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
An electronic watch, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display positioned at least partially within the housing;
- a cover covering at least part of the display;
- a crown having a portion positioned along a side of the housing and comprising:
- an inner member that is rotationally constrained relative to the housing;
- and
- an outer member that is rotationally free relative to the inner member;
- and
- a rotation sensor configured to sense a rotation of the outer member relative to the inner member.
A wearable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display positioned at least partially within the housing;
- a cover covering at least part of the display and defining a front face of the wearable electronic device;
- a crown positioned along a side of the housing and rotationally constrained relative to the housing;
- and
- a sensor configured to sense a movement of a finger as the finger is sliding along a surface of the crown.
A wearable electronic device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display positioned at least partially within the housing;
- a cover covering at least part of the display and defining a front face of the wearable electronic device;
- a crown positioned along a side of the housing and comprising:
- an inner member that is rotationally constrained relative to the housing;
- and
- an outer member that is rotationally free relative to the inner member;
- and
- a sensor configured to sense movement of a finger while the finger is rotating the outer member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.