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US 11,619,976 B2Granted
Computer with keyboard
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPaul X. Wang, Alex J. Lehmann, Zheng Gao
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Abstract
A device may include a display portion that includes a display housing and a display at least partially within the display housing. The device may also include a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion and including a bottom case, a top case coupled to the bottom case and defining an array of raised key regions, and a sensing system below the top case and configured to detect an input applied to a raised key region of the array of raised key regions.
Claims20
A keyboard for a computing device, comprising:
- a bottom case;
- and
- a glass top case coupled to a bottom case and defining:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- a keyboard region along the top surface of the glass top case and defining a key region;
- and
- a recess defined along the bottom surface of the glass top case and extending around the key region, wherein the key region is configured to locally deform in response to an input force.
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A laptop computer comprising:
- a housing;
- a unitary glass top case coupled to the housing and defining:
- a trackpad region;
- a keyboard region comprising a plurality of key regions;
- and
- a channel formed into the unitary glass top case and extending around a key region of the plurality of key regions, the channel defining a local deformation region of the unitary glass top case in the key region, the local deformation region configured to deform in response to an input force applied to the key region;
- and
- a sensing system below the unitary glass top case and configured to detect the deformation of the local deformation region in response to the input force.
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A portable computing device comprising:
- a display portion comprising a display configured to produce a graphical output;
- and
- a base portion coupled to the display portion and comprising:
- a base structure;
- a transparent member coupled to the base structure and defining:
- a keyboard region;
- and
- a set of recesses formed along a surface of the transparent member and defining a plurality of key regions within the keyboard region, wherein a key region of a plurality of key regions is configured to locally deform in response to an input force;
- and
- a sensing system positioned below the transparent member and configured to detect the local deformation of the key region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.