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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Stefan Hafeneger, Saratoga, CA (US);
Amrith V Ram, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Joel N Ruscher, Fremont, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A ring device may be worn on a user's finger. The ring device may include near-field communications circuitry for emulating near-field communications tags based on biometric data and/or for logging health-related actions such as medicine intake. An inertial measurement unit in the ring device may detect pointing and other gestures for controlling equipment. A microphone may detect voice input and other sounds that can be used to infer the context in which the ring device is operating. Motion data from a first device may be used to determine a gaze direction towards a second device so that ring input may be directed towards the second device. A map of locations of different devices that can be controlled by the ring device may be generated using a combination of pointing input, voice input, gaze input, and/or touch input.