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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Phillip Qian, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward Siahaan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Erik L. Wang, Redwood City, CA (US);
Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Max Strongwater, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jason J. LeBlanc, Castro Valley, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This application relates to earbuds configured with one or more biometric sensors. At least one of the biometric sensors is configured to be pressed up against a portion of the tragus for making biometric measurements. In some embodiments, the housing of the earbud can be symmetric so that the earbud can be worn interchangeably in either a left or a right ear of a user. In such an embodiment, the earbud can include a sensor and circuitry configured to determine and alter operation of the earbud in accordance to which ear the earbud is determined to be sitting in.