Apple patents glasses that do different things when you touch left or right arms
Apple has filed a patent for wearable glasses that use touch sensors on the arms to control the device. The system detects where you touch the frame and performs different actions depending on whether you use the left or right side.
In the filing’s own words
Computer systems and wearable components perform various operations based on user inputs received at different portions of the devices.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A computer system that is configured to communicate with one or more input devices, the computer system comprising: a wearable component that has a first arm and a second arm that support a portion of the wearable component that has one or more lenses; one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: detecting, via the one or more input devices, an input; and in response to detecting the input: in accordance with a determination that the input is on the first arm of the wearable component, performing a first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the input is on the second arm, different from the first arm, of the wearable component, performing a second operation that is different from the first operation.
Facts
- Company
- Apple (Apple Inc.)
- Official title
- USER INTERFACES FOR INTERACTING WITH A WEARABLE DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260313221A1
- Application number
- 19571284
- Filed
- Mar 18, 2026
- Published
- Oct 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 25
Classified under
H04N 23/62 Electricity & electronicsG06F 3/0484 Physics & computingG06F 3/165 Physics & computingH04M 1/724094 Electricity & electronicsMore from Apple in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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