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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward Harrison Teague, San Diego, CA (US);
Ashwin Swaminathan, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/18 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G01J 3/46 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/18 (2013.01); G01J 1/4204 (2013.01); G01J 3/46 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of performing context inference is described. The method includes collecting ambient light at a spectrometer sensor integrated in a portable device, characterizing the collected light to obtain optical information, comparing the optical information to optical data predetermined to match one or more contexts, inferring at least one characteristic of a specific context based on the comparison, and determining a probability that the portable device is in the specific context.