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Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey A Sewell, Wyandotte, MI (US);

Arian Behzadi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Clarisse Mazuir, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/04 (2006.01); B60Q 3/00 (2017.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 23/0485 (2013.01); B60Q 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08);
Abstract

A system may have an interior region. The system may have lighting that provides illumination for the interior region. The lighting may include light-emitting elements such as light-emitting diodes arranged in strips or two-dimensional patterns. A gesture sensor such as a touch gesture sensor or proximity gesture sensor may overlap the light-emitting diodes. As gesture input is received over the light-emitting elements, the lighting may toggle the states of the light-emitting elements, turning on elements that are off and turning off elements that are on. The lighting may toggle the states of the elements based on gesture input such as gesture input made along a strip of elements or gesture input involving gestures that pass over a selected set of elements in a two-dimensional array.


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