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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Varaprasad V. Lingutla, Fremont, CA (US);
Kartik R. Venkatraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cyril de la Cropte de Chanterac, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bob Bradley, San Jose, CA (US);
Marc J. Krochmal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Matthew D. Perkins, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher S. Linn, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Akshay Mangalam Srivatsa, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This application relates to techniques that adjust the sleep states of a computing device based on proximity detection and predicted user activity. Proximity detection procedures can be used to determine a proximity between the computing device and a remote computing device coupled to the user. Based on these proximity detection procedures, the computing device can either correspondingly increase or decrease the amount power supplied to the various components during either a low-power sleep state or a high-power sleep state. Additionally, historical user activity data gathered on the computing device can be used to predict when the user will likely use the computing device. Based on the gathered historical user activity, deep sleep signals and light sleep signals can be issued at a time when the computing device is placed within a sleep state which can cause it to immediately enter either a low-power sleep state or a high-power sleep state.