Context Symbol

- Symbol Representing Hardware And Software Processing Of Sensor Input

Here is a blog post describing the rationale for this symbol.

Symbol Design

The design is based on the letter C, which is the first letter in the word Context.

The symbol dimensions is based on the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio is depicted visually in the fibonacci spiral:

Assuming we are using 1px as our base unit of measurement.

• Top and Bottom margins is 5px
• Left and Right margins is 8px
• Right Circle has a 13px diameter
• Center Circle has a 21px diameter
• Inner diameter of the C is 34px
• Outer diameter of the C is 55px
• Entire image dimensions are 71px × 65px

A 45° notch is cut out of the right side

Product Examples

Tesla Autopilot

iOS 10 and Android M

Nest Thermostat

Action Items

Here are some ideas for next steps.

• [ ] Submit to IEEE / ISO standard body
• [ ] Submit Unicode proposal - http://unicode.org
• [ ] Submit Emoji proposal - http://unicode.org/emoji/
• [ ] Add to Font Awesome - http://fontawesome.io
• [ ] Add to The Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com

License

The MIT License (MIT)