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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
May. 12, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Ahmet Fatih Cihan, San Jose, CA (US);
Adrian Z. Harb, San Jose, CA (US);
Mengshu Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen Eric Dey, San Diego, CA (US);
Yuhao Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mehmet Mutlu, San Jose, CA (US);
Tong Chen, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Self-mixing interferometry (SMI) sensors can be used for generation of content using an input device without requiring a touch-sensitive surface. In some examples, the SMI sensors can be used to detect characteristics of the input device including position, orientation, and/or motion of the input device and/or force applied by the input device (e.g., force applied by a stylus tip). In some examples, some or all of the characteristics of the input device can be used in processing to generate content, including textual character input and three-dimensional objects. In some examples, the generation of content can use information from one or more additional sensors for the input device and/or from additional devices in combination with the characteristics of the input device based on the SMI sensors for generation of content.