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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2022
Stmicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Stmicroelectronics (Beijing) R&d Co. Ltd, Beijing, CN;
Stmicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) Sas, Grenoble, FR;
Arnaud Deleule, San Jose, CA (US);
Kalyan-Kumar Vadlamudi-Reddy, San Jose, CA (US);
Darin K Winterton, San Jose, CA (US);
Jihong Chen, Beijing, CN;
Olivier Lemarchand, Grenoble, FR;
STMICROELETRONICS (BEIJING) R&D CO., LTD., Beijing, CN;
STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS, Grenoble, FR;
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Coppell, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for operating an electronic device includes while a display is in low power mode, detecting based on data collected by a time of flight (ToF) sensor, a movable object within a field of view of the electronic device; in response to the detecting initiating a period of detection having a plurality of frames, the period of detection being a time period over which a distance value indicative of a distance between the movable object and the display is detected; for each of the plurality of frames, changing the distance value to reflect whether the movable object is moving near or further from the electronic device; detecting that the distance value after the period of detection is less than a threshold distance value indicative of the movable object approaching the display; if the distance value is less than the threshold distance value, waking up the display.