Configuration sensing for a mobile computing device
AssigneePalm, Inc.
InventorGiancarlo Giustina
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Abstract
Techniques for configuration sensing for a mobile computing device are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a housing having a sliding structure arranged to allow a first housing portion and a second housing portion to move relative to each other to form a first configuration or a second configuration. The mobile computing device may include a magnetic sensor disposed in the first housing portion, the magnetic sensor operative to measure a magnetic field strength for a magnet, and output a position signal indicative of the first configuration or the second configuration based on the measured magnetic field strength. The mobile computing device may include a speaker with the magnet disposed in the second housing portion. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims20
A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a housing having a first housing portion, a second housing portion and a configuration portion, the configuration portion arranged to allow the first housing portion and the second housing portion to move relative to each other to form a first configuration or a second configuration;
- a magnetic sensor disposed in the first housing portion, the magnetic sensor operative to measure a magnetic field strength for a magnet, and output a position signal indicative of the first configuration or the second configuration based on the measured magnetic field strength;
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- a speaker with the magnet disposed in the second housing portion.
A mobile computing device, comprising:
- a housing having a sliding structure arranged to allow a first housing portion and a second housing portion to move relative to each other to form a first configuration or a second configuration;
- a magnetic sensor disposed in the first housing portion, the magnetic sensor operative to measure a magnetic field strength for a magnet, and output a position signal indicative of the first configuration or the second configuration based on the measured magnetic field strength;
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- a speaker with the magnet disposed in the second housing portion;
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A method, comprising:
- measuring a magnetic field strength produced by a speaker magnet;
- generating a first position signal when the measured magnetic field strength is higher, the first position signal representing a first configuration for a mobile computing device;
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- generating a second position signal when the measured magnetic field strength is lower, the second position signal representing a second configuration for the mobile computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.