Device that manages power provided to an object sensor
AssigneeUniversal Electronics Inc.
InventorsStephen Brian Gates, Jeremy K. Black
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Abstract
A hand-held device with a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface enables power to the sensor at a first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is stationary and adjacent relative to the object surface, enables power to the sensor at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is moving and adjacent relative to the object surface, and enables power to the sensor at a third time interval when the hand-held device is determined to be in a position that is removed relative to the object surface.
Claims11
A hand-held device, comprising:
- a processing device;
- a sensor coupled to the processing device;
- a plurality of input receiving elements coupled to the processing device;
- a first transmission device coupled to the processing device;
- a second transmission device coupled to the processing device;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processing device, the memory having stored thereon instructions wherein, when executed by the processing device, cause the hand-held device, to perform steps comprising:
- using signals received from the sensor to determine when the hand-held portable device is positioned proximate to an object surface and to determine when the hand-held portable device is removed from the object surface;
- and
- causing the hand-held device to automatically transition from a first operational mode to a second operational mode when it is determined from a signal received from the sensor that the hand-held portable device has been moved proximate to the object surface and to automatically transition from the second operational mode back to the first operational mode when it is determined from a signal received from the sensor that the hand-held portable device has been subsequently moved away from the object surface;
- wherein, in the first operational mode, the hand-held device is configured to use the first transmission device when transmitting one or more communications in response to an activation of one or more of the plurality of input receiving elements and, in the second operational mode, the hand-held device is configured to use the second transmission device when transmitting one or more communications in response to an activation of one or more of the plurality of input receiving elements and wherein the first transmission device is different from the second command transmission device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.