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US 2015/0145641 A1Published application
Selectively disabling sensors and associated functions
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsRobert James Kapinos, Axel Ramirez Flores, Suzanne Marion Beaumont, James Anthony Hunt, Rod D. Waltermann
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Abstract
An embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an information handling device, input of a sensor; mapping, using a processor, the sensor input to a sensor disabling condition; selecting, using a processor, a sensor based on the mapping; and disabling, using a processor, the sensor according to the sensor disabling condition. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at an information handling device, input of a sensor;
- mapping, using a processor, the sensor input to a sensor disabling condition;
- selecting, using a processor, a sensor based on the mapping;
- and
- disabling, using a processor, the sensor according to the sensor disabling condition.
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An information handling device, comprising:
- a sensor;
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores instructions that are executed by the processor to:
- receive input of a sensor;
- map the sensor input to a sensor disabling condition;
- select a sensor based on the mapping;
- and
- disable the sensor according to the sensor disabling condition.
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A product, comprising:
- a device readable storage device having device readable code stored therewith, the device readable code comprising:
- code that receives, at an information handling device, input of a sensor;
- code that maps, using a processor, the sensor input to a sensor disabling condition;
- code that selects, using a processor, a sensor based on the mapping;
- and
- code that disables, using a processor, the sensor according to the sensor disabling condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.