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Detecting driving with a wearable computing device

  • US 10,375,229 B2
  • Filed: 03/14/2018
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a wearable computing device that is located in a vehicle, an indication of movement associated with the wearable computing device;

    determining, from inputting the indication of the movement into a machine learning system, a degree of likelihood that a user of the wearable computing device is driving the vehicle;

    responsive to determining that the degree of likelihood satisfies a threshold, determining that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle; and

    responsive to determining that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle, performing, by the wearable computing device, one or more operations that prevent the user from accessing at least one feature of the wearable computing device while the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the vehicle.

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