Power management on an electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10969851-B2
Application number	US-201816145577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Jun 22, 2016
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

In some examples, an electronic device may determine a target time to which the remaining battery charge is to last, such as based on a user input or historical usage of the electronic device. Additionally, the electronic device may determine a current amount of the battery charge remaining, and may determine user activities likely to occur between the present time and the target time. Based at least partially on the amount of the battery charge remaining and the user activities determined to be likely to occur before the target time, the electronic device may apply one or more power management restrictions to one or more resources of the electronic device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of power management, the method comprising:
determining a target time to which a battery charge of an electronic device is to last;
determining a current amount of the battery charge remaining;
determining a set of user activities likely to occur between a present time and the target time, wherein at least one of the target time or the set of user activities is determined based on a computational model, the computational model generated based at least partially on a portion of information included in a usage log;
presenting a user interface on a display of the electronic device, the user interface presenting the set of user activities that are likely to occur between the present time and the target time;
receiving, via the user interface, a user input to at least one of add an activity, remove an activity, or change an activity in the set of user activities to provide an updated set of user activities; and
based at least partially on the amount of the battery charge remaining and the updated set of user activities determined to be likely to occur before the target time, applying a set of power management restrictions to a set of resources of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying of the set of power management restrictions comprises at least one of:
restricting a number of frames per second rendered for presentation on a display associated with the electronic device; or
restricting a refresh rate of the display.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
applying the set of power management restrictions according to one of a plurality of stages, wherein a first stage includes less restrictive power management restrictions and a second stage includes more restrictive power management restrictions; and
selecting one of the first stage or the second stage based at least partially on the current amount of the battery charge remaining and the updated set of user activities determined to be likely to occur before the target time.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying the set of power management restrictions according to at least one of an application-specific power management profile or an application category power management profile, the application-specific power management profile indicating the set of power management restrictions to apply to the set of resources for an individual application of a plurality of applications installed on the electronic device, and the application category power management profile indicating the set of power management restrictions to apply to the set of resources for a category of application installed on the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the usage log stores a record of an application or a feature used on the electronic device, wherein the usage log comprises at least one of:
an identifier of a respective application or feature used;
a time and day of usage the respective application or feature;
a geographic location of the usage;
a change in battery charge amount determined based on the usage; or
a power management mode in effect during the usage.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, to a computing device over a network, at least the portion of information included in the usage log; and
receiving, from the computing device, the computational model.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the target time or the set of user activities is determined further based at least partially on at least one of: the usage log; or a received user input.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
a memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
determine a target time to which a battery charge of the electronic device is to last;
determine a current amount of the battery charge remaining;
determine a set of user activities likely to occur between a present time and the target time, wherein at least one of the target time or the set of user activities is determined based on a computational model, the computational model generated based at least partially on a portion of information included in a usage log;
presenting a user interface on a display of the electronic device, the user interface presenting the set of user activities that are likely to occur between the present time and the target time;
receiving, via the user interface, a user input to at least one of add an activity, remove an activity, or change an activity in the set of user activities to provide an updated set of user activities; and
based at least partially on the amount of the battery charge remaining and the updated set of user activities determined to be likely to occur before the target time, apply a set of power management restrictions to a set of resources of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the set of power management restrictions include at least one of:
restricting a number of frames per second rendered for presentation on a display of the electronic device; or
restricting a refresh rate of the display.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein:
the set of power management restrictions are applied according to a plurality of stages, wherein a first stage includes less restrictive power management restrictions and a second stage includes more restrictive power management restrictions; and
one of the first stage or the second stage is selected based at least partially on the current amount of the battery charge remaining and the updated set of user activities determined to be likely to occur before the target time.

11. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the memory stores:
a plurality of application-specific power management profiles, each application-specific power management profile indicating the set of power management restrictions to apply to the set of resources for an individual application of a plurality of applications installed on the electronic device; or
a plurality of application category power management profiles, each application category power management profile indicating the set of power management restrictions to apply to the set of resources for a category of application installed on the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the usage log includes at least one of:
an identifier of a respective application or feature used;
a time and day of usage the respective application or feature;
a geographic location of the usage;
a change in battery charge amount determined based on the usage; or
a power management mode in effect during the usage.

13. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
send, to a computing device over a network, at least the portion of information included in the usage log; and
receive, from the computing device, the computational model generated based at least partially on the portion of information sent over the network.

14. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine at least one of the target time or the set of user activities based at least partially on at least one of: the usage log; or a received user input.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, comprising instructions for:
determining a target time to which a battery charge of an electronic device is to last;
determining a current amount of the battery charge remaining;
determining a set of user activities likely to occur between a present time and the target time, wherein at least one of t

Assignees

• Razer Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Chan Michael A
• McVICKER William Duncan
• Moss Tom

Classifications

• G06F1/3218

  of display devices · CPC title

• G06F1/3212 Primary

  Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level · CPC title

• G06F1/3265

  Power saving in display device · CPC title

• Y02D10/00

  Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management · CPC title