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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Colin M. Ely, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fletcher Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);
Christopher Matthew Werner, San Jose, CA (US);
John B. Morrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Camille Moussette, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Duncan Kerr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, and a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.