Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for determining when a device is worn by a user
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Application No.: US15755064Application Date: 2016-07-14
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Publication No.: US10902100B2Publication Date: 2021-01-26
- Inventor: Hugo John Martin Vincent , Geraint Luff
- Applicant: ARM IP LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM IP LIMITED
- Current Assignee: ARM IP LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Patterson Thuente Pedersen, P.A.
- Priority: GB1515107.9 20150825
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/052126 WO 20160714
- International Announcement: WO2017/032967 WO 20170302
- Main IPC: G06F21/30
- IPC: G06F21/30 ; G06F21/31 ; G06K9/00 ; H04W12/06 ; G06F21/32

Abstract:
A method for determining when a device is attached to a user, the method comprising activating an accelerometer provided at the device; activating a vibration motor provided at the device; measuring with the accelerometer vibrations at the device created by the vibration motor; and using the accelerometer measurements to determine whether the device is attached to the user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180247036A1 METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHEN A DEVICE IS WORN BY A USER Public/Granted day:2018-08-30
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