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Electronic device and method of controlling same

US11389084B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 2017
Grant dateJul 19, 2022
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Expiry dateSep 18, 2038

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H50/70
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable electronic device including: a plurality of sensors configured to generate, in response to a first contact with a body of a user in a vicinity of the portable electronic device, one or more first input signals; a microprocessor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the microprocessor, control the microprocessor to execute, in response to an analysis of the one or more first input signals indicating that the first contact corresponds to a first gesture, and by the microprocessor, a first command corresponding to the first gesture.

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