Sensor based signal transmission methods and apparatuses
First Claim
1. A signal transmission apparatus with fail-safe properties, the signal transmission apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter to transmit a communication signal of the signal transmission apparatus at least at a first power level;
a sensor to monitor a process that is external to the signal transmission apparatus and to provide an output signal indicating a change in a state of the process; and
a control module communicatively coupled with the sensor and the transmitter, to determine whether the output signal provided by the sensor has indicated a change in the process that is external to the signal transmission apparatus over a threshold time period, and cause the transmitter to switch the transmission of the communication signal from the first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level, based at least in part on a result of the determination.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for a signal transmission for an apparatus, such as a mobile or wearable device, based on sensor fail-safety. In one instance, the apparatus may comprise a transmitter to transmit a communication signal of the apparatus at a first power level, a sensor to monitor a process that is external to the apparatus and to provide an output signal indicating a change in a state of the process, and a control module communicatively coupled with the sensor and transmitter, to determine whether the output signal provided by the sensor has indicated a change in the external process over a threshold time period, and, based on a result of this determination, cause the transmitter to switch the transmission from the first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
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20 Claims
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1. A signal transmission apparatus with fail-safe properties, the signal transmission apparatus comprising:
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a transmitter to transmit a communication signal of the signal transmission apparatus at least at a first power level; a sensor to monitor a process that is external to the signal transmission apparatus and to provide an output signal indicating a change in a state of the process; and a control module communicatively coupled with the sensor and the transmitter, to determine whether the output signal provided by the sensor has indicated a change in the process that is external to the signal transmission apparatus over a threshold time period, and cause the transmitter to switch the transmission of the communication signal from the first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level, based at least in part on a result of the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A fail-safe communication method, comprising:
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receiving, at a control module of an apparatus that includes a transmitter to transmit a communication signal and a sensor to monitor a process that is external to the apparatus, an output signal provided by the sensor; determining, by the control module, whether the output signal provided by the sensor has indicated a change in the process that is external to the apparatus over a threshold time period; and switching, by the control module, a transmission of the communication signal from a first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level, based at least in part on the output signal received at the control module. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more non-transitory computing device-readable media having instructions for transmission of a communication signal by a transmitter of a computing device that, in response to execution on the computing device, cause the computing device to:
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receive an output signal provided by a sensor to monitor a process that is external to the computing device; determine whether the output signal provided by the sensor has indicated a change in the process that is external to the computing device over a threshold time period; and cause the transmitter to switch the transmission of the communication signal from a first power level to a second power level that is lower than the first power level, based at least in part on a result of the determination. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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