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Michael Jeffrey Ajax

Sathyanarayanan Karivaradaswamy

Robert E Harris, Jr

Sanjeev Chandra Reddy

Ugan Sivagnanenthirarajah

Sanjana Ramakrishnan Sunder

Sergii Viktorovych Liashenko

Naveen Thumpudi

Mei Ling Wilson

Wenjie Shi

Sayak Chatterjee

Sarah Anne Barnette

Andrew Wathen Quirk

Ziran Wu

Onji Bae

Karthik Elangovan

A computer system receives a sensor payload from a human presence sensor that is associated with the computer system. The computer system determines, based on an arbitration policy, that the computer system is enabled to perform a particular action based on the priority of the human presence sensor. The arbitration policy determines the priority of the human presence sensor among a plurality of human presence sensors that are associated with the computer system. The computer system triggers the particular action based on the computer system being enabled to perform the particular action based on the content of the sensor payload.

Method for prioritizing human presence sensors in a computer system based on arbitration policies

A device receives a sensor payload at a sensor service. The sensor payload includes a data field that comprises a first value that corresponds to a reading by a sensor device. The device sends the sensor payload to a broker process that is separate from the sensor service and that hosts plug-in logic. The device receives a sensor payload update from the broker process. The sensor payload update includes a second value for the data field that is different from the first value. The second value was determined by the plug-in logic. The device creates a modified sensor payload from the sensor payload, including updating the data field to comprise the second value. The device initiates an operating system action based on the modified sensor payload.

Sensor broker for plug-ins

A method of providing environmental information to an electronic device includes, at the electronic device, receiving ambient light from a surrounding environment of the electronic device with one or more camera sensors in data communication with a processor and capturing a raw pattern with the camera sensor, wherein the raw pattern includes light intensity information and light spectrum information. The method further includes deriving at least one ambient light value from the light intensity information and light spectrum information and providing the ambient light value to the processor of the electronic device.

Systems and methods for providing human interface device information via a camera sensor

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