IP Library Patent Application 18508681
Patent Application
App. No. 18/508,681

APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROCESSOR FOR CHANGING UNDERWATER DEVICE OPERATION

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18/508,681
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for changing underwater device operation. One apparatus includes a sensor, at least one memory, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to: receive, by use of the sensor, data corresponding to an environmental factor; determine whether the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater; and, in response to the data indicating that the apparatus is underwater, change operation of the apparatus.

Claims (33)

1 . An apparatus comprising:

a sensor;

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the apparatus to:

receive, by use of the sensor, data corresponding to an environmental factor;

determine whether the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater; and

in response to the data indicating that the apparatus is underwater, change operation of the apparatus.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus comprises a smart watch.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a barometric pressure sensor.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater in response to a measured barometric pressure passing a threshold rate of change.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein changing the operation of the apparatus comprises disabling a feature of the apparatus, enabling a feature of the apparatus, or a combination thereof.

6 . A method comprising:

receiving, by use of a sensor of an apparatus, data corresponding to an environmental factor;

determining, by use of at least one processor of the apparatus, whether the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater; and

in response to the data indicating that the apparatus is underwater, changing operation of the apparatus.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the apparatus comprises a smart watch.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the sensor comprises a barometric pressure sensor.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the data comprises barometric pressor data.

10 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the environmental factor comprises barometric pressure.

11 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater in response to a measured barometric pressure passing a threshold value.

12 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater in response to a measured barometric pressure passing a threshold rate of change.

13 . The method of claim 6 , wherein changing the operation of the apparatus comprises disabling a feature of the apparatus, enabling a feature of the apparatus, or a combination thereof.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein disabling a feature of the apparatus comprises disabling a touch screen of the apparatus.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein enabling a feature of the apparatus comprises enabling an underwater function of the apparatus.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the underwater function of the apparatus comprises a swim mode of the apparatus.

17 . The method of claim 6 , wherein determining whether the data indicates that the apparatus is underwater comprises detecting whether a measurement of the sensor is outside of a predetermined set of measurements.

18 . A processor, comprising:

at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:

receive, by use of a sensor, data corresponding to an environmental factor;

determine whether the data indicates that the processor is underwater; and

in response to the data indicating that the processor is underwater, changing operation of the processor.

19 . The processor of claim 18 , wherein the sensor comprises a barometric pressure sensor.

20 . The processor of claim 18 , wherein the data indicates that the processor is underwater in response to a measured barometric pressure passing a threshold rate of change.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 066104/0104 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2023
From: LI, SCOTT; STOLBIKOV, IGOR; KAPINOS, ROBERT J
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 065914/0188 →