Method for detecting false wake conditions of a portable electronic device

• US 9,710,048 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2011
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhao, Hong, Budnick, Dennis J., Karvekar, Makarand M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): BIBBEE, CHAYCE R
• Application Number:
  US13/251,632
• Publication Number:
  US 20130082939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,115 Days
• Field of Search: 345173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3218 of display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

There is described a portable electronic device capable of detecting false wake conditions, and a method thereof. The portable electronic device comprises a sensor circuit and a display. The sensor circuit detects double tap data associated with user input and motion data subsequent to the double tap data within a predetermined time period. The sensor circuit also determines whether the motion data corresponds to at least one criterion associated with non-user input. The display wakes from a sleep state in response to the sensor circuit determining that the motion data corresponds to the at least one criterion. For some embodiments, the sensor circuit includes a motion sensor to detect the motion data and a sensor hub to determine whether the motion data corresponds to the at least one criterion.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting, at a sensor circuit of a portable electronic device, movement associated with a double tap input provided at a display of the portable electronic device;

detecting, at the sensor circuit, movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input;

determining, at the sensor circuit, whether the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input corresponds to at least one false wake condition, wherein;

the at least one false wake condition includes orientation data associated with the portable electronic device, and

the orientation data includes at least one interval associated with a dimension orthogonal to a surface of the display, the at least one interval being below a minimum threshold; and

waking the display from a sleep state in response to determining that the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input does not correspond to the at least one false wake condition.

2. The method of claim 1, further wherein the display is configured to remain in the sleep state in response to the sensor circuit determining that the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input corresponds to at least one false wake condition.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the false wake condition is based on average total acceleration after double tap, the average total acceleration being associated with √

{square root over (α

_x²+α

_y²+α

_z²)}, and

the average total acceleration within a predetermined time period subsequent to detection of the double tap input exceeds a predetermined threshold,

where α

_x is an acceleration in the x-direction, α

_y is an acceleration in the y-direction, and α

_z is an acceleration in the z-direction.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the false wake condition is based on a jerk summation detected after double tap, the jerk summation being a sum of change of acceleration in a plurality of axes associated with Δ

α

_x+Δ

α

_y+Δ

α

_z, and the jerk summation is detected within a predetermined time period subsequent to detection of the double tap input exceeds a predetermined threshold, where Δ

α

_x is a change in an acceleration in the x-direction, Δ

α

_y is a change in an acceleration in the y-direction, and Δ

α

_z is a change in an acceleration in the z-direction.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one false wake condition includes data associated with more than two intervals within a predetermined time period subsequent to detection of the double tap input.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the intervals of the associated data are periodic.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one false wake condition comprises random motion data associated with a first interval associated with a first dimension above a first threshold, and a second interval associated with a second dimension above a second threshold, wherein the second dimension is different from the first dimension.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one false wake condition includes bump data including at least one interval associated with a dimension orthogonal to a surface of the display, the at least one interval being above a maximum threshold.

9. A portable electronic device comprising:

a display; and

a sensor circuit configured to;

detect movement associated with a double tap input provided at a display of the portable electronic device,

detect movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to the detection of the double tap input,

determine whether the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to the detection of the double tap input corresponds to at least one false wake condition, wherein;

the at least one false wake condition includes orientation data associated with the portable electronic device, and

the orientation data includes at least one interval associated with a dimension orthogonal to a surface of the display, the at least one interval being below a minimum threshold, and

wake the display from a sleep state in response to determining that the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to the detection of the double tap input does not correspond to the at least one false wake condition.

10. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the sensor circuit includes a motion sensor to detect the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to the detection of the double tap input and a sensor hub to determine whether the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to the detection of the double tap input corresponds to the at least one false wake condition.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the display is configured to remain in the sleep state in response to the sensor circuit determining that the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to the detection of the double tap input does not correspond to the at least one false wake condition.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein:

the at least one false wake condition is based on average total acceleration after double tap associated with √

{square root over (α

_x²α

_y²+α

_z²)}, and

the average total acceleration within a predetermined time period subsequent to detection of the double tap input exceeds a predetermined threshold,

where α

_x is an acceleration in the x-direction, α

_y is an acceleration in the y-direction, and α

_z is an acceleration in the z-direction.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein:

the at least one false wake condition is based on a jerk summation detected after double tap, the jerk summation being a sum of change of acceleration in a plurality of axes associated with Δ

α

_x+Δ

α

_y+Δ

α

_z, and

the jerk summation is detected within a predetermined time period subsequent to detection of the double tap input exceeds a predetermined threshold,

where α

_x is an acceleration in the x-direction, α

_y is an acceleration in the y-direction, and α

_z is an acceleration in the z-direction.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the at least one false wake condition includes data associated with more than two intervals within a predetermined time period subsequent to detection of the double tap input.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the intervals of the associated data are periodic.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the at least one false wake condition comprises random motion data associated with:

a first interval associated with a first dimension above a first threshold, and

a second interval associated with a second dimension above a second threshold, wherein the second dimension is different from the first dimension.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 9, wherein the at least one false wake condition includes bump data including at least one interval associated with a dimension orthogonal to a surface of the display, the at least one interval being above a maximum threshold.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a sensor circuit of a portable computing device, cause the sensor circuit to:

detect movement associated with a double tap input provided at a display of the portable electronic device;

detect movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input;

determine whether the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input corresponds to at least one false wake condition, wherein;

the at least one false wake condition includes orientation data associated with the portable electronic device, and

the orientation data includes at least one interval associated with a dimension orthogonal to a surface of the display, the at least one interval being below a minimum threshold; and

wake the display from a sleep state in response to determining that the movement of the portable electronic device occurring subsequent to detection of the double tap input does not correspond to the at least one false wake condition.