Small Form Factor Wireless Communication Device and Method
AssigneeMaxwell Forest Pty Ltd
InventorsMatthew Charles Denton, Anthony Mark Schofield
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a small form factor device for selectively communicating an authorisation signal. The small form factor device comprises a processor configured to process force signals received from a force sensor to determine the occurrence of an authorisation gesture. If an authorisation gesture is determined to have occurred and light is detected by a light sensor of the device, the processor further causes a wireless communications module of the device to transmit an authorisation signal.
Claims24
A device for selectively communicating an authorisation signal, the device comprising:
- a power source;
- a force sensor for sensing forces applied to the device and generating force signals based thereon;
- a light sensor for sensing light;
- a wireless communications module powered by the power source, and
- a processor powered by the power source, wherein the processor is configured to:
- process force signals received from the force sensor to determine the occurrence of an authorisation gesture,
- determine if light is detected by the light sensor;
- and
- if an authorisation gesture is determined to have occurred and light is determined to be detected by the light sensor, cause the wireless communications module to transmit an authorisation signal.
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A computer-implemented method for operating a device to selectively communicate an authorisation signal, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, from a force sensor, force signals;
- determining whether or not light is detected by a light sensor;
- processing, by a computer processing unit, the force signals to determine the occurrence of an authorisation gesture;
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- if an authorisation gesture is determined to have occurred and light is determined to be detected by the light sensor, transmitting an authorisation signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.