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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Timothy Dickinson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Aaron L. Dietrich, Caledonia, IL (US);
Robert A. Zurek, Antioch, IL (US);
Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Timothy Dickinson, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Aaron L. Dietrich, Caledonia, IL (US);
Robert A. Zurek, Antioch, IL (US);
Motorola Mobility LLC, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of operating an electronic device, and an electronic device, are disclosed in which occurrences of unintended operations of the electronic device, such as can occur in response to inadvertent actuations of actuators of the electronic device, are reduced. In one example embodiment, the methodincludes detectingan actuation of a first sensor that is associated with a first touch-sensitive component of the electronic device, and acquiringdata from an additional sensor of the electronic device. The method also includes determining, based at least in part upon the data, whether the actuation is valid, and either performingor refrainingfrom performing at least one operation based at least in part upon the determining. In at least one additional embodiment, the first sensor is a piezoelectric sensor and the additional sensor is an accelerometer.