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https://drivepatents.com/patents/996239 · 7 Nov 2012
According to one aspect, there is provided a method for compensating for gyroscope bias on a portable electronic device having a gyroscope, an accelerometer and a magnetometer. The method includes determining a first attitude matrix and a second attitude m...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/996240 · 7 Nov 2012
According to one aspect, a method of determining an attitude matrix on a portable electronic device. The method includes determining a first attitude matrix gradient using data from at least one of an accelerometer and a magnetometer, determining a second ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/996235 · 7 Nov 2012
A battery protection mechanism is provided within an electronic device. A door has a latch which fits into a latch retention-release mechanism in the base of the device. A spring under tension within a retention-release mechanism presses against the latch ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/996442 · 31 Oct 2012
This document discusses, among other things, a method for providing wireless power from a power providing device to a portable electronic device. The method includes generating a wireless power signal as a beam having a propagation path directed toward the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997099 · 17 Oct 2012
The present specification provides an electronic geolocation device comprising a location sensor and a geolocation application configured to record location data associated with said device. The device further includes a processor configured to receive the...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/997350 · 10 Oct 2012
The disclosure described technology for presenting information via a mobile communication device in a transportation network, the transportation network modeled by segment and time slot. Information tagged by modeled segment, modeled time slot, and aggrega...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998615 · 5 Sep 2012
A method and system are provided for obtaining data for calibrating an accelerometer. The method and system operate by using at least one magnetometer reading to detect that a first orientation is being maintained; obtaining a plurality of accelerometer re...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998611 · 5 Sep 2012
A Near Field Communication (NFC) system may include a battery including a battery casing, at least one battery cell carried by the battery casing, at least one power measurement circuit carried by the battery casing and configured to measure a power level ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/998887 · 29 Aug 2012
An apparatus (530) and method for determining a power supply electrical current capacity. An operating circuit (564) is placed into an operating mode that causes the operating circuit (564) to have a determined electrical current consumption. A charging ci...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/999334 · 15 Aug 2012
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer of a mobile device. The method comprises displaying a visual indication of a gestural path on a display of the portable electronic device, monitoring for changes in orientation of the portable...