Apple Inc.

Eng Eow Goh

Karan S Jain

Clark Everett Waterfall

Reuben J Williams

Parin Patel

Andrew W Joyce

Ehsan Khajeh

Stephen Theodore Schooley

Arash Akhavan Fomani

Meng Chi Lee

Supratik Datta

Hao Dong

Daniel P Kumar

Ross D Arriens

Gang Ning

Jenna Dancy

Deepak Sharma

Timothy C Wulff

Chengrui Zhang

Michael Sipper

A case for an electronic device can include a case body including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface being positioned opposite the exterior surface. The case can additionally include a button body positioned at least partially within the case body between the exterior surface and the interior surface, the button body being movable inward and outward relative to the case body along an axis of button travel. The case can further include a biasing structure having a contact surface configured to contact the button body, the biasing structure configured to bias the button body toward the interior surface along the axis of button travel.

Computing device case

Touch input devices are provided with the capability of sensing a capacitive load in a two-dimensional array while also being able to sense deflection or movement of the input device in multiple different locations under an input pad. A touch input device can beneficially be used in a remote control device and can be used with multiple input buttons or platforms overlaying multiple capacitive touch input regions on a capacitive touch sensor substrate. Movement and position of a capacitive load can be tracked and calculated via output signals from a set of electrodes or other capacitance sensors with irregular shapes, with inconsistent distances from the capacitive load, and which are positioned below variable materials and material compositions. Thus, tracking gestures and taps can be detected using the capacitance sensing devices, and deflection input can be detected using switches or other actuators situated under the capacitance sensing devices.

Continuous touch input over multiple independent surfaces

Continous touch input over multiple independent surfaces

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