US Patent Application 18217944. FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE simplified abstract
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FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Colin M. Ely of Sunnyvale CA (US)
Erik G. De Jong of San Francisco CA (US)
Fletcher R. Rothkopf of Los Altos CA (US)
FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18217944 Titled 'FORCE-DETECTING INPUT STRUCTURE'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a device that can detect the amount of force applied to it. The device includes an input mechanism, such as a crown, which is connected to an enclosure. The input mechanism can be rotated, moved up and down, and moved sideways with respect to the enclosure. There is also a sensor that is connected between the input mechanism and the enclosure, which measures the force applied to the input mechanism. A processing unit is connected to the sensor and can determine the measurement of the force based on the signal from the sensor.
Original Abstract Submitted
An input mechanism, such as a crown, detects amounts of applied force. In various examples, an assembly including an input mechanism has an enclosure; a stem coupled to the enclosure such that the stem is rotatable, translatable, and transversely moveable with respect to the enclosure; a sensor, coupled between the stem and the housing, to which force is transferred when the stem moves with respect to the housing; and a processing unit coupled to the sensor. The processing unit is operable to determine a measurement of the force, based on a signal from the sensor.
