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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Stephen E Dey, Capitola, CA (US);
Erin M Bosch, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuhao Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ian P Colahan, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher K Ewy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. The handheld controller may include a touch sensor for gathering touch input, a button, rotating scroll wheel, or other input device for gathering other user input, a force sensor for gathering force input, an inertial measurement unit for gathering motion data, a camera for capturing images of the environment, and/or one or more haptic output devices such as an actuator for providing haptic output. The control circuitry may send control signals to the head-mounted device based on the sensor data and user input (e.g., force input, touch input, motion input, voice input, etc.) gathered with the handheld controller.