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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2012
Applicants:

Tushar Janefalkar, Libertyville, IL (US);

Amitkumar N. Balar, Mundelein, IL (US);

Shakil Barkat, San Jose, CA (US);

Sajid I. Dalvi, Aurora, IL (US);

Inventors:

Tushar Janefalkar, Libertyville, IL (US);

Amitkumar N. Balar, Mundelein, IL (US);

Shakil Barkat, San Jose, CA (US);

Sajid I. Dalvi, Aurora, IL (US);

Assignee:

Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/05 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3265 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); H04M 1/72522 (2013.01); H04W 52/027 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1637 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3861 (2013.01); H04M 1/05 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1242 (2013.01);
Abstract

A portable electronic device includes a motion sensor and a controller. The motion sensor detects an alternating signature motion of a limb of the user about a virtual axis corresponding to the limb. The motion sensor may be an accelerometer capable of detecting three dimensional acceleration. The accelerometer detects acceleration along X, Y and/or Z axes, in which acceleration peaks of the X and Z axes alternate with each other and acceleration of the Y axis remains substantially steady relative to the X and Y axes. The portable electronic device controls at least one function based on the detected alternating signature motion of the limb and/or acceleration along the X, Y and/or Z axes.


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