Apple’s new invention aims to save iPhone’s battery life

[RaduTyrsina]

With all the wonderful features an iPhone packs, there’s one issue in particular that has disheartened users ever since it was first released. Its battery doesn’t last long. This is perhaps understandable, because online traffic and countless apps suck a lot of battery power.

Apple has perpetually been trying to solve this issue and prolong the iPhone’s battery life. A new patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office this week suggests that Apple has come up with a possible feasible solution. The patent in question is called “Power management for electronic devices” and details a system capable of identifying its owner’s patterns related to energy consumption. Based on what it “learns”," the system then can come up with a plan which involves turning on and off certain hardware parts which are not needed in order to maximize battery life.

Basically, the system will have to act like a living breathing organism which “adapts” and learns to “preserve” its resources. The pattern of your device’s use will allow the technology to correctly estimate the time the smartphone will be used and if the available battery life will be sufficient to cover the activities. If there’s no sufficient battery, the system will be able to adapt and switch off some parts of the device which are not critical.

The system is advanced enough so it is able to store the charging locations of the device, the type of power source and the time the user has done so - all with the help of a GPS radio. From the actual patent:

“For example, using a GPS sensor the mobile electronic device may determine, based on its current location, that it may be at least eight hours before the mobile electronic device will be recharged or otherwise connected to an external power source. In this case, the mobile electronic device may modify the power management scheme by adjusting one or more characteristics or settings.”

Source: AppleInsider