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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Denis Lahaie, Waterloo, CA;
Sheldon Terry Schwandt, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/00 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G01P 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P 15/00 (2013.01); G01L 1/00 (2013.01); G01P 1/127 (2013.01); G01P 15/0891 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for detecting and measuring impacts in a wireless device. The wireless device has a processor coupled to a memory and an acoustic transducer. The method comprises acquiring data from the acoustic transducer, the data acquisition including the processor taking samples of an electrical input signal supplied to an input of the processor by the acoustic transducer; saving the acquired data in the memory; detecting whether an impact has occurred; and halting data acquisition after the impact is detected.