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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2015
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Scott A. Myers, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ihtesham H. Chowdhury, Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin J. Pope, Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew D. Hill, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dhaval N. Shah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin J. Auclair, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 (2013.01); G06F 1/1628 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/182 (2013.01); H04M 1/026 (2013.01); H04M 1/72563 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1634 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device is configured to detect the presence or absence of a case that is positioned over at least one surface of the electronic device. When a case is present, the electronic device is configured to determine one or more characteristics of the case and adjust one or more operations of the electronic device based on at least one characteristic of the case.