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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sinan Filiz, Cupertino, CA (US);
James E. Pedder, Cupertino, CA (US);
Charley T. Ogata, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Stephen Smith, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dhaval Chandrakant Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Shin John Choi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian Q. Huppi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher J. Butler, Cupertino, CA (US);
Martin P. Grunthaner, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An optically transparent force sensor, which may be used as input to an electronic device. The optically transparent force sensor may be configured to compensate for variations in temperature using two or more force-sensitive components that are formed from materials having different temperature- and strain-dependent responses.