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https://drivepatents.com/patents/977501 · 12 Mar 2014
A computer-implemented place-recognition method comprises searching text for a place-indicating text string (word or character), identifying a place reference from the text based on the place-indicating word or character, and looking up the place reference...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/977481 · 12 Mar 2014
The disclosure is directed to efficiently harnessing the mechanical energy of actuators used for producing vibration alerts in portable electronic devices to control the flow of fuel and mix the fuel in devices with fuel cells. Example embodiments control ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/977725 · 5 Mar 2014
Described are a method and its corresponding device for controlling sensor use on an electronic device, the electronic device having a first sensor defining at least one first sensor axis, the method comprising: detecting a first sensor reading; determinin...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/977727 · 5 Mar 2014
Disclosed are methods and systems for stabilizing orientation values of an electronic device, the orientation values representing an orientation of the electronic device, the method comprising: obtaining first sensor readings from a first sensor; obtaining...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/977988 · 26 Feb 2014
Methods and devices for determining a noise variance of an axis of a gyroscope are described. In one aspect, the method includes: representing a plurality of gyroscope readings for the axis in a histogram, the histogram including a plurality of bins associ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/977980 · 26 Feb 2014
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of determining a bias for an axis of a gyroscope. The method includes: obtaining a temperature reading; maintaining a plurality of bias estimators for the axis, each bias estimat...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981201 · 11 Dec 2013
A system and method for determining action spot locations (804, 806, 808) relative to the location of a mobile device (100) includes a display (102) and a processor module (110) communicatively coupled to the display (102). The processor module (110) is co...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981293 · 4 Dec 2013
A method and system are provided for evaluating a calibration of a magnetometer on a mobile device. The method includes obtaining a parameter associated with the calibration, determining a component of the parameter along an axis of the magnetometer and de...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981295 · 4 Dec 2013
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer on a mobile device. The method includes initiating a calibration of the magnetometer, determining an intermediate parameter associated with the calibration and when a characteristic indicative...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981294 · 4 Dec 2013
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer on a mobile device. The method includes obtaining one or more pairs of magnetometer readings. Each pair includes a first reading and a second reading. For each pair of magnetometer readings, t...