Adaptive State Control for Short-Range Communication Assemblies
AssigneeZebra Technologies Corporation
InventorsMarek Trusinski, Yi Wei, Rohan Chopra
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Abstract
A method in a computing device includes: setting, at a controller of the computing device, an antenna of a short-range wireless communication assembly to a first state; obtaining, at the controller, sensor data associated with an object adjacent to the computing device; determining at the controller, whether the sensor data satisfies a criterion indicating that the object is a short-range communication device; and when the sensor data satisfies the criterion, setting the antenna to a second state.
Claims23
A method in a computing device, the method comprising:
- setting, at a controller of the computing device, an antenna of a short-range wireless communication assembly to a first state;
- obtaining, at the controller, sensor data associated with an object adjacent to the computing device;
- determining at the controller, whether the sensor data satisfies a criterion indicating that the object is a short-range communication device;
- and
- when the sensor data satisfies the criterion, setting the antenna to a second state.
A computing device, comprising:
- a short-range wireless communication assembly including an antenna;
- a sensor;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- set the antenna to a first state;
- obtain, from the sensor, sensor data associated with an object adjacent to the computing device;
- determine whether the sensor data satisfies a criterion indicating that the object is a short-range communication device;
- and
- when the sensor data satisfies the criterion, set the antenna to a second state.
A method in a computing device, the method comprising:
- activating a rear-facing antenna of a short-range wireless communication assembly;
- obtaining, at a controller of the computing device, sensor data associated with an object adjacent to the computing device;
- determining, at the controller, whether the sensor data satisfies a criterion indicating that the object is a short-range communication device;
- and
- when the sensor data satisfies the criterion, disabling the antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.