Techniques and apparatus to manage power in wireless device

Abstract

An apparatus may include a sensor, a processor circuit, and an adaptive scanning component for execution on the processor circuit to receive sensor data from the sensor, to determine activity state based upon the received sensor data, and to adjust a wireless network scanning procedure in accordance with the received sensor data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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         29 . An apparatus, comprising:
 one or more sensors;   one or more radio devices; and   logic, at least partially implemented in hardware, the logic to:
 receive sensor data from at least one of the one or more sensors, 
 determine an activity state based on the sensor data, 
 control a respective scanning rate for at least one radio device of the one or more radio devices based on whether the activity state indicates an expected change in at least one wireless network connection associated with the at least one radio device. 
   
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the one or more sensors comprising at least one of an accelerometer, a gyrometer, and an illumination detector. 
     
     
         31 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the one or more radio devices comprising at least one of a WiFi radio device, a Bluetooth device, and a peer-to-peer (P2P) radio device. 
     
     
         32 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the one or more sensors comprising an illumination detector to detect an illumination level, and the adaptive scanning component to determine the activity state based on the illumination level above or below an illumination threshold. 
     
     
         33 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the one or more sensors comprising an illumination detector to detect an illumination level and an accelerometer to detect an acceleration frequency, and the adaptive scanning component to determine the activity state based on at least one of the illumination level above or below an illumination threshold and the acceleration frequency above or below an acceleration frequency threshold. 
     
     
         34 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the activity state to indicate the at least one wireless network connection to remain connected in a wireless network for a time period when at least one of an acceleration frequency is below a frequency threshold and an illumination level is below an illumination threshold, and the respective scanning rate to decrease from a current level for the at least one radio device if the associated wireless network connection is to remain connected. 
     
     
         35 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the activity state to indicate the at least one wireless network connection to disconnect from in a wireless network within a time period when at least one of the acceleration frequency is above a frequency threshold and an illumination level is above an illumination threshold, and the respective scanning rate to increase from a current level for the at least one radio device if the associated wireless network connection is to disconnect. 
     
     
         36 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the adaptive scanning component to decrease the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is below an illumination threshold and an acceleration frequency is below a frequency threshold. 
     
     
         37 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the adaptive scanning component to increase the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is variable and an acceleration frequency is above a frequency threshold. 
     
     
         38 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , the adaptive scanning component to decrease the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is below an illumination threshold. 
     
     
         39 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving, by circuitry, sensor data from at least one of one or more sensors;   determining, by circuitry, an activity state based on the sensor data; and   controlling, by the circuitry, a respective scanning rate for at least one radio device based on whether activity state indicates an expected change in at least one wireless network connection associated with the at least one radio device.   
     
     
         40 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 39 , the one or more sensors comprising an illumination detector to detect an illumination level, and the method comprising determining the activity state based on the illumination level above or below an illumination threshold. 
     
     
         41 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 39 , the one or more sensors comprising an illumination detector to detect an illumination level and an accelerometer to detect an acceleration frequency, and the method comprising determining the activity state based on at least one of the illumination level above or below an illumination threshold and the acceleration frequency above or below an acceleration frequency threshold. 
     
     
         42 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 39 , the activity state to indicate the at least one wireless network connection to remain connected in a wireless network for a time period when at least one of an acceleration frequency is below a frequency threshold and an illumination level is below an illumination threshold, and the respective scanning rate to decrease from a current level for the at least one radio device if the associated wireless network connection is to remain connected. 
     
     
         43 . The computer-implemented method of  39 , the activity state to indicate the at least one wireless network connection to disconnect from in a wireless network within a time period when at least one of the acceleration frequency is above a frequency threshold and an illumination level is above an illumination threshold, and the respective scanning rate to increase from a current level for the at least one radio device if the associated wireless network connection is to disconnect. 
     
     
         44 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 39 , comprising decreasing the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is below an illumination threshold and an acceleration frequency is below a frequency threshold. 
     
     
         45 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 39 , comprising increasing the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is variable and an acceleration frequency is above a frequency threshold. 
     
     
         46 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 39 , comprising decreasing the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is below an illumination threshold. 
     
     
         47 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a system to:
 receive sensor data from at least one of one or more sensors;   determine an activity state based on the sensor data; and   control a respective scanning rate for at least one radio device based on whether the activity state indicates an expected change in at least one wireless network connection associated with the at least one radio device.   
     
     
         48 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 47 , the one or more sensors comprising an illumination detector to detect an illumination level, and the storage medium comprising instructions to cause the system to determine the activity state based on the illumination level above or below an illumination threshold. 
     
     
         49 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 47 , the one or more sensors comprising an illumination detector to detect an illumination level and an accelerometer to detect an acceleration frequency, and the storage medium comprising instructions to cause the system to determine the activity state based on at least one of the illumination level above or below an illumination threshold and the acceleration frequency above or below an acceleration frequency threshold. 
     
     
         50 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 47 , the activity state to indicate the at least one wireless network connection to remain connected in a wireless network for a time period when at least one of an acceleration frequency is below a frequency threshold and an illumination level is below an illumination threshold, and the respective scanning rate to decrease from a current level for the at least one radio device if the associated wireless network connection is to remain connected. 
     
     
         51 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 47 , the activity state to indicate the at least one wireless network connection to disconnect from in a wireless network within a time period when at least one of the acceleration frequency is above a frequency threshold and an illumination level is above an illumination threshold, and the respective scanning rate to increase from a current level for the at least one radio device if the associated wireless network connection is to disconnect. 
     
     
         52 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 47 , comprising instructions to cause the system to increase the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is variable and an acceleration frequency is above a frequency threshold. 
     
     
         53 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 47 , comprising instructions to cause the system to decrease the respective scanning rate when an illumination level is below an illumination threshold and/or when an acceleration frequency is below a frequency threshold.