Context-sensitive control of radar-based gesture-recognition

A system comprising:

• a user equipment that includes a radar system configured to recognize radar-based gestures;
• one or more sensors configured to generate sensor data;
• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing computer-executable instructions to be executed by the one or more processors, the computer-executable instructions when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive, from the one or more sensors, the sensor data;
• determine, based on the sensor data, a context of the user equipment, the determination of the context of the user equipment comprises a determination of a user holding the user equipment and a determination of an orientation of how the user is holding the user equipment;
• determine if the context satisfies requirements for radar-based gesture-recognition, the determining if the context satisfies requirements for radar-based gesture-recognition based at least in part on if the context indicates that the user is holding the user equipment and based on the orientation of how the user is holding the user equipment, the determination if the context satisfies the requirements for radar-based gesture-recognition further includes that the context does not satisfy the requirements for radar-based gesture-recognition based on a determination that the user is holding the user equipment and that the user equipment is oriented away from the user;
• and
• responsive to the determination that the context does not satisfy the requirements for radar-based gesture-recognition, gate a radar system of the user equipment to prevent the radar system from outputting indications of radar-based gestures.