Managing energy usage in mobile devices
摘要
說明書
The controlled operation relates to changing an operating state of at least one component of the mobile device. The mobile device component may incorporate a heater element. The controlled operation relates to changing an operating state of the heater element between an energized state and a deenergized state, or vice versa.
The monitored environmental characteristic may be, for example, an ambient temperature, a measured humidity level, a computed relative humidity value, and/or a local dew point computed in relation to one or more of the ambient temperature, measured humidity level, or the computed relative humidity value.
The sensing of the characteristic of the mobile device may measure a temperature of the mobile device. The determining of the action may involve computing a dew point based on the sensed mobile device characteristic and the monitored environmental characteristic. The heater element may be energized upon the computed dew point at least meeting and/or exceeding a programmed value. The heater element may be deenergized upon the programmed value exceeding the computed dew point.
The monitoring of the environmental characteristic may be performed continuously, repeatedly, or periodically. The tracking of the location of the mobile device in relation to the at least two environments may involve determining a position of the mobile device within a first of the at least two environments, and detecting a change in the position of the mobile device from within the first, to the at least second of the two environments. The method may further include, upon the detecting the change in the position of the mobile device from within the first, to the at least second of the two environments, repeating, in relation to the at least second of the two environments, the informing, the sensing, the comparing, the determining, and the controlling.
