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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
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);
John B. Morrell, Los Gatos, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A three-dimensional control system includes an input device, a computing device, and a tracking assembly. The input device can include an input sensor, an inertial measurement unit sensor, and an ultrasonic speaker. The tracking assembly can include a plurality of ultrasonic microphones and an inertial measurement unit disposed on or with the computing device. The plurality of ultrasonic microphones can include three microphones in a first plane and at least one other ultrasonic microphone disposed out of the first plane. The ultrasonic microphones can be configured to detect ultrasonic waves output by the speaker of the input device and the computing device can triangulate the position of the input device relative to the computing device in space.