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US 10,254,804 B2Granted
Detecting the limb wearing a wearable electronic device
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorSorin V. Dusan
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Abstract
An electronic device that can be worn on a limb of a user can include a processing device and one or more position sensing devices operatively connected to the processing device. The processing device can be adapted to determine which limb of the user is wearing the electronic device based on one or more signals received from at least one position sensing device.
Claims20
A method for determining the wrist of a user on which a wearable electronic device is worn, comprising:
- receiving at a processor of the wearable electronic device, over time, signals from at least one position sensing device included in the wearable electronic device;
- determining from the signals, at the processor, a movement pattern of the wearable electronic device, the movement pattern including movements in positive and negative directions with respect to a coordinate system;
- classifying the movement pattern, at the processor, using at least the movements in positive and negative directions;
- and
- determining at the processor, from the classification of the movement pattern, whether the wearable electronic device is worn on a left wrist of the user or a right wrist of the user.
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An electronic device wearable on a wrist of a user, comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- one or more position sensing devices operatively connected to the processing device;
- wherein,
- the processing device is adapted to recognize, from signals received from the one or more position sensing devices over time, one or more limb gestures made by a limb of the user including the wrist on which the electronic device is worn, or a set of different positions to which the wrist of the user is moved, wherein the one or more limb gestures or set of different positions define movements of the electronic device in positive and negative directions with respect to a coordinate system;
- and
- the processing device is adapted to determine whether the electronic device is worn on a left wrist of the user or a right wrist of the user using the recognized one or more limb gestures or set of different positions.
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A system, comprising:
- an electronic device that is wearable on a wrist of a user, the electronic device comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- one or more position sensing devices operatively connected to the processing device;
- a display operatively connected to the processing device;
- and
- a memory adapted to store one or more applications and operatively connected to the processing device;
- wherein,
- the processing device is adapted to determine whether the user is wearing the electronic device on a left wrist or a right wrist by using signals received from the one or more position sensing devices, over time, to determine one or more limb gestures made by a limb of the user including the wrist on which the electronic device is worn, or a set of different positions to which the limb of the user is moved, wherein the one or more limb gestures or set of different positions define movements of the electronic device in positive and negative directions with respect to a coordinate system;
- and
- the processing device is adapted to provide data to at least one application based on the wrist determined to be wearing the electronic device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.