Crown for an electronic watch
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsRyan C. Perkins, Maegan K. Spencer, Brad G. Boozer
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Abstract
An electronic watch includes a housing, a display positioned at least partially within the housing, a cover covering at least part of the display, and a crown having a portion positioned along a side of the housing. The crown may include an inner member that is rotationally constrained relative to the housing and an outer member that is rotationally free relative to the inner member. The device may further include a rotation sensor configured to sense a rotation of the outer member relative to the inner member.
Claims20
A wearable electronic device comprising:
- a housing defining a side surface;
- a transparent cover coupled to the housing;
- a touchscreen display positioned below the cover;
- a crown along the side surface of the housing and comprising a rotatable portion defining a sensing surface external to the housing;
- and
- a rotation sensing system configured to sense a movement of the sensing surface as the rotatable portion of the crown is rotated.
An electronic watch comprising:
- a housing;
- a touchscreen display coupled to the housing;
- a crown coupled to the housing and comprising:
- a shaft member coupled to the housing and rotationally constrained relative to the housing;
- and
- a rotatable member coupled to the shaft member and configured to rotate about the shaft member;
- a rotation sensing system configured to detect a rotation of the rotatable member;
- and
- a force sensing system configured to detect a force input applied to the crown.
A wearable electronic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a display at least partially within the housing;
- a band coupled to the housing and configured to attach the wearable electronic device to a wearer;
- a rotationally fixed crown extending from a side of the housing;
- a first sensing system configured to detect a movement of a finger as the finger slides along a surface of the rotationally fixed crown;
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- a second sensing system configured to detect a force resulting from an axial input applied to an end surface of the rotationally fixed crown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.