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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shayan Malek, San Jose, CA (US);
Warren Z. Jones, San Jose, CA (US);
Dhaval N. Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device with seamless protective cover glass is disclosed. In the described embodiments, the cover glass is coupled to the housing such that the cover glass or portions of the cover glass move with respect to the housing. This movement can be used as an interface for receiving user inputs that can be used to provide control signals to the electronic device.