Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Controlling sensors of a device and notifying sensor clients
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Application No.: US16870111Application Date: 2020-05-08
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Publication No.: US11272141B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Gerald A. Welch , Zachary Lawrence Brand , Amit Agrawal
- Applicant: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: H04N7/15
- IPC: H04N7/15 ; H04R29/00

Abstract:
Techniques for disabling a sensor are described. In an example, the techniques include receiving input data indicating a request to disable a sensor of the device. Based on the input data, the sensor is disabled by at least decoupling the sensor from a power source and decoupling the sensor from an input terminal of a processor of the device. The techniques also include sending, to a plurality of clients that are implemented on the device and that are configured to receive sensor data generated by the sensor, notification data indicating that the sensor is disabled. Further, the techniques include outputting, by a user interface of the device, an indication that the sensor is disabled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210329198A1 CONTROLLING SENSORS OF A DEVICE AND NOTIFYING SENSOR CLIENTS Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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