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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:
Jan. 17, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:

Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Inventors:

Chih-Hsiang Hsiao, Taipei, TW;

Chi-Hsuan Lin, New Taipei, TW;

Po-Yu Chen, Hsinchu, TW;

Assignee:

MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); G01C 22/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3209 (2013.01); G06F 1/3212 (2013.01); G06F 1/3215 (2013.01); G06F 1/3234 (2013.01); H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 52/0254 (2013.01); H04W 52/0277 (2013.01); G01C 22/006 (2013.01); G06F 1/325 (2013.01); G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/0264 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1292 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

A power-saving method and associated electronic device are provided. The electronic device is connected with a first external electronic device and a second external electronic device, and a first sensor and a second sensor are deployed on the first external electronic device and the second electronic device, respectively. The electronic device includes: a third sensor, and a processor, wherein the first, second, and third sensors have the same type. The processor gathers information from the first pedometer sensor, the second pedometer sensor, the first external electronic device, and the second external electronic device, and determines whether to turn off at least one of the first, second, and third pedometer sensors according to the information gathered.


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