Patent ID: 11907426
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing that defines an exterior surface of the electronic device;
a set of one or more sensors operable to detect a touch, and an amount of force of the touch, along the exterior surface;
an array of actuators positioned below a wall of the housing; and
a processing unit operably coupled to the set of one or more sensors and the array of actuators and operable to:
cause movement of a first region of the wall of the housing using the array of actuators to produce an audio output;
detect the touch along the first region of the wall of the housing using the set of one or more sensors;
determine the amount of force of the touch exceeds a threshold using at least one sensor in the set of one or more sensors; and
cause movement of a second region of the wall of the housing using the array of actuators to produce the audio output, in response to detecting the touch along the first region of the wall of the housing and determining the amount of force of the touch exceeds the threshold.