PatentBrief

Inventor

Steven P. Hotelling

Patents indexed

1

Year range

2011

Associated with

Years active

2011

Total patents

1

Most recent

2011

Frequent collaborator

Wayne C. Westerman

Domains

consumer_electronicstelecommunicationssoftware

Activity by decade

2010s
1

Patents

1

Career timeline

1 patents, in 2011

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20112012

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US 7957762·2011·Apple Inc

How Your Phone Knows When It's Against Your Ear

This Apple patent describes how a phone uses both a proximity sensor and an ambient light sensor to accurately detect when it's held to your ear, preventing accidental screen touches during calls.

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