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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Debanjan Mukherjee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yanting Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);
Kevin Howard Drake, Campbell, CA (US);
Seobin Jung, Redwood City, CA (US);
Xiaoyu Guo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Wen Shian Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Chijer Wang, Taipei, TW;
Yi-Nan Chu, Taoyuan, TW;
GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computing device includes a housing defining an aperture extending therethrough. The computing device further includes a button that includes a switch and a body. The body is at least partially disposed within the aperture and movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position to selectively actuate the switch to cause the computing device to perform a function. The button includes a printed circuit electrically coupled to one or more processors of the computing device. The button includes an optical sensor disposed within the interior of the body and configured to obtain biometric data for determining one or more biometrics of a user.