Output power adjustments based on sensors
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSimon Wong, Shih-Huang Wu
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Abstract
An example electronic device includes a wireless communication component and a controller. The controller is to set an output power of the wireless communication component based on: whether a first external object is in proximity to a first side of the electronic device; whether the electronic device is stationary; and whether a second external object is in proximity to a second side of the electronic device, where the second side is opposite to the first side.
Claims14
An electronic device comprising:
- a wireless communication component;
- and
- a controller to:
- set an output power of the wireless communication component based on:
- whether a first external object is in proximity to a first side of the electronic device;
- whether the electronic device is stationary;
- and
- whether a second external object is in proximity to a second side of the electronic device, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side;
- and
- reduce the output power from a first value to a second value in response to detecting that the first external object is in proximity to the first side, wherein the first value is greater than a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) threshold and the second value is less than or equal to the SAR threshold.
An electronic device comprising:
- a first proximity sensor to generate an active output in response to detecting a presence of an external object in proximity to the electronic device;
- a movement sensor;
- a second proximity sensor positioned in the electronic device to have a different sensing direction than the first proximity sensor;
- a wireless communication component;
- and
- a controller to:
- reduce an output power of the wireless communication component from a first value to a second value in response to detecting the active output, wherein the first value is greater than a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) threshold and the second value is less than or equal to the SAR threshold;
- and
- while the output is active:
- determine whether the electronic device is stationary based on an output from the movement sensor;
- in response to a determination that the electronic device is stationary, determine whether an output from the second proximity sensor is active;
- and
- in response to a determination that the output from the second proximity sensor is inactive, increase the output power.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a controller of an electronic device to:
- reduce an output power of a wireless communication component of the electronic device from a first value to a second value in response to detecting an active output from a first proximity sensor of the electronic device, wherein the first value is greater than a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) threshold and the second value is less than or equal to the SAR threshold;
- and
- while the output is active:
- determine whether the electronic device is stationary based on an output from a movement sensor of the electronic device;
- in response to a determination that the electronic device is stationary, determine whether an output from a second proximity sensor of the electronic device is active;
- and
- in response to a determination that the output from the second proximity sensor is inactive, increase the output power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.