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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Applicants:
Arnett Ryan Weber, Waterloo, CA;
Todd Robert Paleczny, Waterloo, CA;
Denis Lahaie, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/30 (2006.01); G01M 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of measuring drop impact at an electronic device includes detecting a fall based on signals from drop detection sensor of the electronic device, receiving an output from a piezoelectric sensor in response to detecting the fall, and storing drop data based on the output from the piezoelectric sensor in a memory at the electronic device.