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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Tyler S. Bushnell, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven J. Martisauskas, Cupertino, CA (US);
Erik G. de Jong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrzej T. Baranski, Cupertino, CA (US);
Serhan O. Isikman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven J. Banaska, Cupertino, CA (US);
Todd K. Whitehurst, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ming L. Sartee, Morro Bay, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.