User presence detection keyboard with configurable sleep mode control

A keyboard connected to a computer device, the keyboard comprises a system for putting the computer device into sleep mode, including one or more processors in communication with:

• (a) a radar module for detecting movement of the user;
• and
• (b) data storage, including instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform the steps of:
• (i) activating a timer to count for a predetermined amount of time;
• (ii) generate motion data with the radar module;
• (iii) if the motion data indicates that movement has been detected, then repeat steps (i) to (ii);
• (iv) if the timer has not expired, then repeat step (ii);
• (v) generating a sleep mode instruction to put the computer device into sleep mode;
• wherein the system allows for different configurations for processing the motion data and generating the sleep mode instruction;
• wherein the different configurations of the system comprise the following configurations:
• (i) processing the motion data on the keyboard, and the sleep mode instruction is generated by the system to put the computer device into sleep mode;
• (ii) processing the motion data on the keyboard, and the sleep mode instruction is generated by the computer device to put the computer device into sleep mode;
• (iii) processing the motion data on the computer device, and the sleep mode instruction is generated by the computer device to put the computer device into sleep mode,
• wherein the keyboard is a physical and the system is housed within or partly within the keyboard;
• and
• wherein the keyboard further comprises:
• a microcontroller unit to support communication with the computer device and operations of the system;
• a user configurable timing slide switch for setting the predetermined amount of time for the timer;
• and
• an operating system slide switch for selecting a type of operating system being used by the computer device so that the correct sleep mode instruction can be generated for the operating system.