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https://drivepatents.com/patents/981291 · 4 Dec 2013
A method and system are provided for operating a mobile device having a magnetometer. The method includes obtaining a plurality of error indicators associated with the magnetometer. At least two of the plurality of error indicators have different criteria ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981288 · 4 Dec 2013
Systems and methods to operate a power supply (206). A power supply has an inductor (230) and a capacitor (232) coupled in a substantially series connection. The power supply has a first selectably conductive path (210) that selectably couples a first powe...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/981529 · 27 Nov 2013
A method and system are provided for determining a magnetic field using a mobile device. The method includes determining location information of the mobile device, obtaining magnetic field data based on the location information, determining orientation inf...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/982020 · 13 Nov 2013
Systems and method of displaying supplementary information on a display based on contact points is provided. Two or more contact points are detected on a presented graphic, such as a map or graph shown on a display on an electronic device. A portion of the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/982019 · 13 Nov 2013
An electronic device 201 may include a first charging port 202. A peripheral device 208 connected to the first charging port can be sensed. The first charging port can be electrically connected to a battery charger 218 of the electronic device by a first c...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/983259 · 16 Oct 2013
Systems and methods to control charging of power packs. Capacities of a first and second power pack (130,132) associated with a charging station are monitored (303,319,305,321). When an energy harvesting device (104,106) is producing energy, it is connecte...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/986700 · 18 Sep 2013
Methods and devices for determining a gyroscope bias are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of determining a bias for an axis of a gyroscope. The method includes: representing a plurality of gyroscope r...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/986699 · 18 Sep 2013
Methods and electronic devices for determining orientation are described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a processor-implemented method of determining a corrected orientation of a gyroscope on an electronic device. The method includes: obta...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/986925 · 11 Sep 2013
A location label may be determined for a portable electronic device. The location label may provide a textual indication of the particular location of a user of the portable electronic device, such as a restaurant name, or more generally a type of location...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/984171 · 4 Sep 2013
Apparatus and methods of manufacturing an image sensor and inertial navigation sensors encapsulated within a single package. The single package may encapsulate one integrated circuit die comprising the imaging sensor and the inertial navigation sensors. Al...