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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
Applicant:
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventor:
Manjirnath Chatterjee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes a receiving surface to magnetically retain the orientation-dependent device in any one of a plurality of possible orientations. The detection device includes circuitry that detects the relative orientation of the orientation-dependent device based on a magnetic orientation of the orientation-dependent device relative to the detection device.