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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10596716 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2017

Generating a guidance indicator and indicator signal

Applicant:

Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Everhardus Johannes Hoexum, Eindhoven, NL;

Luc Berntsen, Eindhoven, NL;

Martijn Jan Kuitert, Eindhoven, NL;

Julien Philippe Latul, Eindhoven, NL;

Simone Dekker, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Nay Tun

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 19/46 (2006.01); B26B 19/38 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); B26B 21/40 (2006.01); A45D 44/00 (2006.01); A45D 40/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); A45D 27/42 (2006.01); A45D 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26B 19/388 (2013.01); A45D 27/42 (2013.01); A45D 40/30 (2013.01); A45D 44/00 (2013.01); B26B 19/46 (2013.01); B26B 21/4081 (2013.01); B26B 21/4087 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); A45D 27/00 (2013.01); A45D 2200/20 (2013.01); A45D 2200/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to an aspect, there is provided a method comprising generating (202) a guidance indicator relating to a portion of a user; determining (204) a position of a portion of a portable device relative to the portion of the user; and generating (208) an indication signal when it is determined that at least a portion of the portable device is in a defined position relative to the guidance indicator. According to other aspects, apparatus and a machine readable medium are provided.

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