Proximity sensor calibration and configuration

A method comprising:

• under control of a user device configured with executable instructions,
• measuring capacitance using a proximity sensor to obtain proximity data;
• determining refined proximity data by analyzing the proximity data and removing outlier data;
• comparing the refined proximity data to previously obtained proximity data, the previously obtained proximity data including a set of capacitance values indicating that the user device is within a threshold distance of a human body, the previously obtained proximity data being associated with a set of transmission power levels;
• and
• in response to determining, by the user device, that the refined proximity data is within a threshold range of the previously obtained proximity data, transmitting information at the set of transmission power levels associated with the previously obtained proximity data.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

• collecting, via a proximity sensor, a plurality of samples of proximity data from a user device to determine whether a portion of the user device is within a threshold distance from a human body;
• analyzing the plurality of samples of the proximity data to create refined proximity data that excludes outlier samples of the proximity data obtained during the collecting;
• comparing the refined proximity data to at least one of previously obtained proximity data or default proximity data, based at least in part on the refined proximity data being within a threshold range of the previously obtained proximity data, wherein transmission power levels associated with the previously obtained proximity data are different from transmission power levels associated with the default proximity data;
• and
• setting a transmission power level of a wireless transceiver based at least in part on the comparison such that the transmission power levels associated with the previously obtained proximity data are used to transmit information when the refined proximity data is within a threshold range of the previously obtained proximity data.

A user device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory to store processor-executable instructions;
• a proximity sensor under control of the one or more processors configured to obtain proximity data indicative of a proximity of the user device to a human body;
• a wireless transceiver under control of the one or more processors configured to communicate wirelessly with another device;
• a proximity data analyzer stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the proximity data analyzer to receive the proximity data obtained by the proximity sensor and create refined proximity data by removing outlier data from the proximity data;
• and
• a transmission power manager stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors, the transmission power manager configured to:
• compare the refined proximity data to at least one of previously obtained proximity data or default proximity data, based at least in part on the refined proximity data being within a threshold range of the previously obtained proximity data, wherein transmission power levels associated with the previously obtained proximity data are different from transmission power levels associated with the default proximity data;
• and
• set a transmission power level of the wireless transceiver based at least in part on the comparison such that the transmission power levels associated with the previously obtained proximity data are used to transmit information when the refined proximity data is within a threshold range of the previously obtained proximity data.