Motion Sensor, Method, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Providing a Motion Sensor with a State Processor Having a Reduced Amount of State Chatter

A method of detecting a motion of an object, comprising:

• generating a plurality of magnetic field signals indicative of a magnetic field associated with the object;
• generating a STATE_SM signal indicative of a plurality of states associated with a respective one of the plurality of magnetic field signals, wherein each one of the plurality of states is indicative of a respective range of signal values, wherein the STATE_SM signal comprises a plurality of first direction state transitions and a plurality of second direction state transitions, wherein the plurality of first direction state transitions and the plurality of second direction state transitions are capable of state transition chatter;
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• generating a STATE_PEAK signal related to the STATE_SM signal, wherein the STATE_PEAK signal comprises a plurality of first direction state peak transitions and a plurality of second direction state peak transitions, wherein the plurality of first direction state peak transitions and the plurality of second direction state peak transitions have reduced state transition chatter.

A computer-readable storage medium having computer readable code thereon for providing sensing of a motion of an object, the medium comprising:

• instructions for receiving a plurality of magnetic field signals indicative of a magnetic field associated with the object;
• instructions for generating a STATE_SM signal indicative of a plurality of states associated with a respective one of the plurality of magnetic field signals, wherein each one of the plurality of states is indicative of a respective range of signal values, wherein the STATE_SM signal comprises a plurality of first direction state transitions and a plurality of second direction state transitions, wherein the plurality of first direction state transitions and the plurality of second direction state transitions are capable of state transition chatter;
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• instructions for generating a STATE_PEAK signal related to the STATE_SM signal, wherein the STATE_PEAK signal comprises a plurality of first direction state peak transitions and a plurality of second direction state peak transitions, wherein the plurality of first direction state peak transitions and the plurality of second direction state peak transitions have reduced state transition chatter.