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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ping-Ko Chiu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Benjamin A. Detwiler, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stephen P. Jackson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W. Mayor, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01C 5/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G01S 5/02527 (2020.05); G01C 5/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device comprising a set of classifiers that can determine whether the electronic device is likely on an airplane. Upon a determination that the electronic device is likely on an airplane, one or more wireless radios on the electronic device (e.g., an ultra-wideband ranging radio, a cellular radio, etc.) may be disabled or a prompt can be displayed to enable a user to place the device into airplane mode.