Patent ID: 9348405
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A control system for a storage device of a computing device, comprising: receiver logic to receive a proximity signal from a proximity sensor of the computing device, the proximity signal indicative of a distance of a user from the proximity sensor in a proximity sensor coverage area, wherein the proximity sensor is to generate the proximity signal based at least in part on a receipt of electromagnetic radiation reflected off or radiated from the user; transition logic, coupled to the receiver logic, to: state-change logic, coupled to the transition logic, to cause a change in a power state of the storage device from a first power state to a second power state, based at least in part on the out-transition signal, wherein the storage device consumes less power in the second power state than in the first power state, wherein the transition logic is further to determine that the proximity signal satisfies an in-proximity criteria and wherein the in-proximity criteria includes a criterion that allows for a distance of the in-proximity criteria to overlap with a distance of the out-of-proximity criteria.