US 12,086,299 B1
Touch input for head-mountable devices
Prashanth Reddy Duvvuru Kamakshi, Cupertino, CA (US); and Muhammad F. Hossain, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/353,664.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,171, filed on Jul. 20, 2020.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/011 (2013.01) [G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); H04R 2499/15 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A head-mountable device comprising:
a housing;
a first touch sensor on a first side of the housing and configured to detect a first touch input;
a second touch sensor on a second side of the housing, opposite the first side of the housing, the second touch sensor being configured to detect a second touch input comprising a tap gesture defined by a sequence, within a span of time, of a detected application of an object at the second touch sensor, a detected lift of the object from the second touch sensor, and a detected return of the object to the second touch sensor; and
a processor configured to:
in response to a detection that the first touch input is not provided, prevent the second touch sensor from detecting the second touch input while the first touch input is not provided;
operate the second touch sensor to detect the second touch input if and only if the first touch input is detected; and
perform an action based on the tap gesture if and only if the second touch input and the first touch input are detected simultaneously, such that the first touch input is detected at the first touch sensor while the second touch input is detected at the second touch sensor.