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US 12,710,445 B2Granted
Device pick-up detection
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorStefano Paolo Rivolta
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to pick-up state detection for an electronic device, such as a laptop. In a pick-up state, the device is picked or lifted up from a surface, such as a table. A power state of the device is adjusted in response to detecting the pick-up state. For example, the device is in a hibernate state while set on the table, and is switched to a working state in response to detecting the pick-up state.
Claims18
A device, comprising:
- a first portion including an accelerometer configured to measure accelerations along a first axis, a second axis transverse to the first axis, and a third axis transverse to the first axis and the second axis;
- a second portion coupled to the first portion, the first portion configured to move in to a first position in which a side of the first portion faces a side of the second portion and in to a second position in which the side of the first portion and the side of the second portion face in opposite directions;
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- a processor configured to detect a pick-up state based on the accelerations along the first, second, and third axes, the pick-up state being detected in case where the device is in a flat orientation and subsequently picked up and carried by a user in the flat orientation,
- the processor configured to detect the pick-up state in response to the device being in a stationary condition, a first flat orientation subsequent to the stationary condition, a high motion condition subsequent to the first flat orientation, and a second flat orientation subsequent to the high motion condition.
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A method, comprising:
- measuring, by an accelerometer of a device, accelerations along a first axis, a second axis transverse to the first axis, and a third axis transverse to the first axis and the second axis, the device including a first portion having the accelerometer and a second portion coupled to the first portion, the first portion is configured to move in to a first position in which a side of the first portion faces a side of the second portion or in to a second position in which the side of the first portion and the side of the second portion face opposite directions;
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- detecting, by the device, a pick-up state based on the accelerations along the first, second, and third axes, the pick-up state being detected in case where the device is in a flat orientation and subsequently picked up and carried by a user in the flat orientation, the detecting of the pick-up state including:
- detecting the device is in a stationary condition;
- detecting the device is in a first flat orientation subsequent to detecting the device is in the stationary condition;
- detecting the device is in a high motion condition subsequent to detecting the device is in the first flat orientation;
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- detecting the device is in a second flat orientation subsequent to detecting the device is in the high motion condition.
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A method, comprising:
- measuring, by an accelerometer of a device, accelerations along a first axis, a second axis transverse to the first axis, and a third axis transverse to the first axis and the second axis,
- the device including a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion, the first portion is configured to move in to a first position in which a side of the first portion faces a side of the second portion or in to a second position in which the side of the first portion and the side of the second portion face opposite directions;
- detecting, by the device, the device is in a stationary condition based on the accelerations along the first, second, and third axes;
- detecting, by the device and subsequent to detecting the device is in the stationary condition, the device is in a first flat orientation based on the acceleration along the third axis;
- detecting, by the device and subsequent to detecting the device is in the first flat orientation, the device is in a high motion condition based on the accelerations along the first, second, and third axes;
- detecting, by the device and subsequent to detecting the device is in the high motion condition, the device is in a second flat orientation based on the acceleration along the third axis;
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- detecting, by the device and subsequent to detecting the device is in the second flat orientation, a pick-up state of the device, the device being lifted in the pick-up state.
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