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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2011
Applicants:

Mark E. Miller, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Guy Rahamim, Chandler, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Mark E. Miller, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Guy Rahamim, Chandler, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Conexant Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/01 (2006.01); G01S 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting a change in environmental conditions utilizing sampling circuitry configured to sample an environmental sensor while a processor remains in a low-power state or a sleep state. According to some embodiments, a pre-filter performs a simplified analysis of the sensor samples to determine if the processor should wake and perform additional analysis on stored sensor samples. Specific examples are provided for detecting motion using passive infrared detectors. Accordingly, systems and methods for reducing the power consumption of a motion detection system are provided herein.


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