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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael J. Lombardi, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Amber M. Pierce, Evanston, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for activating a hardware feature of an electronic device includes the electronic device detectinga predetermined motion of the electronic device and measuring, in response to detecting the predetermined motion, an orientation of the electronic device. The method further includes the electronic device activating, based on the orientation, a hardware feature from a plurality of selectable hardware features of the electronic device, wherein each selectable hardware feature can be activated based on different orientations of the electronic device.