SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFERRING POWER CONSUMPTION BY POST-PROCESSING SENSOR DATA

摘要

Systems and methods for determining a battery-level of an electronic device and conserving the battery charge of the electronic device are disclosed. The battery consumption of an electronic device may be reduced when the user or the device learns via user input or determines via prediction that the battery will be depleted before the next possible charge cycle. Reducing battery consumption could be accomplished by accessing an application requiring less power consumption and/or delaying post-processing of sensor data related to that application, for example a camera application. Prediction of battery life could include determining the time to the next expected battery charge and delaying the processing of sensor data until the electronic device is plugged in and charging or has reached a predetermined charge level.

主权项

1. A system for deferring power consumption of an electronic device, comprising:
a memory component configured to store sensor data; a processor coupled to the memory component, the processor configured to retrieve the sensor data from the memory component and perform processing of the sensor data in at least two operational modes including a sensor data processing normal power operation mode and a sensor data processing low power operation mode, the low power operation mode consuming less power than the normal power operation mode; and a control module stored in the memory component, the control module including instructions configured to operate the processor to
determine a low power condition that is based on at least one of a threshold battery charge level below which the electronic device will enter the low power operation mode or a threshold time after which the device will enter the low power operation mode; andoperate the device in the low power operation mode based on whether the low power condition occurs.