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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Bart K. Andre, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Brian T. Gleeson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kristi E. Bauerly, Los Altos, CA (US);
William D. Lindmeier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew J. Sundstrom, Campbell, CA (US);
Geng Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Seung Wook Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Evangelos Christodoulou, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Megan M. Sapp, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kainoa Kwon-Perez, San Francisco, CA (US);
David H. Bloom, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven J. Taylor, San Jose, CA (US);
John B. Morrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Miao He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Hamza Kashif, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer input system includes a mouse including a housing having an interior surface defining an internal volume and a sensor assembly disposed in the internal volume. A processor is electrically coupled to the sensor assembly and a memory component having electronic instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to determine an orientation of the mouse relative to a hand based on a touch input from the hand detected by the sensor assembly. The mouse can also have a circular array of touch sensors or lights that detect hand position and provide orientation information to the user.