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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertinno, CA (US);
Aidan N. Zimmerman, Cupertinno, CA (US);
Wingshan Wong, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin Armendariz, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nathan Bohney, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher Pasma, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mahmoud Amini, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brenton A. Baugh, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ryan P. Brooks, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user input system including a stylus and an electronic device. A user may manipulate the stylus across an input surface of the electronic device and the movement may be detected using axially-aligned electric fields generated by the stylus. The stylus may also include a force-sensitive structure that can be used to estimate a force applied to the electronic device by the stylus.