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US 9,218,837 B2Granted
Control of storage device
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsManuel Mendoza, Monji G Jabori
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Abstract
Sensor data and audio data are received by a controller. The controller determines if the audio data is above a threshold level. The controller also determines if the sensor data is above a threshold level. The controller can suspend operation of a hard drive based on the data being above or below the threshold level.
Claims20
A portable computing device comprising:
- a sensor capable of determining movement along a first axis and a second axis and generating sensor data of the movement;
- a speaker to output audio;
- a storage device;
- and
- a controller to suspend operation of the storage device when the sensor data is above a first threshold level, wherein the controller adjusts the first threshold level based on a level of audio output being generated by the portable computing device.
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A method of controlling the stoppage of a storage device comprising:
- receiving, by a controller, accelerometer data from an accelerometer;
- receiving, by the controller, audio data;
- determining if the operation of the storage device should be stopped based on whether the audio is playing and whether the data from the accelerometer is above an accelerometer threshold.
A computer readable medium comprising code that if executed by a controller in a computing device causes the controller to:
- receive accelerometer data from an accelerometer;
- receive audio data;
- determine if the operation of the storage device should be stopped based on all of:
- whether the audio is playing, whether the audio level is above an audio threshold, whether the data from the accelerometer is above an accelerometer threshold, whether motion detected by the accelerometer is on only one axis, whether the computing device is operating on battery power and whether a display of the computing device is in a closed or open position;
- wherein stopping operation of the storage device comprises moving a read/write head of the storage device to a parked position spaced further away from a data storage surface of the storage device than when in an operative position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.