Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Privacy zone
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Application No.: US15111538Application Date: 2014-02-24
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Publication No.: US10083319B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Edward Joseph Wilmes
- Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: HPI Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/US2014/017998 WO 20140224
- International Announcement: WO2015/126422 WO 20150827
- Main IPC: G06F7/04
- IPC: G06F7/04 ; G06F21/62 ; H04M1/725 ; H04W4/02 ; G06F21/44 ; H04W12/02

Abstract:
A method is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving and processing information from a first electronic device. The information includes at least location data, privacy zone data, and privacy distance data of the first electronic device. The method further includes calculating a current distance between the first electronic device and at least one sensor of a second electronic device, comparing the current distance with a predetermined privacy distance retrieved from the privacy distance data for the first electronic device, and determining an orientation of the at least one sensor of the second electronic device when the current distance is less than or equal to the privacy distance. The orientation is determined in relation to a privacy zone of the first electronic device. The method also includes disabling the at least one sensor of the second electronic device when the at least one sensor is oriented to point within the privacy zone of the first electronic device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160364579A1 Privacy Zone Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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