Locations determinations
View Patent ↗In some examples, an electronic device includes a photosensor and a controller. The controller determines a first delta value and a second delta value via the photosensor. The first delta value is associated with a first lighting attribute of a first location, and the second delta value is associated with a second lighting attribute of the first location. The controller determines if the electronic device has moved from the first location to a second location based on the first delta value and the second delta value.
1 . An electronic device, comprising:
a photosensor; and
a controller to:
determine a first delta value and a second delta value via the photosensor, the first delta value associated with a first lighting attribute of a first location, and the second delta value associated with a second lighting attribute of the first location;
in response to the first delta value being within a first attribute range and the second delta value being within a second attribute range, determine correlations between the first delta value, the second delta value, the first location, and a second location; and
compare the correlations to determine if the electronic device has moved from the first location to the second location.
2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first lighting attribute is a lighting intensity, a lighting color temperature, a lighting chromaticity, a lighting flickering frequency, a proximity of the electronic device to a lighting source, or a combination thereof.
3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second lighting attribute is a different one of the lighting intensity, the lighting color temperature, the lighting chromaticity, the lighting flickering frequency, the proximity of the electronic device to the lighting source, or the combination thereof, than the first lighting attribute.
4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to adjust a resource setting in response to a determination that the electronic device has moved from the first location to the second location.
5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the resource setting comprises a display setting associated with a display device or an audio setting associated with an audio device.
6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the controller is to determine the resource setting based on a location profile associated with the second location.
7 . The electronic device of claim 1 , comprising an image sensor, and wherein the controller is to:
cause the image sensor to capture an image in response to a determination that the electronic device has moved from the first location to the second location; and
verify the second location utilizing the image.
8 . An electronic device, comprising:
a photosensor; and
a controller to:
determine a first delta value, a second delta value, a third delta value, and a fourth delta value via the photosensor, the first delta value and the third delta value associated with a first lighting attribute of lighting, and the second delta value and the fourth delta value associated with a second lighting attribute of the lighting;
enable a timer in response to a determination that the first delta value is within a first attribute range and the second delta value is within a second attribute range;
determine an elapsed time of the timer in response to a determination that the third delta value is outside the first attribute range and the fourth delta value is outside the second attribute range;
in response to the elapsed time being within a first time range, determine the electronic device has moved from a first location to a second location; and
in response to the elapsed time being within a second time range, determine the electronic device has moved from the first location to a third location.
9 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is to determine the third delta value and the fourth delta value subsequent in time to determining the first delta value and the second delta value, respectively.
10 . The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the controller is to adjust a resource setting from a first setting to a second setting in response to the electronic device moving from the first location to the second location or to the third location.
11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the controller is to retrieve the second setting from a location profile for the second location or a location profile for the third location.
12 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the resource setting comprises a display setting associated with a display device or an audio setting associated with an audio device.
13 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing machine-readable instructions, which, when executed by a controller, cause the controller to:
determine a first delta value and a second delta value via a photosensor, the first delta value associated with a first lighting attribute of lighting, and the second delta value associated with a second lighting attribute of the lighting;
in response to the first delta value being within a first attribute range and the second delta value being within a second attribute range, determine correlations between the first delta value and the second delta value and multiple locations; and
compare the correlations to determine in which location of the multiple locations an electronic device is located.
14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the first attribute range and the second attribute range are determined by a location of the multiple locations, by a lighting source, by a location profile, or a combination thereof.
15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the location profile includes samples of the photosensor while the electronic device is within a specified location, ranges of different lighting attributes while the electronic device is within the specified location, time ranges that indicate an amount of time that the electronic device is within the specified location, indicators for different resources of the electronic device, an indicator for the specified location, or a combination thereof.
16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the indicator for the specified location includes a location identifier, a description of the location, an environment identifier, or a combination thereof.
17 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller is to enable a location determination logic to verify the location of the multiple locations in which the electronic device is located.
18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller is to:
determine a first average of the first attribute range and a second average of the second attribute range;
determine a first standard deviation from the first average for the first delta value and a second standard deviation from the second average for the second delta value; and
determine a correlation of the first delta value and the second delta value to a first location of the multiple locations using the first standard deviation and the second standard deviation.
19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the machine-readable instructions, when executed by the controller, cause the controller to adjust a resource setting of the electronic device based on the location of the multiple locations in which the electronic device is located.
20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the resource setting comprises a display setting associated with a display device or an audio setting associated with an audio device.