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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
John C. DiFonzo, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Jean-Marc Gery, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A sleep mode system for an electronic device can include a magnetic component and a proximately located sensor configured to detect magnetic field properties that vary with a variable rotation of the magnetic component. The magnetic component can rotate with one device component, such as a laptop lid, while the sensor remains stationary with another device component, such as a laptop base. A controller can determine the orientation angle of the magnetic component based on the detected properties, and can put the device into or remove the device from a sleep mode based on the angle, which can reflect an open state or closed state for the electronic device.