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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2019
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
William Steven Zurbrick, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Brian J. Toleno, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marianne E. Laford, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computing device monitors support element strain to enable deployment of positionally-related components in conjunction with one another while the real-time positional relationship between these positionally-related components fluctuates during operation. An exemplary computing device includes a first component and a second component that are both mounted to a support element. The computing device may be subjected to mechanical loading during operation which may induce strain into the support element thereby affecting the nominal positioning between the positionally-related components. The computing device includes a displacement sensor to generate displacement data that is indicative of a real-time positional relationship between the components. This real-time positional relationship may be compensated while implementing desired functionality. In this way, the computing device can be subjected to the stresses and strains that result from many typical use cases while the positional relationship between the sensor components is actively monitored and compensated for to implement desired functionality.