US 12,449,964 B1
System with position-sensitive electronic device interface
Brian T. Gleeson, Mountain View, CA (US); Adam S. Meyer, Cupertino, CA (US); David H. Bloom, San Francisco, CA (US); and Peter M. Arnold, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/897,020.
Application 17/897,020 is a continuation of application No. 15/669,734, filed on Aug. 4, 2017, granted, now 11,435,888.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/397,465, filed on Sep. 21, 2016.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); G08C 17/04 (2006.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 41/08 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01)
CPC G06F 3/04847 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 17/04 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); B60K 35/80 (2024.01); B60K 2360/566 (2024.01); B60K 2360/573 (2024.01); B60R 16/0231 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G08C 2201/34 (2013.01); G08C 2201/91 (2013.01); G08C 2201/92 (2013.01); H04L 41/0879 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device that is operable to control a system having equipment, the electronic device comprising:
a sensor configured to gather sensor data;
control circuitry configured to:
determine a distance between the electronic device and the equipment based on the sensor data; and
determine whether the electronic device is in a first position relative to the equipment or a second position relative to the equipment; and
a display configured to automatically launch a user control interface that includes an on-screen option to adjust the equipment in response to determining that the distance between the electronic device and the equipment is less than a threshold distance, wherein the on-screen option comprises a first on-screen option when the electronic device is in the first position relative to the equipment and comprises a second on-screen option when the electronic device is in the second position relative to the equipment, wherein the first on-screen option is different from the second on-screen option, wherein the first and second positions are within the threshold distance, and wherein the first on-screen option is used to:
adjust volume settings when the equipment is a speaker,
adjust lighting settings when the equipment is a light source, and
adjust temperature settings when the equipment is a thermostat.