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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
May. 08, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrzej Baranski, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kuldeep P. Lonkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Serhan Isikman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen Brian Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik De Jong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Samuel B. Weiss, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This relates to a device that detects a user's motion and gesture input through the movement of one or more of the user's hand, arm, wrist, and fingers, for example, to provide commands to the device or to other devices. The device can include a plurality of myoelectric sensors configured to detect one or more electrical signals from a body part of a user indicative of one or more movements. A plurality of signals indicative of the detected one or more electrical signals may be generated. The device may also include a wireless communication transmitter configured to communicate with a peripheral device and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive the plurality of signals from the plurality of myoelectric sensors, use the plurality of signals together to determine a gesture, and communicate one or more of: the plurality of signals and the gesture to the peripheral device.