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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:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Leonard Henry Grokop, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony Sarah, San Diego, CA (US);
Vidya Narayanan, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leonard Henry Grokop, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony Sarah, San Diego, CA (US);
Vidya Narayanan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
Information about a context of a mobile device is inferred using measurements from light detectors of the mobile device. The light detectors may be located on multiple different sides of the mobile device. In some embodiments, measurements from one or more cameras may be used to infer context.