Managing power states of a computing device
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- while a power consumption state of a computing device comprises a powered-down state, receiving, by the computing device, at least one indication of a user contact with at least one surface of the computing device, wherein the user contact is detected by a first sensor of the computing device, and wherein the at least one indication of the user contact conforms with a touch pattern; and
responsive receiving the at least one indication of the user contact with the at least one surface of the computing device;
modifying a power consumption state of a second sensor of the computing device;
receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a user interaction with the computing device, wherein the user interaction is detected by the second sensor; and
responsive to receiving the indication of the user interaction with the computing device, modifying the power consumption state of the computing device from the powered-down state to an active state, wherein the active state determines which of a plurality of components of the computing device receive power.
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Abstract
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for managing power consumption states of a computing device. In one example, a method includes detecting, using at least one sensor of a computing device comprising a plurality of components, at least one indication of user contact with at least one surface of the computing device, wherein the at least one indication of user contact conforms with a touch pattern. The method further includes in response to detecting the at least one indication of user contact with at least one surface of the computing device, modifying a power consumption state of the computing device, wherein which components of the computing device receive power is based on the power consumption state.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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while a power consumption state of a computing device comprises a powered-down state, receiving, by the computing device, at least one indication of a user contact with at least one surface of the computing device, wherein the user contact is detected by a first sensor of the computing device, and wherein the at least one indication of the user contact conforms with a touch pattern; and responsive receiving the at least one indication of the user contact with the at least one surface of the computing device; modifying a power consumption state of a second sensor of the computing device; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a user interaction with the computing device, wherein the user interaction is detected by the second sensor; and responsive to receiving the indication of the user interaction with the computing device, modifying the power consumption state of the computing device from the powered-down state to an active state, wherein the active state determines which of a plurality of components of the computing device receive power. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for causing a programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
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while a power consumption state comprises a powered-down state, receiving at least one indication of a user contact with at least one surface of the computing device, wherein the user contact is detected by a first sensor of the computing device, and wherein the at least one indication of the user contact conforms with a touch pattern; activating, responsive to receiving the at least one indication of the user contact, at least one second sensor of the computing device; receiving an indication of a user interaction with the computing device, wherein the user indication is detected by the second sensor; and responsive to receiving the at least one indication of the user interaction and the indication of user interaction with the computing device, modifying the power consumption state of the computing device from the powered-down state to an active state, wherein the active state determines which of a plurality of components of the computing device are powered on.
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17. A computing device, comprising:
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a first sensor; a second sensor; at least one surface of the computing device; and one or more processors configured to; while a power consumption state of the computing device comprises a powered-down state, receive at least one indication of a user contact with at least one surface of the computing device, wherein the user contact is detected by the first sensor, and wherein the at least one indication of the user contact conforms with a touch pattern, and responsive to receiving the at least one indication of the user contact with the at least one surface of the computing device; modify a power consumption state of a second sensor of the computing device, receive, by the computing device, an indication of a user interaction with the computing device, wherein the user interaction is detected by the second sensor, and responsive to receiving the indication of the user interaction with the computing device, modify the power consumption state of the computing device from the powered-down state to an active state, wherein the active state determines which of a plurality of components of the computing device receive power.
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