US 12,483,781 B2
Power manager to support less-than-nominal conditions in a machine vision system
Christopher P. Klicpera, Westbury, NY (US); Nina Feinstein, Hicksville, NY (US); Matthew Lawrence Horner, Sound Beach, NY (US); Thomas Fitzgerald, Coventry, CT (US); and John P. Evans, Levittown, NY (US)
Assigned to Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed by ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/380,880.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,571, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0353412 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/651 (2023.01) [H04N 23/73 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing power within an imaging device, the method comprising:
determining an interface of the imaging device via which the imaging device is receiving power;
based on the interface, determining a power budget associated with the interface;
determining which fixed load components of the imaging device are enabled;
calculating a remaining power budget by subtracting a power consumption of the enabled fixed load components from the power budget;
responsive to the remaining power budget being positive, configuring one or more non-fixed load components such that a total power consumption of the non-fixed load components does not exceed the remaining power budget; and
responsive to the remaining power budget being negative, providing, via a user interface, a notification of insufficient power budget.