Contact systems and methods
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMikael B. MANNBERG, Sankarshan Narasimha MURTHY, Prashant K. OSWAL
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Abstract
In some examples, a plurality of contact members is connected to a contact base of an electronic device. The contact base and the plurality of contact members form a contact system. At least one sensor is configured to capture object data corresponding to at least one object. A relative velocity between the contact system and the object is determined based on the object data. The contact system is configured to apply a force profile to the object based on the relative velocity.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a contact base of an electronic device;
- a plurality of contact members connected to the contact base, the contact base and the plurality of contact members forming a contact system;
- and
- at least one sensor configured to capture object data corresponding to at least one object, wherein a relative velocity between the contact system and the object is determined based on the object data, the contact system configured to apply a force profile to the object based on the relative velocity.
A method comprising:
- detecting an object in an environment;
- moving a contact system of an electronic device towards the object, the contact system having a plurality of contact members connected to a contact base;
- and
- applying a force profile to the object using the contact system, the force profile applied based on a relative velocity between the contact system and the object.
One or more tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:
- obtaining object data for an object in an environment, the object data captured using at least one sensor of an electronic device;
- measuring a relative velocity between a contact system of the electronic device and the object using the object data;
- and
- generating a determination of whether the contact system captured the object in connection with application of a force profile to the object, wherein capture of the object is determined based on the relative velocity between the contact system and the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.