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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael J. Oudenhoven, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian S. Lau, Sacramento, CA (US);
Jonathan M. Anderson, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A head-mounted device includes a frame and a sensor coupled to the frame. The sensor includes a first conductive plate coupled to the frame and a first contact pad coupled to the frame and electrically coupled to the first conductive plate. The first contact pad includes an electrically conductive material embedded in a non-electrically conductive material, and the first contact pad is resiliently flexible and is configured for facial engagement. The sensor is configured to generate a signal that indicates a change in a capacitance of the sensor, and a controller is configured to change a power state of the head-mounted device based on the signal.