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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Edward Allen Valko, San Jose, CA (US);
Matt Waldon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rudolph Van Der Merwe, Portland, OR (US);
William Matthew Vieta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Myra Haggerty, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alex T. Nelson, Portland, OR (US);
Karen Louise Jenkins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Thomas Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Jan Erik Solem, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Allen Valko, San Jose, CA (US);
Matt Waldon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rudolph van der Merwe, Portland, OR (US);
William Matthew Vieta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Myra Haggerty, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alex T. Nelson, Portland, OR (US);
Karen Louise Jenkins, Mountain View, CA (US);
Scott Thomas Smith, San Jose, CA (US);
Jan Erik Solem, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment may take the form of a method of operating a computing device in a reduced power state and collecting a first set of data from at least one sensor. Based on the first set of data, the computing device determines a probability that an object is within a threshold distance of the computing device and, if so, the device activates at least one secondary sensor to collect a second set of data. Based on the second set of data, the device determines if the object is a person. If it is a person, a position of the person relative to the computing device is determined and the computing device changes its state based on the position of the person. If the object is not a person, the computing device remains in a reduced power state.