Electronic Devices with Touch Input Components and Haptic Output Components

    公开(公告)号:US20240393881A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-28

    申请号:US18798318

    申请日:2024-08-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include touch input components and associated haptic output components. The control circuitry may provide haptic output in response to touch input on the touch input components and may send wireless signals to the external electronic device based on the touch input. The haptic output components may provide local and global haptic output. Local haptic output may be used to guide a user to the location of the electronic device or to provide a button click sensation to the user in response to touch input. Global haptic output may be used to notify the user that the electronic device is aligned towards the external electronic device and is ready to receive user input to control or communicate with the external electronic device. Control circuitry may switch a haptic output component into an inactive mode to inform the user that a touch input component is inactive.

    Handheld Electronic Devices with Contextual Input-Output Capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US20240171932A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18425930

    申请日:2024-01-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W4/02 G02B27/01 G10L15/22 H04M1/72457 H04M2201/40

    Abstract: A handheld electronic device may include a microphone for receiving voice commands, a speaker for providing audio feedback, a display for providing visual output and receiving touch input, and a motion sensor for receiving gesture input. The handheld electronic device may include control circuitry that processes voice commands differently depending on the application running on the handheld electronic device and the icon being displayed on the display. The control circuitry may determine the location of the handheld electronic device and may provide content based on the location. For example, a remote control interface for controlling an external device may be displayed when the handheld electronic device approaches the external device. A head-mounted device may display virtual images based on the location of the handheld electronic device. The virtual images may include a live video feed from a video call, virtual images associated with voice commands, or other virtual images.

    Tactile outputs for input structures of electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US10977910B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-13

    申请号:US15986772

    申请日:2018-05-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may provide tactile outputs at a tactile output region of the electronic device. The tactile output region of the electronic device may be a surface of an input structure or a surface of an enclosure of the device. Tactile outputs may provide a sustained, physically-based notification of a particular item of interest. The tactile output may alter a physical characteristic of the tactile output region, such as the shape, texture, or density of a portion of the electronic device, in one or more tactile output regions. Furthermore, the tactile notification may provide a notification that is less intrusive and more tunable to user preferences than conventional notifications. The tactile output may be static in that the tactile notification is not transitory and remains throughout the duration of the tactile output. The tactile notification may be dynamic in that it includes motion.

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