US 12,001,261 B2
Power optimization for smartwatch
Vishnu Vardhan Kasilya Sudarsan, Bangalore (IN); Jaipal Reddy, Bidar (IN); Pruthvi Raj Singh, Hyderabad (IN); and Shilpa Melinamutt, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/809,169.
Prior Publication US 2023/0418356 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G04G 21/02 (2010.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06F 1/3203 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 1/3231 (2013.01) [G04G 21/02 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/166 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:
determining a change in ambient light received by a light sensor of the wireless device;
determining positional information of the wireless device using a motion sensor, the positional information including an angle of the wireless device, a rotation of the wireless device, a movement of the wireless device, or a combination thereof;
activating, while a display of the wireless device is turned off, a low power image sensor for a face detection process based on at least one of the change in the ambient light or the positional information of the wireless device; and
turning on the display of the wireless device based on a detected face from the face detection process by the low power image sensor corresponding to an authorized user face.