Patent ID: 9720389
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G05B,H04W,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for reducing power consumption by an electronic device, the method comprising: determining, by an application processor of the electronic device, whether an operation switch condition for switching to a sleep mode is satisfied, wherein the operation switch condition is satisfied if one of (i) when a remaining power of a battery of the terminal is less than a threshold or (ii) when a user input has not been inputted for at least a preset time; sending, by the application processor, a request for execution of a context recognition function to a control unit of the electronic device, if the operation switch condition is satisfied; and switching, by the application processor, to the sleep mode; based on a re-switch condition for switching from the sleep mode to the operation mode, switching to an operation mode; and correcting an error in state information received from the control unit.