Paired Device Wireless Control for Co-Location Power Saving
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Solution Overview
Problem
The continuous operation of short range wireless communication components for co-location detection in mobile devices consumes significant power resources, which are often limited, necessitating a solution to optimize power consumption.
Innovation Solution
A power optimization component periodically queries location services to determine the geographic distance between paired client devices and disables co-location detection when the distance exceeds a threshold, resuming detection when devices are within a co-location range, using location data to manage power consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If short range wireless communication components operate continuously for co-location detection, then detection capability is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses location services periodically to determine geographic distance between devices, and only activates short range wireless communication when devices are within threshold distance, converting continuous operation to periodic/conditional operation to reduce power consumption while maintaining detection capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary location-based distance calculation before activating short range wireless communication, ensuring that the communication component is only enabled when geographically appropriate, thus avoiding unnecessary power consumption while maintaining detection readiness
2Use of energy by moving object
If short range wireless communication is disabled to save power, then power consumption is reduced, but co-location detection reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors location data and dynamically adjusts the state of short range wireless communication based on real-time distance calculations, enabling the system to respond to changing conditions and maintain detection reliability when needed while saving power when not needed
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces location services and distance calculation as an intermediary layer between the devices and short range wireless communication, using this intermediary to intelligently control when communication should be active, thus balancing power consumption with detection reliability
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AI summary
The technical problem of optimizing power consumption of paired user devices is addressed by disabling and resuming short range wireless communication components of the paired user devices. The disabling and resuming of the short range wireless communication components may be determined based on a comparison of a distance between the paired user devices and a threshold distance. The threshold distance may be adjusted by a machine learning model according to user profiles associated with the paired user devices. The distance between the paired user devices may be determined based on location data of the paired user devices. The location data may be obtained by global positioning systems (GPS) mounted on the paired user devices. The location data may be communicated between the paired user devices via a messaging server.