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WO2012036891A3
WO2012036891A3 PCT/US2011/049772 US2011049772W WO2012036891A3 WO 2012036891 A3 WO2012036891 A3 WO 2012036891A3 US 2011049772 W US2011049772 W US 2011049772W WO 2012036891 A3 WO2012036891 A3 WO 2012036891A3
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sensor fusion
accurate
relation
determining
current status
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Michael A. Cretella, Jr.
Venu Madhav Duggineni
Michael Man-Cheung Eng
Ronald Keryuan Huang
Christopher Moore
Christopher T. Mullens
Andrew Lauder
Matthew D. Rohrbach
Daniel J. Coster
Christopher J. Stringer
Florence W. Ow
Jiang Ai
Jonathan P. Ive
Elvis M. Kibiti
John P. Ternus
Sean D. Lubner
Sean S. Corbin
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Apple Inc.
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Priority claimed from US12/971,536 external-priority patent/US8344836B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/037,271 external-priority patent/US8289115B2/en
Application filed by Apple Inc. filed Critical Apple Inc.
Priority to AU2011302438A priority Critical patent/AU2011302438B2/en
Priority to EP11825659.3A priority patent/EP2616896A4/en
Priority to CA2826239A priority patent/CA2826239C/en
Priority to KR1020137009825A priority patent/KR101520197B1/en
Publication of WO2012036891A2 publication Critical patent/WO2012036891A2/en
Publication of WO2012036891A3 publication Critical patent/WO2012036891A3/en
Priority to AU2016204111A priority patent/AU2016204111B2/en

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    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
    • G06F1/1613—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers
    • G06F1/1626—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01R—MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES
    • G01R33/00—Arrangements or instruments for measuring magnetic variables
    • G01R33/02—Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux
    • G01R33/06—Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using galvano-magnetic devices
    • G01R33/07—Hall effect devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
    • G06F1/1613—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers
    • G06F1/1633—Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626
    • G06F1/1675—Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts
    • G06F1/1677—Miscellaneous details related to the relative movement between the different enclosures or enclosure parts for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/04 - G06F1/32
    • G06F2200/16—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/16 - G06F1/18
    • G06F2200/163—Indexing scheme relating to constructional details of the computer
    • G06F2200/1631—Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/04 - G06F1/32
    • G06F2200/16—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/16 - G06F1/18
    • G06F2200/163—Indexing scheme relating to constructional details of the computer
    • G06F2200/1633—Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2200/00—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/04 - G06F1/32
    • G06F2200/16—Indexing scheme relating to G06F1/16 - G06F1/18
    • G06F2200/163—Indexing scheme relating to constructional details of the computer
    • G06F2200/1634—Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer

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Abstract

Accurate and reliable techniques for determining a current status of an accessory device in relation to an electronic device are described.
PCT/US2011/049772 2010-09-17 2011-08-30 Sensor fusion WO2012036891A2 (en)

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AU2011302438A AU2011302438B2 (en) 2010-09-17 2011-08-30 Sensor fusion
EP11825659.3A EP2616896A4 (en) 2010-09-17 2011-08-30 Sensor fusion
CA2826239A CA2826239C (en) 2010-09-17 2011-08-30 Sensor fusion
KR1020137009825A KR101520197B1 (en) 2010-09-17 2011-08-30 Sensor fusion
AU2016204111A AU2016204111B2 (en) 2010-09-17 2016-06-17 Sensor fusion

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US38417910P 2010-09-17 2010-09-17
US61/384,179 2010-09-17
US12/971,536 2010-12-17
US12/971,536 US8344836B2 (en) 2010-09-17 2010-12-17 Protective cover for a tablet computer
US201161438220P 2011-01-31 2011-01-31
US61/438,220 2011-01-31
US13/037,271 2011-02-28
US13/037,271 US8289115B2 (en) 2010-09-17 2011-02-28 Sensor fusion

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CA (1) CA2826239C (en)
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