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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Arm Ip Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Hugo John Martin Vincent, Cambridge, GB;
Geraint Luff, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
ARM IP Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00335 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); H04W 12/0605 (2019.01); G06K 2009/00932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining when a device is attached to a user, the method comprising activating an accelerometer provided at the device; activating a vibration motor provided at the device; measuring with the accelerometer vibrations at the device created by the vibration motor; and using the accelerometer measurements to determine whether the device is attached to the user.