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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Paul Joseph Allec, Champaign, IL (US);
Xiaoyi Mu, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/015 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01); G06F 3/0308 (2013.01); G06F 18/23 (2023.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); G06F 2218/12 (2023.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to detecting hand gesture input using an electronic device, such as a wearable device strapped to a wrist. The device can have multiple photodiodes, each sensing light at a different position on a surface of the device that faces skin of a user. Examples of the disclosure detect hand gestures by recognizing patterns in sensor data that are characteristic of each hand gesture, as the tissue expands and contracts and anatomical features in the tissue move during the gesture.