Tactile switch for an electronic device
An electronic watch may include a tactile switch and/or one or more sensors for detecting rotational and translational inputs. The watch may include a display configured to produce graphical outputs that may change in response to rotational inputs, translational inputs, and/or touch inputs received at the display. The watch include a crown positioned along an exterior of the watch enclosure and a shaft coupled to the crown and extending into the enclosure. The tactile switch and/or the one or more sensors may be used to detect rotational and/or translational inputs provided at the crown.
1. A watch comprising:
a watch enclosure;
a touch-sensitive display positioned at least partially within the watch enclosure and configured to receive a touch input and display a graphical output;
a rotational sensor positioned within the watch enclosure and configured to detect a rotational input; and
a translational sensor positioned within the watch enclosure and configured to detect a translational input;
wherein the touch-sensitive display is configured to modify the graphical output in response to:
the rotational input detected by the rotational sensor;
the translational input detected by the translational sensor; and
the touch input detected by the touch-sensitive display.
2. The watch of claim 1 , wherein:
the rotational sensor is an optical sensor; and
the translational sensor is a tactile dome switch.
3. The watch of claim 1 , wherein:
the watch further comprises a crown positioned along a side of the watch enclosure; and
the crown is configured to receive the translational input.
4. The watch of claim 3 , wherein the crown is configured to receive the rotational input.
5. The watch of claim 1 , wherein:
the watch further comprises a crown that is configured to receive the rotational input;
the watch further comprises a shaft coupled to the crown;
the shaft extends into an interior volume of the watch enclosure; and
a dome is positioned within the interior volume and is configured detect the translational input when the shaft collapses the dome.
6. The watch of claim 1 , wherein:
the graphical output includes a group of icons; and
the group of icons is scrolled in a continuous manner in response to both the rotational input and the touch input.
7. The watch of claim 1 , wherein:
the graphical output includes a group of icons;
an icon of the group of icons corresponds to a received message; and
a position of the icon is varied in a continuous manner in accordance with either the rotational input or the touch input.
8. A watch comprising:
a watch enclosure defining an interior volume;
a touch-sensitive display positioned at least partially within the interior volume and having a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input;
a first sensor configured to detect a rotational input; and
a second sensor configured to detect a translational input;
wherein the touch-sensitive display is configured to depict a graphical output that is responsive to:
the rotational input;
the translational input; and
the touch input.
9. The watch of claim 8 , wherein:
the first sensor comprises an optical sensor that is configured to detect the rotational input using reflected light; and
the second sensor comprises a switch having a dome that is configured to collapse in response to the translational input.
10. The watch of claim 8 , wherein:
the watch enclosure defines an opening extending into the interior volume;
the watch further comprises:
a crown positioned along a side of the watch enclosure; and
a shaft that is coupled to the crown and extends into the opening; and
the first sensor is configured to detect the rotational input by detecting movement of the shaft.
11. The watch of claim 10 : wherein:
the first sensor comprises an optical sensor; and
the optical sensor is configured to detect the movement of the shaft using reflected light.
12. The watch of claim 10 , wherein:
the second sensor comprises a dome; and
the second sensor is configured to detect the translational input when the shaft collapses the dome.
13. The watch of claim 8 , wherein:
the graphical output includes a group of graphical objects; and
the group of graphical objects are moved in a continuous manner in response to both the rotational input and the touch input.
14. The watch of claim 13 , wherein:
the touch input is a first touch input; and
the touch-sensitive display is configured to display a selection of one of the group of graphical objects in response to a second touch input.
15. A watch comprising:
an enclosure;
a touch-sensitive display carried by the enclosure and configured to detect touch input and display graphical objects;
a rotational sensor carried by the enclosure and configured to detect rotational input;
a translational sensor carried by the enclosure and configured to detect translational input; and
a processor operably coupled to the touch-sensitive display, the rotational sensor, and the translational sensor, the processor configured to:
in response to the touch input, cause the graphical objects to move across the touch-sensitive display;
in response to the rotational input, cause the graphical objects to move across the touch-sensitive display; and
in response to the translational input, cause a display of different graphical objects on the touch-sensitive display.
16. The watch of claim 15 , wherein:
the touch-sensitive display is configured to move the graphical objects in a continuous manner in accordance with both the rotational input and the touch input.
17. The watch of claim 15 , wherein:
the graphical objects include a group of icons; and
moving the graphical objects includes scrolling the group of icons across the touch-sensitive display.
18. The watch of claim 15 , wherein:
the touch input is a first touch input; and
the processor is further configured to cause a selection of an object of the graphical objects in response to a second touch input.
19. The watch of claim 15 , wherein:
the rotational sensor comprises an optical sensor configured to detect the rotational input; and
the translational sensor comprises a switch configured to detect the translational input.
20. The watch of claim 15 , wherein:
the rotational sensor comprises a magnetic sensor configured to detect the rotational input; and
the translational sensor comprises a switch configured to detect the translational input.