公开(公告)号：US11360509B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-14

申请号：US17175387

申请日：2021-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas King ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Paul Herbst ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/04847

Abstract: An electronic device has a display and has a touch sensitive bezel surrounding the display. Areas on the bezel are designated for controls used to operate the electronic device. Visual guides corresponding to the controls are displayed on the display adjacent the areas of the bezel designated for the controls. Touch data is generated by the bezel when a user touches an area of the bezel. The device determines which of the controls has been selected based on which designated area is associated with the touch data from the bezel. The device then initiates the determined control. The device can have a sensor for determining the orientation of the device. Based on the orientation, the device can alter the areas designated on the bezel for the controls and can alter the location of the visual guides for the display so that they match the altered areas on the bezel.

公开(公告)号：US09983742B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-29

申请号：US14724753

申请日：2015-05-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas King ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Paul Herbst ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0354

CPC classification number: G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  G06F1/1643 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F2200/1612 ,  G06F2203/0339 ,  G06F2203/04101 ,  G06F2203/04808

Abstract: An electronic device has a display and has a touch sensitive bezel surrounding the display. Areas on the bezel are designated for controls used to operate the electronic device. Visual guides corresponding to the controls are displayed on the display adjacent the areas of the bezel designated for the controls. Touch data is generated by the bezel when a user touches an area of the bezel. The device determines which of the controls has been selected based on which designated area is associated with the touch data from the bezel. The device then initiates the determined control. The device can have a sensor for determining the orientation of the device. Based on the orientation, the device can alter the areas designated on the bezel for the controls and can alter the location of the visual guides for the display so that they match the altered areas on the bezel.

公开(公告)号：US10921941B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US16529690

申请日：2019-08-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas King ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Paul Herbst ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0484

Abstract: An electronic device has a display and has a touch sensitive bezel surrounding the display. Areas on the bezel are designated for controls used to operate the electronic device. Visual guides corresponding to the controls are displayed on the display adjacent the areas of the bezel designated for the controls. Touch data is generated by the bezel when a user touches an area of the bezel. The device determines which of the controls has been selected based on which designated area is associated with the touch data from the bezel. The device then initiates the determined control. The device can have a sensor for determining the orientation of the device. Based on the orientation, the device can alter the areas designated on the bezel for the controls and can alter the location of the visual guides for the display so that they match the altered areas on the bezel.

公开(公告)号：US10386980B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-20

申请号：US15970571

申请日：2018-05-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Nicholas King ,  Duncan Robert Kerr ,  Paul Herbst ,  Steven P. Hotelling

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0488

Abstract: An electronic device has a display and has a touch sensitive bezel surrounding the display. Areas on the bezel are designated for controls used to operate the electronic device. Visual guides corresponding to the controls are displayed on the display adjacent the areas of the bezel designated for the controls. Touch data is generated by the bezel when a user touches an area of the bezel. The device determines which of the controls has been selected based on which designated area is associated with the touch data from the bezel. The device then initiates the determined control. The device can have a sensor for determining the orientation of the device. Based on the orientation, the device can alter the areas designated on the bezel for the controls and can alter the location of the visual guides for the display so that they match the altered areas on the bezel.