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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Traer Bernstein, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lukas Robert Tom Girling, Bristol, GB;
Julian Missig, Burlingame, CA (US);
Golnaz Abdollahian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G04C 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/0485 (2022.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G04C 3/002 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0487 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72469 (2021.01); A61B 5/02416 (2013.01); A61B 5/14552 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to interacting with an electronic device without touching a display screen or other physical input mechanisms. In some examples, the electronic device performs an operation in response to a positioning of a user's hand and/or an orientation of the electronic device.