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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Erik G. de Jong, San Francisco, CA (US);

Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Los Altos, CA (US);

Trevor J. Ness, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/22 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 5/22 (2013.01); A45C 11/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/1628 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45C 2011/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A connectible component is connected to a housing. A sensor of the housing is utilized to detect an identity element of the at connectible component. The connectible component is identified utilizing the at least one sensor. In some implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify whether or not a connectible component is connected to the housing. In other implementations, identification of the connectible component may identify the type of connectible component that is connected. In such implementations, the housing may house an electronic device and the electronic device may be configured based on the type of connectible component that is connected.


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