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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2016
Pearl Automation Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Robert Curtis, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Saket Vora, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Brian Sander, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Joseph Fisher, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Bryson Gardner, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Tyler Mincey, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Ryan Du Bois, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Rishabh Bhargava, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Patrick Carroll, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Brian Sutton, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Pearl Automation Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for power management for a retrofit sensor system for a vehicle, the retrofit sensor system including a sensor module that includes a sensor, an energy storage module, an energy harvester, and a wireless communication module. The method includes: determining a driving state predictive of a driving event; operating the sensor module in a mid-power mode; receiving a trigger; operating the sensor module in a high-power mode; wirelessly transmitting data at the sensor module; and operating the sensor module in a low-power mode.