发明名称 Environment detection for mobile devices
摘要 Apparatus and methods are disclosed related to managing characteristics of a mobile device based upon capacitive detection of materials proximate the mobile device. One such method includes receiving a first capacitive sensor measurement with a first capacitive sensor of the mobile device. The method further includes determining a value indicative of a material adjacent to the mobile device based on a correspondence between the first capacitive sensor measurement and stored values corresponding to different materials. The method further includes sending instructions to adjust a characteristic of the mobile device based on the determined value indicative of the material adjacent to the mobile device.
申请公布号 US8744418(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.06.03
申请号 US201313794363 申请日期 2013.03.11
申请人 Analog Devices, Inc. 发明人 Novet Isaac
分类号 H04M3/42;H04B17/00 主分类号 H04M3/42
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A method of managing characteristics of a mobile device based upon capacitive detection of materials proximate the mobile device, the method comprising: receiving location data of the mobile device; receiving a first capacitive sensor measurement with a first capacitive sensor of the mobile device, wherein the first capacitive sensor measurement is a measurement of surface charge on the first capacitive sensor; determining a type of material adjacent to the mobile device based on the first capacitive sensor measurement, location data of the mobile device, and stored values in a metadata library in a memory of the mobile device corresponding to types of materials having different dielectric constants, wherein the metadata library tracks capacitive sensor measurements over time to account for changes in the stored values corresponding to different materials having different dielectric constants; storing information to the metadata library, wherein the information comprises (1) one or more of the following: the first capacitive sensor measurement and a calculated dielectric constant based on the first capacitive sensor measurement, (2) location data of the mobile device, and (3) the determined type of material; and sending data for adjusting a user interface output characteristic or a radio frequency communication characteristic of the mobile device based on the determined type of material adjacent to the mobile device.
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