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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Terrence L. Van Ausdall, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Senem E. Emgin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Soyoung Kim, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ryan J. Moynihan, San Francisco, CA (US);
YiBo Liu, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04107 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input/output interface for an electronic device receives touch and/or force input and, additionally provides haptic output to a user. In particular the input/output interface is operated in conjunction with an input surface and includes at least one input sensor and at least one haptic output element. In typical embodiments, the input sensor is ground-shifted to prevent damage to the input sensor when the haptic output element is driven.