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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sinan Filiz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James E. Pedder, Thame, GB;
Charley T. Ogata, San Jose, CA (US);
John Stephen Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, San Jose, CA (US);
Shin John Choi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Brian Q. Huppi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher J. Butler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin P. Grunthaner, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G01L 1/18 (2006.01); G01L 1/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G01L 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G01L 1/005 (2013.01); G01L 1/16 (2013.01); G01L 1/18 (2013.01); G01L 1/20 (2013.01); G01L 1/205 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04111 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical force sensor, which may be used as input to an electronic device. The optical force sensor may be configured to compensate for variations in temperature using two or more force-sensitive components that are formed from materials having different temperature- and strain-dependent responses.