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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel B. Sargent, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dale Setlak, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Giovanni Gozzini, Berkeley, CA (US);
John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael B Wittenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard H. Koch, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ron A. Hopkinson, Campbell, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An elongated biometric device provides a slim solution for capturing biometric data, and may be placed on a portion of an electronic device having limited space, such as a side of the electronic device. The elongated biometric device may include a force sensor, which may be positioned within a housing of the electronic device and actuated through posts extending from the elongated biometric device through the housing to transfer an applied force to the force sensor.