Life management circuit, an electronic system and a machine-implemented method for managing usage rates of multiple electronic components

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8934993-B2
Application number	US-201113282063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2011
Priority date	Oct 27, 2010
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A life management circuit for managing usage rates of a plurality of electronic components includes a storage unit for storing usage information corresponding to each electronic component, a receiving unit, a determining unit and a control unit. Upon receipt of an activation command passed on thereto via the receiving unit, the control unit selects for activation, with reference to the usage information of the electronic components stored in the storage unit, at least one electronic component, the usage information corresponding to which reveals a usage rate that is comparatively lower among the electronic components, controls the determining unit to keep track of the duration of time that the selected at least one electronic component remains activated in response to the activation command, and updates the usage information corresponding to each of the selected at least one electronic component with reference to the duration of time tracked therefor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A life management circuit for managing usage rates of a plurality of electronic components, said life management circuit comprising:
a storage unit adapted for storing usage information corresponding to each of the electronic components;
a receiving unit adapted for receiving an activation command;
a determining unit; and
a control unit coupled electrically to said storage unit, said receiving unit and said determining unit, and adapted to be coupled t…

Assignees

• Chang Yao-Tsung
• Wistron Corp

Inventors

• Chang Yao-Tsung

Classifications

• G05B15/02 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic