Motorola Mobility LLC

Kathryn Ellen Thomas

John Joseph Gorsica

Thomas Y Merrell

James Wylder

Boby Iyer

Ling Li

Kiley Coombe

Alexis Grace Valasek

Amit Kumar Agrawal

Rachid M Alameh

Thomas E Gitzinger

Marcello Zuffo

Caio Luiz Leal Chagas Do Nascimento

Rohit Sisodia

Francis Kuzhiyil

KiYoun Cho

Luciano Bevilacqua Pereira Da Silva

Sridhar Vashist

Suresh Sethuraman

Lúcia Satiko Nomiso

Sanjeev Kumar Poluru Venkata

Jonathon J Prinz

Kenny Kessler

An electronic device includes a device housing and a blade assembly carrying a blade and slidably coupled to the device housing. The electronic device includes a translation mechanism operable to slide the blade assembly relative to the device housing. The electronic device includes one or more processors operable with the translation mechanism. The one or more processors automatically transition the blade assembly to the peek position when a front-facing imager or front-facing loudspeaker is required unless a privacy mode of operation is enabled, wherein transition of the blade assembly to the peek position is precluded.

Electronic devices with translating flexible display and corresponding methods

In aspects of managing quickview content for a multi-display device, the multi-display device has a primary display screen to display digital image content and a secondary display screen to display quickview content. The multi-display device implements a content control module to determine a context that indicates a characteristic of the digital image content displayed on the primary display screen. The content control module also determines the quickview content to display on the secondary display screen based on the context of the digital image content displayed on the primary display screen. The content control module then initiates displaying the quickview content on the secondary display screen. The content control module can also detect at least one individual in a region from which a secondary display screen of the multi-display device is viewable, and activate the secondary display screen in response to the individual being detected.

Manage quickview content for a multi-display device

An electronic device includes an audio capture device operable to receive audio input, a fingerprint sensor operable to receive fingerprint data, and one or more processors, operable with the audio capture device and the fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor can authenticate a person as an authorized user of an electronic device while device commands are being received in the form of audio input to allow for secure voice interactions without requiring a trigger phrase. The fingerprint sensor can be used in combination with the receipt of voice input to perform two-factor authentication. The fingerprint sensor and audio capture device can be used in combination to enroll, or update enrollment, of a user interacting with a voice assistant as well.

Systems for fingerprint sensor triggered voice interaction in an electronic device

Methods and systems for fingerprint sensor triggered voice interaction in an electronic device

An electronic device includes a first touch sensitive display positioned on a first major surface of the electronic device and a second touch sensitive display positioned on a second major surface of the electronic device, or alternatively a single display wrapping about the first major surface and the second major surface. One or more processors cause a presentation of content on the first touch sensitive display while the one or more sensors receive user input. In response to the user input, which can be received by the second touch sensitive display, the one or more processors cease the presentation of the content on the first touch sensitive display and commence another presentation of the content on the second touch sensitive display. The process is reversible to send the content back to the first touch sensitive display.

Electronic devices and methods for moving content presentation on one or more displays

A method for detecting, by a force sensing circuit within an electronic device, a change in force applied to a surface of the electronic device. The method includes correlating the change in the force applied to the surface to a functional change of at least one setting of the electronic device. The method further includes identifying when a detected change is a first change of the change in force, which corresponds to a trigger that activates at least one of a plurality of sensing devices within the force sensing circuit to monitor for a subsequent change in the force. In response to detecting the subsequent change of the change in force, the method includes adjusting the at least one setting of the electronic device based on the subsequent change of the force.

Inconspicuous sensing system across multiple surfaces

An electronic device includes one or more processors, a display, a primary energy storage device, and an auxiliary energy delivery device. The auxiliary energy delivery device selectively delivers energy to the primary energy storage device. When this occurs, the one or more processors present an icon at least partially superimposed upon a graphical representation of the primary energy storage device on the display.

Methods and devices for presenting auxiliary energy delivery indicia on a display

A method in an electronic device includes detecting, with one or more processors of the electronic device operating with an attachment having a predefined functionality, whether a function of the predefined functionality is operational on the electronic device. When the function is operational on the electronic device, the one or more processors can cause the following: an auxiliary energy storage device carried by the attachment to deliver power to the electronic device; a power management control circuit carried by the electronic device to power the one or more processors with the power delivered from the auxiliary energy storage device; and the power management control circuit to preclude charging of a primary energy storage device carried by the electronic device with the power delivered from the auxiliary energy storage device.

Methods and systems for an electronic device operable with an attachment that prevent charging of a primary energy storage device from power delivered by the attachment based upon whether the attachment is operating a function

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