Managing energy usage in mobile devices
摘要
說明書
At 37, the at least one energy-using operation of the mobile device is controlled, based on the determined action.
The controlled operation 37 relates to changing an operating state of at least one component of the mobile device. The example mobile device component may include a heater element 144. The controlled operation relates to changing an operating state of the heater element between an energized state and a deenergized state, or vice versa, or alternatively a variable level of heating somewhere between energized and deenergized.
The monitored environmental characteristic 31 may be 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 34 of the characteristic of the mobile device may include measuring a temperature of the mobile device. The determining of the action 36 may include 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.
