System and method for automatic recognition of the gesture of bringing an electronic device to the ear
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics S.r.l.
InventorsFederico RIZZARDINI, Lorenzo BRACCO
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Abstract
A recognition system for recognition of a gesture of bringing an electronic device, of a mobile or wearable type, to a user's ear, designed to be integrated in the electronic device and having: a movement sensor, configured to provide a movement signal indicative of the movement of the electronic device; an electrostatic charge variation sensor, configured to provide a charge variation signal associated with the movement; a processing module, operatively coupled to the movement sensor and to the electrostatic charge variation sensor and configured to perform a joint processing of the movement signal and the charge variation signal for the recognition of the gesture.
Claims20
A recognition system comprising:
- a movement sensor configured to provide a movement signal indicative of movement of an electronic device;
- an electrostatic charge variation sensor configured to provide a charge variation signal associated with the movement;
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- a processor operatively coupled to the movement sensor and the electrostatic charge variation sensor, the processor configured to perform a joint processing of the movement signal and the charge variation signal for recognition of a gesture of bringing the electronic device to a user's ear.
An electronic device comprising:
- a recognition system including:
- a movement sensor configured to provide a movement signal indicative of movement of the electronic device;
- an electrostatic charge variation sensor configured to provide a charge variation signal associated with the movement;
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- a processor operatively coupled to the movement sensor and the electrostatic charge variation sensor, the processor configured to perform a joint processing of the movement signal and the charge variation signal for recognition of a gesture of bringing the electronic device to a user's ear;
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- a controller coupled to the recognition system, the controller configured to activate corresponding functions upon the recognition of the gesture.
A method, comprising:
- generating a movement signal indicative of the movement of an electronic device;
- generating a charge variation signal associated with the movement;
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- performing a joint processing of the movement signal and charge variation signal for recognition of a gesture of bringing the electronic device to a user's ear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.