System and method for determining sensor accuracy of a portable electronic device

摘要

There is provided a portable electronic device (10) with one or more integrated ambient sensors (12,13), such as temperature (12) or humidity (13) sensors, for measuring an ambient parameter, a display (101) for displaying the parameter or related information and shared by other elements of the device (10), and a system receiving input relating to internal or external states of the device (10) and generating in response to the input an accuracy measure of the ambient parameter measurement.