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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2015
Power management scheme for portable data collection devices utilizing location and position sensors
Applicant:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Inventors:
James T. Sauerwein, Charlotte, NC (US);
Douglas M. Hinson, Monroe, NC (US);
Assignee:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Fort Mill, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data collection device (DCD) is placed in a first low power mode after the DCD has been in a first predetermined position, and placed in a second low power mode after a first predetermined period of time. In another embodiment the DCD includes a wireless telephone, and a proximity sensor which detects when the DCD is close to a user's face, wherein the telephone is automatically put in a handset mode when the DCD is close to a user's face, and automatically put in a speakerphone mode when the DCD is not close to a user's face.