公开(公告)号：US11853129B1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-26

申请号：US16252193

申请日：2019-01-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mehrdad Hooshmand ,  John C. Difonzo ,  Chi Xu ,  Keeley M. Maher ,  Liangyuan Xiang ,  James D. Kelly

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H05K5/00

CPC classification number: G06F1/1681 ,  G06F1/1637 ,  H05K5/0017

Abstract: This application relates to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing including (i) a lower case, and (ii) an upper case pivotally coupled to the lower case with a hinge assembly. The housing includes a processor capable of providing instructions, an operational component in communication with the processor, where the processor is capable of executing a function, and a magnetic detection system included within the hinge assembly. The magnetic detection system includes a magnetic element capable of generating a magnetic field, and a magnetic sensor capable of determining an angle between the lower case and the upper case based on the magnetic field, where when the processor determines that the angle between the lower case and the upper case satisfies a predetermined threshold angle, the processor provides the instructions to the operational component to execute the function.