System and method for calibrating sensors in consumer electronic devices by coupling to a base unit

摘要

A base unit (10) includes a sensor calibration function (36). When a user communicatively couples a consumer electronic device (50; 90) having a sensor (62, 92) to the base unit (10), a controller (24; 52) at the base unit (40) retrieves a calibration reference value for the sensor (62, 92) and/or a sensor algorithm that utilizes data output by the sensor. The base unit then sends the calibration reference value to the consumer electronic device (50; 90) to set a sensor calibration parameter associated with the sensor (62, 92) and/or the sensor algorithm.