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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:

Motorola Mobility Llc, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Alberto R Cavallaro, Northbrook, IL (US);

Paul B Crosbie, Grayslake, IL (US);

Assignee:

Motorola Mobility LLC, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/66 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1122 (2013.01); A61B 5/6898 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of operation involves collecting acceleration and gyroscope data from a first sensor positioned in a wearable device on a user's wrist and a second sensor located in a mobile device. The mobile device determines a trajectory for the wearable device by filtering the first sensor data using the second sensor data, and determines a probability of the user holding an automobile steering wheel using the trajectory. The method may also include determining a probability of the user holding an automobile steering wheel of a specific automobile selected from an automobile list. The disclosed system includes the wearable device and the mobile device.


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