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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven C. Michalske, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44C 5/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable item, such as an electronic device, is disclosed. The wearable item includes a flexible strap and actuators within the flexible strap. The actuators are configured to dynamically form protrusions along the flexible strap. The protrusions present tactilely-perceptible information, such as braille characters or other symbols.