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Device that manages power provided to an object sensor

  • US 10,365,735 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2018
  • Issued: 07/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory, computer readable media having stored thereon instructions for managing a hand-held device having an input receiving element, a transmission device, and a sensor, the instructions, when executed by a processing unit of the hand-held device, performing steps comprising:

  • using signals received from the sensor to determine when the hand-held portable device is positioned proximate to an object surface and to determine when the hand-held portable device is removed from the object surface; and

    causing the hand-held device to automatically transition from a first operational mode to a second operational mode when it is determined from a signal received from the sensor that the hand-held portable device has been moved proximate to the object surface and to automatically transition from the second operational mode back to the first operational mode when it is determined from a signal received from the sensor that the hand-held portable device has been subsequently moved away from the object surface;

    wherein, in the second operational mode, the hand-held device is configured to disable the input receiving element and, in the first operational mode, the hand-held device is configured to enable the input receiving element whereby input received via use of the input receiving element will cause the hand-held device to use the transmission device to transmit a communication, representative of the received input, to an intended target device using a communication protocol recognizable by the intended target device.

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