- Patent Title: Sensing contact force related to user wearing an electronic device
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Application No.: US16370031Application Date: 2019-03-29
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Publication No.: US11337654B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Tyler S. Bushnell , Steven J. Martisauskas , Erik G. de Jong , Andrzej T. Baranski , Serhan O. Isikman , Steven J. Banaska , Todd K. Whitehurst , Ming L. Sartee
- 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: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; G01L1/14 ; A61B5/021

Abstract:
A wearable electronic device includes a body, a housing component, a band operable to attach the body to a body part of a user, and a force sensor coupled to the housing component. The force sensor is operable to produce a force signal based on a force exerted between the body part of the user and the housing component. A processing unit of the wearable electronic device receives the force signal from the force sensor and determines the force exerted on the housing component based thereon. The processing unit may use that force to determine a tightness of the band, determine health information for the user, adjust determined force exerted on a cover glass, and/or to perform various other actions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190223803A1 Sensing Contact Force Related to User Wearing an Electronic Device Public/Granted day:2019-07-25
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