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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Diego Rivas Costante, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ozan Anac, Oakland, CA (US);
Debanjan Mukherjee, San Jose, CA (US);
Son Hoai Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04B 5/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A case for a mobile device that can include a piezoelectric component that is configured to output current in response to external pressure applied to the case, a switch between a near-field communication (NFC) antenna and an NFC circuit, and a controller that is configured to be powered by the current from the piezoelectric component to open the switch after an amount of time during which the switch is closed after the external pressure stops being applied to the case.