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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven J. Taylor, San Jose, CA (US);
Brenton A. Baugh, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Alex J. Lehmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ivan S. Maric, San Diego, CA (US);
Zheng Gao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiliang Xu, Livermore, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, an accessory device for interacting with an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface, is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls suitable for carrying a processor capable of providing instructions and an interface unit extending through an opening at a distal end of the housing, where the interface unit is capable of interacting with the touch sensitive surface. The accessory device can further include a sensor in communication with the processor and the interface unit, where the sensor is capable of (i) detecting a stimulus generated by the interaction between the interface unit and the touch sensitive surface, and (ii) responding by providing a feedback parameter to the processor that responds by providing a feedback instruction. The accessory device can further include a feedback component that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback force to the walls of the housing.