Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotary input mechanism for an electronic device
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Application No.: US15261901Application Date: 2016-09-10
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Publication No.: US09886006B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Colin M. Ely , Fletcher Rothkopf , Christopher Matthew Werner , John B. Morrell , Camille Moussette , Duncan Kerr , Anna-Katrina Shedletsky
- 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: G04G21/00
- IPC: G04G21/00 ; G04G21/08 ; G04C3/00 ; G04C3/04 ; G06F3/03 ; G04B3/04 ; G06F3/0362 ; H01H35/00 ; G01D5/24 ; G01D5/26 ; G01D5/241

Abstract:
One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device includes an enclosure having a sidewall with a button aperture defined therethrough, a display connected to the enclosure, a processing element in communication with the display. The device also includes a sensing element in communication with the processing element and an input button at least partially received within the button aperture and in communication with the sensing element, the input button configured to receive two types of user inputs. During operation, the sensing element tracks movement of the input button to determine the two types of user inputs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160378072A1 ROTARY INPUT MECHANISM FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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