Safe case with security choke point control
AssigneePpip, LLC
InventorsMichael Fong, Haydn Bennett Taylor, Teddy David Thomas
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Abstract
In accordance with some embodiments, an apparatus that controls security choke points on a personal communication device is provided. The apparatus includes a housing arranged to hold a second device. The apparatus receives a first input and classifies the first input. The apparatus then determines which of a combination of one or more sensors on the second device that the first input is directed to based on an input type classification associated with the first input. The apparatus further disables a first combination of the one or more sensors on the second device in accordance with determining that the first input corresponds to a first input type classification.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- at a first apparatus including a housing, a controller, a non-transitory memory, and one or more communication devices at least partially supported by the housing, wherein the housing is arranged to hold a second device that is distinct from the first apparatus:
- receiving, by the first apparatus, a first input, wherein the first input is detected by a second sensor on the second device and a second input is detected by a first sensor on the first apparatus;
- classifying the first input as a first input type based on an input type classification, wherein a respective input type in the input type classification corresponds to a plurality of inputs, and the second input also corresponds to the first input type, wherein the first input type comprises inputs associated with moving a mechanical part;
- determining which of a combination of one or more sensors on the second device that the first input is directed to based on the input type classification and sensor assignments, wherein the sensor assignments specify each corresponding input type for a set of sensors on the second device;
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- directing the second device to selectively enable or disable a first combination of the one or more sensors on the second device without intervening user inputs in accordance with determining that the first input corresponds to the first input type and the first input type corresponds to the first combination of the one or more sensors on the second device in the sensor assignments.
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing arranged to hold a second device, distinct from the apparatus;
- a non-transitory memory;
- one or more communication devices at least partially supported by the housing;
- an input type classifier, stored in the non-transitory memory, operable to receive a first input, wherein the first input is detected by a second sensor on the second device and a second input is detected by a first sensor on the first apparatus, and classify the first input as a first input type based on an input type classification, wherein a respective input type in the input type classification corresponds to a plurality of inputs, and the second input also corresponds to the first input type, wherein the first input type comprises inputs associated with moving a mechanical part;
- a sensor combination selector, coupled to the input type classifier, operable to determine which of a combination of one or more sensors on the second device that the first input is directed to based on the input type classification and sensor assignments, wherein the sensor assignments specify each corresponding input type for a set of sensors on the second device;
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- a controller, coupled to the sensor combination selector and the input type classifier, operable to direct the second device to selectively enable or disable a first combination of the one or more sensors on the second device without intervening user inputs in accordance with the sensor combination selector determining that the first input to the first input type and the first input type corresponds to the first combination of the one or more sensors on the second device in the sensor assignments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.