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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Darshan R. Kasar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Greg Nayman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Doran Watson, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James L. McPeak, Fremont, CA (US);
Edwin Foo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Albert Golko, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, San Frncisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A docking station configured to mate to an electronic device enables methods of interacting with the electronic device by impacting (e.g., knocking) on a table on which the device and/or the docking station are disposed and by means of contactless gestures. The electronic device may remain in a powered off state while the docking station continuously monitors for user input. The docking station may have a processor that is capable of detecting a user's impact and contactless gesture inputs.