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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Robert Kelley, Portland, OR (US);
Jonathan Betts-lacroix, San Mateo, CA (US);
Robert Kelley, Portland, OR (US);
Jonathan Betts-LaCroix, San Mateo, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A single line docking station characteristic identifier is disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable computing device can include a dock detector circuit having an interface pin configured to be coupled to a docking station via a single line dock connection, where the dock detector circuit is configured to determine a characteristic of the docking station using a passive component in the docking station when the portable computing device is connected to the docking station via the single line dock connection. The dock detector circuit can include a resistor and a Schmitt trigger, while the passive component in the docking station can include a capacitor, for example.