Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device with strain-based force sensor
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Application No.: US16354066Application Date: 2019-03-14
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Publication No.: US10706252B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Thayne M. Miller , Jean-Marie Bussat , Steven P. Hotelling , Sawyer I. Cohen , Tyler B. Cater
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H03K17/96 ; H03K17/975

Abstract:
Input members with capacitive sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment of an electronic button, a first circuit is configured to capture a fingerprint of a user's finger placed on the electronic button, and a second circuit is configured to sense a force applied to the electronic button by the user's finger. The first circuit is further configured to provide temperature information to compensate for temperature sensitivities of the second circuit, and the second circuit is further configured to provide force information to the first circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190213377A1 Electronic Device with Strain-Based Force Sensor Public/Granted day:2019-07-11
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