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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Koichi Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Graham Clift, El Cajon, CA (US);
Stephane Lejeune, San Diego, CA (US);
Brant Candelore, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter Shintani, San Diego, CA (US);
Koichi Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Graham Clift, El Cajon, CA (US);
Stephane Lejeune, San Diego, CA (US);
Brant Candelore, San Diego, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system for automatically setting a power saving mode according to a location of a device, such as a TV. The system includes an interface, e.g. GPS receiver, terrestrial broadcast receiver, network interface, etc. for coupling the device to one or more external devices; a processor; programming executable on said processor for performing the following steps: determining the location of the device via communication with the one or more external devices; establishing a power consumption mode according to the determined location of the device and one or more power consumption regulatory requirements associated with said device location; and adjusting a function of the device to modify the power consumption of the device according to said power consumption mode.