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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Stmicroelectronics International N.v., Geneva, CH;

Inventors:

Stefano Paolo Rivolta, Desio, IT;

Piergiorgio Arrigoni, Domodossola, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01C 19/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure is directed to shock and orientation detection for an electronic device. The shock detection detects shock events, such as an accidental drop of the device, and the orientation detection detects the orientation of the device at the time of the detected shock event. The detected shock event and orientations are stored in non-volatile memory. The shock and orientation detection are implemented in low power hardware without any host intervention, and may be implemented as an always-on feature that executes even when the device is in an off or low power state.


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