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US9954571B2 - Cover for an electronic device - Google Patents
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This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/612,208, filed Sep. 12, 2012, entitled “Cover for an Electronic Device,” now U.S. Pat. No. 9,326,576 issued May 3, 2016, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/681,117, filed Aug. 8, 2012, entitled “Consumer Electronic Product,” the disclosure of each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
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It should be noted that in some cases, it can be desirable to constrain a magnetic field provided by first edge attach magnets 1012 and second edge attach magnets 1016 in order to avoid or at least control adverse magnetic affects on sensitive magnetic circuits such as compass 120 (whose position is indicated in relation to first edge attach magnets 1012 when segmented body 1002 is in the fully closed configuration). In order to control the adverse affects of the magnetic field generated by first edge attach magnets 1012, field shaping magnets 1022 can be placed in positions that can reduce a magnetic offset experienced by compass 120. Moreover, as shown in insert 1024, first edge attach magnets 1012 (as well as second edge attach magnets 1016) can be shaped in such a way that leakage magnetic flux Φleakage between the constituent magnets can be substantially reduced. In the embodiment shown in insert 1024, magnets 1026 are trapezoidal in form that limits the amount of magnetic flux Φleakage. In this way, the magnetic offset at compass 120 caused by first edge attach magnets 1012 can be maintained with an acceptable range. For example, the magnetic offset at compass 120 from edge attach magnets 1012 can be on the order of 10° or less at a reference location.
M3:{[P1,P2,P1],[P1,P2],[P2,P1],[P1,P2],[P2,P1,[P1,P2][P2,P1,P2]}
M4:{[P1,B,P1],[P1,P2],[P2,P1],[P1,P2],[P2,P1,[P1,P2][P2,B,P2]}
a housing with a full front opening and a back opposite the full front opening;
a display carried by the housing arranged to present visual content;
an outer protective layer overlaying the display that is disposed within the front opening and carried by the housing; and
a sensor carried by the housing and coupled to a processor, the sensor configured to detect energy that is emitted by an element and that passes through the back of the housing,
wherein in response to detecting the energy from the element that passes through the back of the housing, the sensor provides a signal including detection information indicating a spatial relationship between the sensor and the element that is used by the processor to operate the electronic device in a pre-defined manner based on the spatial relationship between the sensor and the element.
a housing including a front surface and a rear surface;
a sensor carried by the housing and coupled to the processor, the sensor configured to detect a magnetic field produced by an element external to the housing, the magnetic field emanating from the rear surface of the housing,
wherein the sensor is triggered by the magnetic field produced by the element when the magnetic field exceeds a minimum detection threshold, and
wherein, when the sensor is triggered, the sensor provides a signal including detection information to the processor to alter operation of the electronic device in a pre-defined manner based on the detection information.
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