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US 11,706,827 B2Granted
Physical contact detection for device pairing
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorWilliam R. Blum
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Abstract
Devices, methods, and systems for physical contact detection for device pairing are described herein. One device includes a mechanism configured to detect physical contact between the device and a wireless device, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to perform a pairing of the wireless device and the device only upon the mechanism detecting the physical contact between the device and the wireless device.
Claims14
A device, comprising:
- a mechanism configured to detect physical contact between the device and a wireless device, wherein the physical contact includes a tap of the device with the wireless device that is also detected by a mechanism of the wireless device, and wherein the mechanism of the wireless device is an accelerometer or shock detector;
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to:
- perform a pairing of the wireless device and the device only upon the mechanism of the device and the mechanism of the wireless device simultaneously detecting the physical contact between the device and the wireless device;
- and
- receive, after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed, instructions from the wireless device for controlling operation of a furnace or air conditioner of a home in which the device is installed;
- and
- wherein the mechanism of the device is configured to detect movement of the device after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed.
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A method of operating a device, comprising:
- determining, by a device, whether a user of the device is in physical control of both the device and a wireless device during a pairing of the wireless device and the device based only upon whether physical contact is detected between the device and the wireless device simultaneously by the device and a mechanism of the wireless device, wherein the physical contact includes a tap of the device with the wireless device and wherein the mechanism of the wireless device is an accelerometer;
- performing, by the device, the pairing of the wireless device and the device only upon determining the user of the device is in physical control of both the device and the wireless device;
- preventing, by the device, the pairing of the wireless device and the device upon determining the user of the device is not in physical control of both the device and the wireless device;
- receiving, by the device after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed, instructions from the wireless device for controlling operation of a furnace or air conditioner of a home in which the device is installed;
- and
- detecting, by the device after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed, movement of the device.
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A system, comprising:
- a wireless device;
- and
- a device;
- wherein the wireless device includes a mechanism configured to detect physical contact between the device and the wireless device, wherein the mechanism of the wireless device is a shock detector;
- and
- wherein the device is configured to:
- communicate with the wireless device during a pairing of the wireless device and the device;
- detect the physical contact between the device and the wireless device, wherein the physical contact includes a tap of the device with the wireless device;
- perform the pairing of the wireless device and the device only upon the device and the mechanism of the wireless device simultaneously detecting the physical contact between the device and the wireless device;
- receive, after the pairing of the wireless device and the device has been performed, instructions from the wireless device for controlling operation of a furnace or air conditioner of a home in which the device is installed;
- and
- detect, after the paring of the wireless device and the device has been performed, movement of the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.