Dynamic Wireless Performance Adjustment via Sensor Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile information handling systems have static wireless performance, failing to dynamically adjust based on device orientation, movement, or user proximity, leading to suboptimal wireless connectivity and increased power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A mobile information handling system that uses sensor data and machine learning techniques to dynamically adjust antenna transmission power and initiate roaming processes, adapting to changes in orientation, movement, and user presence to optimize wireless performance and reduce power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If static wireless performance is used, then device complexity is reduced, but wireless connectivity quality deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic wireless performance adjustment by continuously monitoring sensor data (accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensors) and machine learning model outputs to adaptively modify antenna transmission power in real-time, transforming the static wireless system into a dynamic one that responds to device orientation, movement, and user proximity
Solution Approach 2:
The system employs feedback mechanisms where sensor data and machine learning predictions about user proximity and device state are continuously fed back to the wireless performance modulator, which adjusts transmission power accordingly, creating a closed-loop control system that optimizes connectivity quality
2Reliability
If transmission power is increased, then wireless connectivity is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dynamically changes the transmission power parameter based on machine learning predictions of user proximity and device state, adjusting it from high power when user presence is detected to low power when user is absent, thereby optimizing the balance between connectivity quality and power consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial transmission power adjustment by increasing power only when and where needed (when user proximity is detected or device is in optimal orientation), rather than maintaining high power continuously, thus achieving improved connectivity only when necessary while conserving energy during normal operation
3Reliability
If transmission power is increased, then electromagnetic radiation increases, but user safety is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses proximity sensor data and machine learning models that detect user presence to dynamically adjust transmission power, converting the potential harm of high electromagnetic radiation into a benefit by reducing power when users are nearby, thereby protecting user safety while maintaining connectivity when needed
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AI summary
A mobile information handling system may include, in an embodiment, a wireless network interface; a wireless performance modulator to adjust the performance of the wireless network interface; and a sensor to receive input descriptive of the environment of the mobile information handling system and provide the input to the wireless performance modulator to adjust the performance of the wireless network interface based on information associated with the sensed environment received by the sensor wherein the sensor is a movement sensor to detect the movement of the mobile information handling system so as to determine, with the wireless performance modulator, whether to initiate a roaming process to search for a wireless network to communicatively couple the mobile handling system upon detection of movement above a threshold level.