Patent ID: 11954260
Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) R&D CO., LTD.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A device, comprising:
a first passive electrode configured to be placed at a first location on the device;
a second passive electrode configured to be placed at a second location on the device, the first location and the second location being different locations on the device, the first passive electrode and the second passive electrode being configured to sense a variation in an electric field in response to a user interacting with the device;
a non-transitory memory storage comprising instructions; and
a processor in communication with the non-transitory memory storage, the first passive electrode, and the second passive electrode, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:
detect a differential potential between the first passive electrode and the second passive electrode, and
determine whether the user is interacting with the device using a left hand or a right hand, the determining based on data received from the sensor corresponding to the differential potential.