion sensor, wherein the control circuitry is configured to identify which of the external electronic devices is being selected based on the pointing direction and information from the motion sensor.