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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Commissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Movea, Grenoble, FR;
Christophe Villien, Seyssinet-Pariset, FR;
Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Movea, Grenoble, FR;
Abstract
A step detection method comprises the following steps: a) based on at least one signal coming from at least one motion sensor rigidly attached to a portable device, detect events suitable to correspond to steps of a user carrying the portable device; b) based on at least one signal, or on at least one signal coming from another sensor also rigidly attached to the portable device, identify intervals of time during which the device is being manipulated; and c) identify as steps those, from amongst the events detected, which do not coincide with the intervals of time. A device for the implementing such a method, a mobile telephone and touchscreen tablet comprising such a device are also provided.