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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Stephen Tiedemann, Stuttgart, DE;
Frank Dawidowsky, Stuttgart, DE;
Klaus Roehrle, Ostfildern, DE;
Meik Buscemi, Stuttgart, DE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable electronic device () with a NFC (near field communication) unit () is switchable between an active mode and a passive mode. A motion sensor unit () records a motion of the portable electronic device (), and outputs a motion signal descriptive for the recorded motion. A processing unit () analysis the motion signal to detect a first predefined motion pattern including an acceleration and a deceleration phase. The NFC unit () is switched into the active mode upon detection of a first predefined motion pattern descriptive for an NFC touch gesture.