Method for safe operation of mobile phone in a car environment
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsWilliam O. Camp, Jr., L. Scott Bloebaum
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Abstract
A method of operating electronic equipment, wherein said electronic equipment utilizes a wireless signal to communicate, includes determining if the electronic equipment is operated within a moving vehicle based on a characteristic of the wireless signal and inhibiting operation of the electronic equipment if the electronic equipment is in a moving vehicle.
Claims15
A method of operating electronic equipment, wherein said electronic equipment utilizes a wireless signal to communicate, comprising:
- determining if the electronic equipment is operated within a moving vehicle based on a characteristic of the wireless signal;
- determining if a user of the electronic equipment is an operator or non-operator of the moving vehicle, wherein it is concluded that the user is a non-operator of the moving vehicle when
- a plurality of electronic equipment within a predefined area have wireless signals exhibiting substantially the same characteristics,
- and inhibiting operation of the electronic equipment if the electronic equipment is in a moving vehicle and the user of the electronic equipment is an operator of the moving vehicle, and enabling operation of the electronic equipment if the user is a non-operator of the moving vehicle.
A method of operating electronic equipment, wherein said electronic equipment utilizes a wireless signal to communicate, comprising:
- determining if the electronic equipment is operated within a moving vehicle based on a characteristic of the wireless signal;
- determining if a user of the electronic equipment is an operator or a non-operator of the moving vehicle, wherein determining if the user is an operator or non-operator includes
- detecting Doppler shifts for a plurality of electronic equipment within a predefined area;
- determining that said user is a non-operator of the moving vehicle when a plurality of electronic equipment in the same predefined area have substantially the same Doppler shift;
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- inhibiting operation of the electronic equipment if the electronic equipment is in a moving vehicle and the user of the electronic equipment is an operator of the moving vehicle.
An electronic equipment, comprising:
- a motion processing circuit operable to
- a) determine a velocity of the electronic equipment based on a characteristic of a wireless signal used by the electronic equipment, and
- b) determine if a user of the electronic equipment is an operator or non- operator of the moving vehicle, wherein it is concluded that the user is a non- operator of the moving vehicle when
- a plurality of electronic equipment within a predefined area have wireless signals exhibiting substantially the same characteristics,
- and a control circuit configured to interrupt operation of the electronic equipment when said velocity corresponds to operation of the mobile phone in a moving vehicle and the user of the electronic equipment is an operator of the moving vehicle, and enable operation of the electronic equipment if the user is a non-operator of the moving vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.