APIs to test a device
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAlan W. Stephenson, Xiao Tu, Scott S. Sheehan, Robert K. Mickle, Changsin Lee
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Abstract
APIs to test a device are described. In one or more implementations, a device includes a housing, one or more sensors supported by the housing, and one or more modules disposed within the housing that are implemented at least partially in hardware. The one or more modules are configured to process inputs detected using the one or more sensors and expose one or more application programming interfaces to a robot to cause the robot to perform one or more operations that are detectable by the one or more sensors, the one or more operations usable to test detection performed by the one or more sensors and the processing of the inputs performed by the one or more modules.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a housing;
- one or more sensors supported by the housing;
- and
- one or more modules disposed within the housing that are implemented at least partially in hardware, the one or more modules configured to test the one or more sensors by:
- processing inputs detected using the one or more sensors under test;
- and
- exposing one or more application programming interfaces to a robot to cause the robot to perform one or more operations that are detectable by the one or more sensors under test, the one or more operations usable to test detection performed by the one or more sensors and the processing of the inputs performed by the one or more modules under test.
A method comprising:
- expose one or more application programming interfaces by a device under test to a robot to cause the robot to perform one or more operations;
- detecting the one or more operations performed by the robot using one or more sensors of the device under test;
- and
- testing an ability of the device under test to process inputs received from the one or more sensors of the device under test.
A system comprising:
- a robot configured to perform one or more operations;
- and
- a device under test having a touchscreen and one or more modules that are implemented at least partially in hardware to:
- expose one or more application programming interfaces to the robot to cause the robot to perform one or more operations that are detectable by the device under test using the touchscreen;
- and
- test an ability of the one or more modules to process inputs received from the touchscreen to recognize a gesture that is usable to initiate a function of the device under test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.