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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Gerald A. Welch, San Jose, CA (US);
Zachary Lawrence Brand, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2019.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3206 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are described for controlling a sensing state of a device. For example, a controller of the device receives input data indicating a request to disable a sensor of the device. The controller determines that the sensor is not disabled and is to enter a mute state based on the input data. Accordingly, controller causes the sensor to be decoupled from a power source via a power switch, causes the sensor to be decoupled from a processor of the device via a data switch, and causes outputting of an indication of the mute state by a user interface of the device.