Self-Powered Devices and Methods
First Claim
1. A self-powered device configured to selectively communicate with a remote computing device, the self-powered device comprising:
- means for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation, wherein the plurality of modes of operation include a first mode of operation in which the self-powered device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power, and a second mode of operation in which self-powered device consumes more than the pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power;
means for conserving power by alternating between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation, such that the self-powered device is in the second mode of operation during pre-determined or adaptively-determined time intervals, and wherein a duty-cycle of the second mode of operation relative to the first mode of operation is in accordance with a power budget for the self-powered device; and
means for communicating with the remote computing device only during the second mode of operation.
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Abstract
A system includes a computing device that selectively communicates with a self-powered device. The self-powered device has several modes of operation, including a first low-power mode of operation and a second high-power mode of operation. The self-powered device is to communicate with the computing device when the self-powered device is in the second mode of operation. The self-powered device may conserve power by alternating between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation such that the self-powered device is in the second mode of operation during pre-determined or adaptively-determined time intervals. A duty-cycle of the second mode of operation relative to the first mode of operation may be in accordance with a power budget for the self-powered device.
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1. A self-powered device configured to selectively communicate with a remote computing device, the self-powered device comprising:
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means for selecting one of a plurality of modes of operation, wherein the plurality of modes of operation include a first mode of operation in which the self-powered device consumes less than a pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power, and a second mode of operation in which self-powered device consumes more than the pre-determined or adaptively-determined amount of power; means for conserving power by alternating between the first mode of operation and the second mode of operation, such that the self-powered device is in the second mode of operation during pre-determined or adaptively-determined time intervals, and wherein a duty-cycle of the second mode of operation relative to the first mode of operation is in accordance with a power budget for the self-powered device; and means for communicating with the remote computing device only during the second mode of operation.
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