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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Applicant:
Thomas Menzl, Villingen, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Menzl, Villingen, DE;
Assignee:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems, GmbH, Karlsbad, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sleep timer for changing a power state of a device includes a detector, a memory, a sleep interval setting unit, a timer, and a power unit. The detector detects interactions between a user and an active device. The memory is linked to the detector and stores the historical user interaction data. Based on the historical user interaction data, the sleep interval setting unit adjusts the sleep timer's sleep interval. The timer determines a power changing point in time based on the sleep interval. At the power state changing point in time, the power unit initiates a power state change.