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Systems and methods for providing and detecting thermal energy patterns in electronic devices

  • US 10,176,316 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2016
  • Issued: 01/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • one or more heat generating components coupled to an electronic device and arranged in a particular configuration such that, when selectively activated, the one or more heat generating components emit thermal radiation in a specific heat pattern that corresponds to the particular configuration and the selective activation, wherein the specific heat pattern is encoded with information regarding the apparatus such that a code generated by the specific heat pattern is readable by a thermal reading device to obtain the information.

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