Invention Publication
- Patent Title: Force-Activated Earphone
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Application No.: US18405464Application Date: 2024-01-05
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Publication No.: US20240147127A1Publication Date: 2024-05-02
- Inventor: Nahid Harjee , Brain R. Twehues , Teera Songatikamas , Aonan Li , Travis N. Owens , Kyle J. Campiotti
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
An earphone includes a speaker housing; a speaker positioned in the speaker housing; a stem extending from the speaker housing, the stem defining an input surface; a conductive object disposed within the stem; a flexible circuit positioned between the stem and the conductive object; a member positioned between the flexible circuit and the conductive object operable to allow the flexible circuit to move with respect to the stem; a force sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit; and a controller operable to determine an input to the earphone using a change in capacitance detected using the force sensor electrode, the change in capacitance corresponding to a non-binary amount of a force applied to the input surface. In some examples, the earphone further includes a touch sensor electrode disposed within the flexible circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US12101590B2 Force-activated earphone Public/Granted day:2024-09-24
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