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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hiroshi Horii, Tokyo, JP;

Toru Nagano, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for controlling sensors include analyzing streams of sensor data from respective sensors to determine if multiple streams from the plurality of streams share a context. All but one sensor is deactivated associated with the multiple streams to conserve battery power across the sensors.


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