公开(公告)号：US20240012496A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18348943

申请日：2023-07-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Stephen E Dey ,  Erin M Bosch ,  Yuhao Pan ,  Ian P Colahan ,  Christopher K Ewy

IPC: G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0485

CPC classification number: G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F1/1694 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0485

Abstract: A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. The handheld controller may include a touch sensor for gathering touch input, a button, rotating scroll wheel, or other input device for gathering other user input, a force sensor for gathering force input, an inertial measurement unit for gathering motion data, a camera for capturing images of the environment, and/or one or more haptic output devices such as an actuator for providing haptic output. The control circuitry may send control signals to the head-mounted device based on the sensor data and user input (e.g., force input, touch input, motion input, voice input, etc.) gathered with the handheld controller.

公开(公告)号：US12259560B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-25

申请号：US18355791

申请日：2023-07-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Paul X Wang ,  Ian P Colahan ,  Christopher T Eubank ,  Christopher K Ewy ,  Patrick T Ryan ,  Emery A Sanford ,  Robert D Silfvast

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  A63F13/24 ,  H02J50/10

Abstract: A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. The handheld controller may have power receiving circuitry configured to receive power from a power source. The power source may be incorporated into an electronic device such as a wireless charging dock or stick, a battery case, or a head-mounted device. The power source may supply power through terminals that form ohmic contacts with mating terminals in the finger device or may transmit power wirelessly using capacitive coupling or inductive charging arrangements. Magnets may be used to hold and align the elongated shaft of the handheld controller on the power source.

公开(公告)号：US20250093968A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18812916

申请日：2024-08-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ian P Colahan ,  Christopher K Ewy ,  Yuhao Pan ,  Tong Chen ,  David D Dashevsky

IPC: G06F3/03 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/038

Abstract: A system may include an electronic device such as a head-mounted device and a handheld controller for controlling the electronic device. The handheld controller may have a housing with an elongated shaft extending between first and second tip portions. A removable tip member may be coupled to the first tip portion. A position sensor may be located in the removable tip member and may be used to track surface markings made with the handheld controller on a surface. The position sensor may be an optical flow sensor, a visual inertial odometry camera, an interferometer, or other sensor. A force sensor at the first tip portion may be used to detect when the tip contacts a surface. The position sensor may switch from air input mode to surface marking mode in response to detecting contact with the surface.