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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jianxun Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Debanjan Mukherjee, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/01 (2024.01); G01V 1/28 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01); G08B 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/10 (2013.01); G01V 1/01 (2024.01); G01V 1/288 (2013.01); G01V 1/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one aspect, a computer-implemented method for detecting an earthquake includes detecting vibrations in a trackpad of a computing device using an inductive element and force sensing circuitry of the trackpad and, processing, by a microcontroller of the computing device, the vibrations for detection of an earthquake vibration signal. In response to detecting the earthquake vibration signal, communicating, by the computing device, the earthquake vibration signal to a remote server and receiving, at the computing device, an earthquake alert from the remote server.