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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rachid M. Alameh, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Eric L. Krenz, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Jason P. Wojack, Libertyville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a housing enclosing a motion sensor and a first capacitive proximity sensor on a first planar side of the electronic device. A second capacitive proximity sensor on a second planar side of the electronic device within the housing is monitored for determining the differential amount of signal change of the first capacitive proximity sensor relative to the second capacitive proximity sensor.