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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kenneth Kocienda, San Jose, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel Max Strongwater, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kristi E. S. Bauerly, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roberto G. Yepez, San Francisco, CA (US);
Justin S. Titi, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to multifunction physical buttons. An electronic device detects activation of a physical button. The device determines whether a set of one or more criteria are met. If the set of one or more criteria are met, the device captures an image using an image sensor. If the set of one or more criteria are not met, the device turns off the display of the device. Thus, the same physical button can perform different functions based on whether the set of one or more criteria are met.