Safety features for portable electronic device
AssigneeZoomsafer, Inc.
InventorsMichael S. Riemer, Melvin A. Barbera
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Abstract
A portable device includes a safety feature that prevents some forms of use when the device is moving. The device may detect its speed or movement, compare that to a threshold, and provide a response or blocking function upon exceeding that threshold. The device may be a cell phone configured to disable transmission and reception of voice/text, conceal its display screen, and disable incorporated features and functions, if the cell phone is moving faster than walking speed or the movement is uncharacteristic of walking. The blocking function may be partially overridden based on a safety policy, which can be managed and customized. The introduction of hands-free devices may serve to override a blocking function and enable other functions.
Claims11
A method of minimizing a plurality of motion requests made by a motion detector to determine a motion of a portable electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a first event from a plurality of events generated by one or more functions of the portable electronic device;
- setting a baseline interval equal to a first interval in response to the first event, the first interval based on a type of the first event, and wherein the baseline interval specifies an amount of time between a first motion request and a second motion request among the plurality of motion requests;
- setting a running time of the baseline interval equal to a first running time, the first running time based on the type of the first event;
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- setting the baseline interval equal to a default interval and the running time equal to a default running time if no further events are received at the end of the running time of the first event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.