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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Igor Tchertkov, San Jose, CA (US);
Siddika Parlak Polatkan, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 23/01 (2006.01); G01G 9/00 (2006.01); G01G 19/56 (2006.01); G01H 17/00 (2006.01); G01G 23/16 (2006.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01); G01G 3/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G01G 21/22 (2006.01); G01G 21/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01G 23/166 (2013.01); G01G 3/16 (2013.01); G01G 9/00 (2013.01); G01H 17/00 (2013.01); G01P 15/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/72522 (2013.01); G01G 21/22 (2013.01); G01G 21/283 (2013.01); G01G 23/01 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus and methods for estimating a mass of an object by a mobile device are presented. The mobile device, which may be a smartphone, vibrates the mobile device both unloaded (without an object) and loaded (with an object) while measuring the unloaded and loaded vibrations. Next, the mobile device compares the unloaded and loaded vibrations and determines the mass of the object from the comparison.