Today, a new Apple patent was published demonstrating a new technology that could come to the iPhone and iPad. As detailed in the picture above a spring like mechanism transforms the home button from its normal state to an elevated level to act as a joystick. This simplistic looking technology appears like something that Apple may implement, however, there have been numerous patents over the last few years that have never seen the light of day.
In the second mode, the input device head may be positioned proud of the surface and may be operable to receive directional joystick data. In this way, the multi-function Home Button may be capable of operating as a button and a joystick at different times. Further in this way, the input device head may not project outward from the surface when not being used as a joystick, thus avoiding compromising aesthetic appearance of the electronic device, preventing potential damage to mechanisms utilized to project the input device head, and/or keeping the input device head out of the way when not being utilized as a joystick.
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