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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Wayne C. Westerman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Duncan Kerr, Cupertino, CA (US);
Avi E. Cieplinski, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey T. Bernstein, Cupertino, CA (US);
William M. Vieta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Julian K. Missig, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application is related to a computer for providing output to a user. The computer includes a processor and an input device in communication with the processor. The input device includes a feedback surface and at least one sensor in communication with the feedback surface, the at least one sensor configured to detect a user input to the feedback surface. The processor varies a down-stroke threshold based on a first factor and varies an up-stroke threshold based on a second factor. The down-stroke threshold determines a first output of the computing device, the up-stroke threshold determines a second output of the computing device, and at least one of the first factor or the second factor are determined based on the user input.