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US 10,897,719 B2Granted
Routing signals based on an orientation of devices with respect to each other
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorRobin T Castell
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein provide for the detection of an orientation of devices with respect to each other. Based on the orientation, one of the devices may route signals between wireless communication units of the devices, so that wireless communication units from one of the devices to make contact with the other device are properly mapped to input/output ports on the other device.
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A device comprising:
- a first structure of waveguides, wherein a first waveguide of the first structure of waveguides is split into first sectors, wherein the first sectors are to align with second sectors of a second waveguide of a second structure of waveguides of a second device, wherein the first sectors are to align with second sectors at a varying orientation of the device with respect to the second device;
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- a routing unit to dynamically route signals using the first sectors based on an assignment of input/output ports determined by a discovery protocol, wherein the discovery protocol is to determine an alignment of the first sectors with the second sectors, as caused by a particular orientation of the device with respect to the second device, to determine the assignment of input/output ports;
- wherein a first signal is routed using one of the first sectors based on a first assignment of the one of the first sectors as an input port, as determined by the discovery protocol and a second signal is routed using the one of the first sectors based on a second assignment of the one of the first sectors as an output port, as determined by the discovery protocol.
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A method comprising:
- determining an orientation of a first waveguide of a first device to a second waveguide of a second device, wherein the first waveguide is split into first sectors and the second waveguide is split into second sectors;
- based on the orientation, using a discovery protocol to dynamically determine an assignment of input/output ports for wireless communication between the first device and the second device;
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- wherein a first signal is routed using one of the first sectors based on a first assignment of the one first sector as an input port, as determined by the discovery protocol and a second signal is routed using the one of the first sectors based on a second assignment of the one first sector as an output port, as determined by the discovery protocol.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising programming instructions, which, when executed by a processing resource, cause the processing resource to:
- determine an orientation of a first waveguide of a first device to a second waveguide of a second device, wherein the first waveguide is split into first sectors and the second waveguide is split into second sectors;
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- dynamically route signals between the first sectors and the second sectors based on an assignment of input/output ports determined by a discovery protocol, wherein the discovery protocol is to determine the assignment of input/output ports based on the orientation of the first device with respect to the second device;
- wherein a first signal is routed using one of the first sectors based on a first assignment of the one of the first sectors as an input port, as determined by the discovery protocol and a second signal is routed using the one of the first sectors based on a second assignment of the one of the first sectors as an output port, as determined by the discovery protocol.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.