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    Conductive cap for watch crown
    1.
    发明授权
    Conductive cap for watch crown 有权

    公开(公告)号：US12276943B2

    公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

    申请号：US18382608

    申请日：2023-10-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Colin M. Ely ,  Sameer Pandya ,  Steven C. Roach

    IPC: G04B3/04 ,  G04C3/00 ,  G04G17/04 ,  G04G17/06 ,  G04G17/08 ,  G04G21/02 ,  G04G21/08

    Abstract: An electronic device, such as a watch, has a crown assembly having a shaft and a user-rotatable crown. The user-rotatable crown may include a conductive cap that is mechanically and electrically coupled to the shaft and functions as an electrode. The conductive cap may be coupled to the shaft using solder or another conductive attachment mechanism. The shaft may electrically couple the conductive cap to a processing unit of the electronic device. One or more additional electrodes may be positioned on the exterior surface of the electronic device. The conductive cap is operable to be contacted by a finger of a user of the electronic device while another electrode is positioned against skin of the user. The processing unit of the electronic device is operable to determine a biological parameter, such as an electrocardiogram, of the user based on voltages at the electrodes.

    REJECTION OF FALSE TURNS OF ROTARY INPUTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    8.
    发明公开
    REJECTION OF FALSE TURNS OF ROTARY INPUTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号：US20230259235A1

    公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

    申请号：US18140351

    申请日：2023-04-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Anna-Katrina Shedletsky ,  Christopher M. Werner ,  Colin M. Ely ,  Samuel Weiss

    IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/044

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0418 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04106

    Abstract: Various embodiments for detecting and rejecting false, unintended rotations of rotary inputs of electronic devices are disclosed herein. In one example, an electronic device is provided with an optical detector that measures the distance between the electronic device and the wearer's forearm or hand, and when the distance is smaller than a threshold distance, the turns of the rotary input are false, unintended turns. In another example, a crown of a rotary input includes a plurality of capacitive sensors that detects the presence of a wearer's finger, which when absent, the turns of the rotary input are false turns. In another example, deflections or positions of a shaft of the rotary input are measured and if the deflections/positions indicate an upward force on the rotary input (which are likely caused by the wearer's forearm or hand), the turns of the rotary input are false turns. Other embodiments are described herein.

    UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION USING ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    10.
    发明申请
    UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION USING ELECTRONIC DEVICES 有权

    公开(公告)号：US20220038190A1

    公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

    申请号：US16945385

    申请日：2020-07-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor： Ross L. Jackson ,  Colin M. Ely ,  Jody Cintone Fu ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Jayesh Nath

    IPC: H04B11/00 ,  H04B13/02 ,  H04W4/14 ,  H04W76/16

    Abstract: Methods and devices may be used to perform underwater communication using one or more electronic devices. The one or more electronic devices include a first wireless transceiver configured to transmit first wireless signals through an air medium with the first wireless signals not being conducive for transmission through a water medium. The one or more electronic devices also include a second wireless transceiver configured to transmit second wireless signals through water. The electronic devices detect whether at least one electronic device has been submerged, and in response to submersion, transmits at least some communication types from the second wireless transceiver rather than the second wireless transceiver.

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