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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
May. 05, 2010
Rachid Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Bill Alberth, Prairie Grove, IL (US);
Martin Pais, North Barrington, IL (US);
David Winkler, Palatine, IL (US);
Rachid Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Bill Alberth, Prairie Grove, IL (US);
Martin Pais, North Barrington, IL (US);
David Winkler, Palatine, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Moutain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to electronic devices such as mobile devices, and methods of operating such devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes first and second temperature sensors positioned at different respective locations on the electronic device and at least one processing device. The first and second temperature sensors respectively output first and second signals indicative of the respective temperatures experienced at those respective sensors. The at least one processing device (i) receives the first and second signals respectively from the first and second temperature sensors respectively and generates based thereon an indication of a difference or a relationship between the first and second temperatures, and (ii) determines an operational context of the electronic device based at least in part upon the difference. In an additional embodiment, other sensor information from one or more other sensors is taken into account in determining the operational context.