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https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002814 · 2 May 2012
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises detecting a change in a physical configuration of the mobile device; applying at least one stored calibration parameter as a respective active calibration parameter when ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002816 · 2 May 2012
A device having an electrical plug, such as a charger device, includes a locking member coupled to a carriage that is movable into a housing. Prongs of the device are movable between a retracted position and an extended position along two different travel ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002815 · 2 May 2012
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises applying at least one first test to a new set of calibration parameters; accepting the new set of calibration parameters as an active set of calibration parameters when t...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002806 · 2 May 2012
A method and system are provided for performing a background calibration of a magnetometer. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of magnetometer readings; applying an active set of calibration parameters to the plurality of magnetometer readings to o...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002808 · 2 May 2012
A method and system are provided for calibrating a magnetometer. The method comprises determining a current quality level associated with magnetometer readings obtained using an active set of calibration parameters; and lowering a quality threshold for a b...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1002794 · 2 May 2012
A method of providing real-time traffic information entails defining a trusted group of mobile devices traveling to a common destination, obtaining traffic data from the mobile devices of the trusted group, and determining traffic information based on the ...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1003040 · 25 Apr 2012
Some embodiments herein relate to a charger (10) for an electronic device (18). The charger (10) comprises a power output port (12), a charging dock (14) and a power module (16). The power output port (12) is adapted to be electrically connected to and pro...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1003607 · 11 Apr 2012
A method of requesting map data by a wireless communications device entails steps of predicting a future area of interest for which map data may be required, downloading the map data for the future area of interest, and then caching the map data for the fu...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1003925 · 28 Mar 2012
A method for visually rendering data on a display of a mobile device having a native client user interface (UI) may include storing application data on a backend data server without visual attribute formatting associated therewith, and generating visual at...
https://drivepatents.com/patents/1004318 · 14 Mar 2012
Systems and methods to determine a power pack charging state. A difference between a first power pack capacity of a power pack at a first time and a second power pack capacity of the power pack at a second time is estimated, where the second time is a time...