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US 8,577,422 B1Granted
Wireless device gesture detection and operational control
AssigneeOpen Invention Network, LLC
InventorDavid Gerard Ledet
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Abstract
Wireless device gesture detection and operational control comprises identifying a first position of the device based on a sensor reading of at least one sensor operating as part of the device. The method may also include identifying a change in the device's position to a second position that is different from the first position, and receiving a specific pattern of touch input data on a touch pad of the device, the specific pattern of touch input data identified as a predefined object which corresponds to dimensions of a human ear being pressed against the touch pad and changing a current operating state of the device to a different operating state based on a comparison and detection operation.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying a first position of a wireless device based on a sensor reading of at least one sensor operating as part of the wireless device;
- storing first position data corresponding to the first position in a memory;
- identifying a change in the wireless device's position to a second position that is different from the first position;
- storing second position data corresponding to the second position in the memory;
- receiving a specific pattern of touch input data on a touch pad of the wireless device, the specific pattern of touch input data identified as a predefined object which corresponds to a human ear and the touch pad being pressed against one another;
- comparing a difference between the first position data and the second position data to a predefined human arm movement vector stored in the memory;
- determining that the difference between the first position data and the second position data corresponds to a predefined human arm movement vector associated with answering an incoming call to the wireless device based on the comparing operation;
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- identifying the specific pattern of touch input data as being similar to a predefined human ear touch pattern by comparing dimensions of the specific pattern of touch input data to a predefined human ear touch pattern stored in the memory;
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- changing a current operating state of the wireless device to a different operating state, which comprises changing an idle operating state to a voice receptive call answering operating state.
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A wireless device, comprising:
- at least one sensor;
- a touch pad configured to receive touch input data;
- a processor configured to identify a first position of the wireless device based on a sensor reading of the at least one sensor operating as part of the wireless device;
- a memory configured to store first position data corresponding to the first position, and wherein the processor is also configured to identify a change in the wireless device's position to a second position that is different from the first position and the memory is also configured to store second position data corresponding to the second position;
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- a receiver configured to receive a specific pattern of touch input data on the touch pad, the specific pattern of touch input data identified by the processor as a predefined object which corresponds to a human ear and the touch pad being pressed against one another;
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- wherein the processor is also configured to:
- compare a difference between the first position data and the second position data to a predefined human arm movement vector stored in the memory;
- determine that the difference between the first position data and the second position data corresponds to a predefined human arm movement vector associated with an answer of an incoming call to the wireless device based on the compare operation;
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- identify the specific pattern of touch input data as being similar to a predefined human ear touch pattern by a comparison of dimensions of the specific pattern of touch input data to a predefined human ear touch pattern stored in the memory;
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- change a current operating state of the wireless device to a different operating state, which comprises a change of an idle operating state to a voice receptive call answer operating state.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:
- identifying a first position of a wireless device based on a sensor reading of at least one sensor operating as part of the wireless device;
- storing first position data corresponding to the first position in a memory;
- identifying a change in the wireless device's position to a second position that is different from the first position;
- storing second position data corresponding to the second position in the memory;
- receiving a specific pattern of touch input data on a touch pad of the wireless device, the specific pattern of touch input data identified as a predefined object which corresponds to a human ear and the touch pad being pressed against one another;
- comparing a difference between the first position data and the second position data to a predefined human arm movement vector stored in the memory;
- determining that the difference between the first position data and the second position data corresponds to a predefined human arm movement vector associated with answering an incoming call to the wireless device based on the comparing operation;
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- identifying the specific pattern of touch input data as being similar to a predefined human ear touch pattern by comparing dimensions of the specific pattern of touch input data to a predefined human ear touch pattern stored in the memory;
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- changing a current operating state of the wireless device to a different operating state, which comprises changing an idle operating state to a voice receptive call answering operating state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.