Method and apparatus for providing intelligent deactivation of electronic devices in aircraft
AssigneeGlobal Locate, Inc.
InventorsDavid R. Bailin, Charles Abraham
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically deactivating an electronic device during flight of an aircraft. The method utilizes a global positioning system (GPS) or assisted global positioning system (AGPS) circuit to facilitate computing the acceleration, velocity and altitude of the electronic device and comparing this information to a profile to determine whether the acceleration, altitude and velocity meets a profile threshold of an airliner taking off. If the profile is that of the take-off of an aircraft, then the circuitry connected to the GPS/AGPS circuit will be deactivated.
Claims20
A location enabled device, comprising:
- a satellite receiver configured to compute a location of the location enabled device based upon a satellite signal;
- a cellular transceiver configured to provide cellular communications between the location enabled device and other electronic devices communicatively coupled to a cellular network;
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- a processor configured to determine a motion parameter of the location enabled device based upon the location and to compare the motion parameter with a motion parameter of an aircraft that is taking off to determine whether the location enabled device is within the aircraft that is taking off, the processor further configured to deactivate the cellular transceiver when it is determined that the location enabled device is within the aircraft that is taking off.
A method of deactivating a location enabled device, comprising:
- determining a motion parameter of the location enabled device based upon a location of the location enabled device;
- comparing the motion parameter to a threshold corresponding to a motion parameter of an aircraft that is taking off;
- determining that the location enabled device is within the aircraft that is taking off when the motion parameter is greater than or equal to the threshold;
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- deactivating at least some portion of the location enabled device when it is determined that the location enabled device is within the aircraft that is taking off.
A location enabled device, comprising:
- a receiver configured to compute a location of the location enabled device;
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- a processor configured to determine a motion parameter of the location enabled device based upon the location, to compare the motion parameter to a threshold corresponding to a motion parameter of an environment, and to deactivate at least some portion of the location enabled device when it is determined that the location enabled device is within the environment, the environment being an aircraft that is taking off.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.