Wireless device power optimization utilizing artificial intelligence and/or machine learning

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12279203-B2
Application number	US-202318373016-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2023
Priority date	Nov 13, 2019
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

A method including transmitting, by a handler device associated with package handler, a message to an access control system requesting access to a secure container secured by an electronic lock mechanism; determining, by the access control system, whether the package handler is authorized to access the secure container based on the received message; transmitting, by the access control system, an unlock command to the secure container in response to a determination that the package handler is authorized to access the secure container; and unlocking the electronic lock mechanism of the secure container in response to successful authentication of the unlock command.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of reducing a power consumption of wireless communication circuitry of an edge device, the method comprising:
learning, by an edge device, a delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) interval of a wireless access point communicatively coupled to the edge device via the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device using machine learning based on a machine learning model that includes an input associated with the DTIM interval;
learning, by the edge device, at least one of (i) a number of Broadcasting/Multicasting Traffic messages received from the wireless access point that can be ignored without loss of a communication between the edge device and the wireless access point using machine learning, or (ii) a number of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packets received from the wireless access point that can be ignored without loss of a communication between the edge device and the wireless access point using machine learning; and
adjusting, by the edge device, a wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device based on the DTIM interval to reduce the power consumption of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising learning, by the edge device, a number of beacons from the wireless access point that can be ignored without loss of a communication between the edge device and the wireless access point using machine learning.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein adjusting the wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device comprises adjusting the wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device based on the DTIM interval and the number of beacons.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein learning the DTIM interval of the wireless access point using the machine learning based on the machine learning model comprises learning the DTIM interval of the wireless access point using machine learning executing on the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device.

5. A method of reducing a power consumption of wireless communication circuitry of an edge device, the method comprising:
learning, by an edge device, a delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) interval of a wireless access point communicatively coupled to the edge device via the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device using machine learning based on a machine learning model that includes an input associated with the DTIM interval; and
adjusting, by the edge device, a wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device based on the DTIM interval to reduce the power consumption of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device; and
wherein the machine learning model includes respective weights for the input associated with the DTIM interval and an input associated with a disconnect frequency of communication connections between the wireless communication circuitry and the wireless access point.

6. A method of reducing a power consumption of wireless communication circuitry of an edge device, the method comprising:
learning, by an edge device, a delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) interval of a wireless access point communicatively coupled to the edge device via the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device using machine learning based on a machine learning model that includes an input associated with the DTIM interval; and
adjusting, by the edge device, a wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device based on the DTIM interval to reduce the power consumption of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device; and
wherein another input of the machine learning model comprises model information associated with the wireless access point.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edge device comprises an access control device including a physical lock mechanism to secure a corresponding passageway.

8. An edge device, comprising:
a wireless communication circuitry;
at least one processor, wherein the wireless communication circuitry comprises the at least one processor;
at least one memory comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the edge device to:
learn a delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) interval of a wireless access point communicatively coupled to the edge device via the wireless communication circuitry using machine learning based on a machine learning model that includes an input associated with the DTIM interval; and
adjust a wake-up interval of the wireless communication circuitry based on the DTIM interval to reduce the power consumption of the wireless communication circuitry;

another at least one processor; and
another at least one memory comprising another plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the another at least one processor, causes the another at least one processor to execute an application of the edge device to query an application programming interface (API) of the wireless communication circuitry to retrieve a value associated with the DTIM interval.

9. The edge device of claim 8 , wherein the wireless communication circuitry comprises a Wi-Fi communication circuitry.

10. The edge device of claim 8 , further comprising a physical lock mechanism having at least one of a latch or a bolt to secure a corresponding passageway.

11. An edge device, comprising:
a wireless communication circuitry;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the at least one processor, causes the edge device to:
determine at least one of a reduced receive power or a reduced transmit power of the wireless communication circuitry sufficient for reliable communication with a wireless access point using machine learning based on a machine learning model that includes an input associated with data that identifies signal reliability of communications with the wireless access point, wherein the machine learning model includes respective weights for an input associated with the device position and an input associated with a number of missed acknowledgements from the wireless access point, wherein the reduced receive power is reduced relative to a full receive power of the wireless communication circuitry, and wherein the reduced transmit power is reduced relative to a full transmit power of the wireless communication circuitry; and
adjust at least one of a receive power or a transmit power of the wireless communication circuitry based on the at least one of the reduced receive power or the reduced transmit power determined to be sufficient for reliable communication with the wireless access point.

12. The edge device of claim 11 , further comprising at least one sensor configured to generate sensor data;
wherein the plurality of instructions further cause the edge device to determine a device position of the edge device based on the sensor data; and
wherein to adjust the at least one of the receive power or the transmit power of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device comprises to adjust the at least one of the receive power or the transmit power of the wireless communication circuitry of the edge device based on the at least one of the reduced receive power or the reduced transmit power determined to be sufficient for reliable communication with the wireless access point and the device position of the edge device.

13. The edge device of claim 11 , wherein another input of the machine learning model comprises model information a

Assignees

• Schlage Lock Co Llc

Inventors

• Kincaid Ryan C
• Venkateswaran Srikanth
• Prostko Robert

Classifications

• G06N3/0499

  Feedforward networks · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W52/38

  TPC being performed in particular situations · CPC title