White Papers

6 Human Presence Detection & Management
Wake on Approach (Near) : WOA
Wake on Approach (WOA) provides a seamless method for user to wake their laptop up
from modern standby sleep and login without physically interacting with the laptop. This
experience allows for responsiveness and optimized time to productivity unseen by the
market.
Here is an outline of how this works:
1. System is in Modern Standby sleep state
2. User walks into field of view of laptop
3. Proximity sensor in laptop detects user
4. Laptop wakes up from modern standby
5. When enabled with Windows Hello using biometric facial authentication, the user will
be logged in seamlessly without system interaction
Walk Away Lock (Away): WAL
Walk away Lock enables the PC to automatically lock the laptop when the user has left
the field of view for a reasonable time. This experience increases security by not relying
on arbitrarily long timer values to lock the laptop and increases usable battery life by
disabling the laptop screen when the user is not in front of the screen.
Here is an outline of how this works:
1. User is in front of the laptop
2. User walks away from the laptop
3. Proximity sensor detects that user is not in front of the laptop for reasonable time
4. Laptop turns display off and locks the desktop