Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crown input for a wearable electronic device
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Application No.: US16703486Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US12050766B2Publication Date: 2024-07-30
- Inventor: Nicholas Zambetti , Imran Chaudhri , Jonathan R. Dascola , Alan C. Dye , Christopher Patrick Foss , Aurelio Guzman , Chanaka G. Karunamuni , Duncan Robert Kerr , Stephen O. Lemay , Christopher Wilson , Eric Lance Wilson , Lawrence Y. Yang , Gary Ian Butcher , Jonathan P. Ive , Kevin Lynch
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Main IPC: G06F3/048
- IPC: G06F3/048 ; G06F1/16 ; G06F3/0362 ; G06F3/0485

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to manipulating a user interface on a wearable electronic device using a mechanical crown. In some examples, the user interface can be scrolled or scaled in response to a rotation of the crown. The direction of the scrolling or scaling and the amount of scrolling or scaling can depend on the direction and amount of rotation of the crown, respectively. In some examples, the amount of scrolling or scaling can be proportional to the change in rotation angle of the crown. In other examples, a speed of scrolling or a speed of scaling can depend on a speed of angular rotation of the crown. In these examples, a greater speed of rotation can cause a greater speed of scrolling or scaling to be performed on the displayed view.
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