Low radiation wireless communicator
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsEyal Bychkov, Lior Storfer, Itay Sherman, Hagay Katz, Uriel R. Brison, Uri Ron, Tal Engelstein, Sagiv Zeltser
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Abstract
A wireless communicator, including a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls, an accelerometer to measure an angle of orientation, and a controller coupled with the modem and with the accelerometer, the controller being operable to restrict operation of the modem when the wireless communicator is not being used in a low radiation listening mode and the accelerometer indicates a substantially stationary angle of orientation longer than a pre-designated length of time.
Claims23
A wireless communicator, comprising:
- a modem operable to transmit and receive voice communication phone calls;
- an accelerometer to measure an angle of orientation;
- and
- a controller coupled with said modem and with said accelerometer, the controller being operable to restrict operation of said modem and to generate a prompt for the user to switch listening ear, when the wireless communicator is not being used in a low radiation listening mode and said accelerometer indicates a substantially stationary angle of orientation during an ongoing phone call longer than a pre-designated length of time.
A method for limiting radiation transmitted by a wireless communicator, comprising:
- monitoring an angle of orientation of a wireless communicator, the wireless communicator being used to send and receive voice communication phone calls;
- determining whether the wireless communicator has been in a substantially stationary angle of orientation during an ongoing phone call longer than a designated length of time;
- and
- while said determining is affirmative:
- restricting operation of the wireless communicator when said determining is affirmative, comprising limiting usage of the wireless communicator when the wireless communicator is not being used in a low radiation listening mode;
- and
- generating a prompt for the user to switch listening ear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.