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Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Nicolai Georg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Benjamin R. Blachnitzky, San Francisco, CA (US);

Alhad A. Palkar, San Jose, CA (US);

Minhazul Islam, Cupertino, CA (US);

Alex J. Lehmann, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Madeleine S. Cordier, San Francisco, CA (US);

Joon-Sup Han, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Hongcheng Sun, San Ramon, CA (US);

Sang E. Lee, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Kevin Z. Lo, Belmont, CA (US);

Lilli Ing-Marie Jonsson, Saratoga, CA (US);

Luis Deliz Centeno, Oakland, CA (US);

Yuhao Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Stephen E. Dey, San Francisco, CA (US);

Paul N. DuMontelle, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jonathan C. Atler, Cupertino, CA (US);

Tianjia Sun, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Jian Li, Cupertino, CA (US);

Chang Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04815 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0331 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system may include finger devices. A touch sensor may be mounted in a finger device housing to gather input from an external object as the object moves along an exterior surface of the housing. The touch sensor may include capacitive sensor electrodes. Sensors such as force sensors, ultrasonic sensors, inertial measurement units, optical sensors, and other components may be used in gathering finger input from a user. Finger input from a user may be used to manipulate virtual objects in a mixed reality or virtual reality environment while a haptic output device in a finger device provides associated haptic output. A user may interact with real-world objects while computer-generated content is overlaid over some or all of the objects. Object rotations and other movements may be converted into input for a mixed reality or virtual reality system using force measurements or other sensors measurements made with the finger devices.


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