WO2022116754A1

WO2022116754A1 - Low-power-consumption positioning method and apparatus, and electronic device

Info

Publication number: WO2022116754A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/127054
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王帅
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2020-12-02
Filing date: 2021-10-28
Publication date: 2022-06-09
Also published as: CN114578396A

Abstract

A low-power-consumption positioning method and apparatus, and an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: determining a motion change of a terminal according to data of an acceleration sensor (101); determining the state of the terminal according to the motion change of the terminal (102); and controlling the power consumption of the terminal according to the state of the terminal (103).

Description

A low power consumption positioning method, device and electronic device

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is based on the Chinese patent application with the application number of 202011412746.5 and the filing date of December 2, 2020, and claims the priority of the Chinese patent application. The entire content of the Chinese patent application is incorporated herein by reference.

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of terminal positioning, and in particular, to a low-power-consumption positioning method, device, and electronic device.

Background technique

At present, the power consumption of positioning products is mainly generated by the GPS positioning unit and the modem (modem) communication unit, among which the power consumption of the modem communication unit accounts for the largest proportion. Users of positioning products have no restrictions on positioning operations, that is, positioning operations may be initiated at any time, which will keep the modem in a continuous standby state and increase power consumption. Therefore, how to realize the modem communication unit not only meets the needs of users in various scenarios, but also reduces power consumption has become an urgent problem to be solved.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to at least partially solve the defects existing in the prior art, the purpose of the present application is to provide a low power consumption positioning method, device and electronic device, which can reduce the power consumption of the terminal while satisfying the normal use of the user.

The low power consumption positioning method provided by the embodiment of the present application includes: determining the dynamic and static changes of the terminal according to the acceleration sensor data; determining the state of the terminal according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal; and controlling the state of the terminal according to the state of the terminal power consumption.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a low-power-consumption positioning device, including a movement monitoring module, a state monitoring module, and a power consumption control module. The movement monitoring module is configured to periodically collect data of the acceleration sensing sensor of the terminal, and determine the dynamic and static changes of the terminal according to the data of the acceleration sensing sensor. The state monitoring module is configured to calculate the number of times the terminal maintains a motion state in multiple consecutive cycles according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal determined by the movement monitoring module, so as to determine the state of the terminal. The power consumption control module is configured to adjust the working state according to the state of the terminal.

Embodiments of the present application further provide an electronic device, including a processor and a memory. The memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform the steps of the low-power positioning method described above.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs. The one or more programs, when executed by an electronic device including a plurality of application programs, cause the electronic device to perform the steps of the above-mentioned low-power-consumption positioning method.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic diagram of a workflow of a low-power-consumption positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a terminal movement monitoring process according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a terminal state monitoring process according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a terminal power consumption control process according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a structural frame diagram of a low-power positioning device according to an embodiment of the present application; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed ways

Some embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the embodiments described herein are only used to illustrate and explain the present application, but not to limit the present application.

Example 1

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a workflow of a low-power positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 1 , the low-power positioning method according to an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below.

First, in step 101, the dynamic and static changes of the terminal are determined according to the acceleration sensor data.

In the embodiment of the present application, the data of the acceleration sensor is acquired periodically for each duration A, and the calculation is performed according to the data of the acceleration sensor to determine whether the terminal device has dynamic or static changes, and the duration A is greater than 0.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the terminal is determined to have a movement change (from stationary to moving), a timer with a fixed duration of B is started. The fixed duration B of the fixed duration timer is greater than or equal to the duration A;

If the terminal is determined to have a stationary change (from moving to stationary), the fixed-duration timer whose fixed duration is B is stopped.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the terminal does not change statically during the operation of the fixed-duration timer with the fixed duration of B, after the fixed-duration timer with the fixed duration of B times out, it is determined that the terminal has movement traces; and record the current The system time is the time point when the terminal detects the movement.

In step 102, the state of the terminal is determined according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, a periodic timer of every other duration E is started, the duration E is greater than or equal to the duration B, and the timer of duration E may be a periodic positioning timer provided by the terminal (the user can set the duration by himself/herself). ) is used to periodically monitor the state of the terminal, which includes three states: moving state, ready to enter the stationary state and having entered the stationary state.

In this embodiment of the present application, the timer with the duration E is a periodic timer.

In the embodiment of the present application, in each period of the duration E, the current system time and the time when the terminal monitors the movement is obtained once; if the difference between the current system time and the time when the terminal monitors the movement is less than the duration E, it is considered that the During the period, the terminal moves, and the number of times of standing still F is cleared, that is, F is equal to 0; if the difference between the current system time and the time when the terminal monitors the movement is greater than or equal to E, it is considered that the terminal is not in the period. Move, and let the number of times of standing still increase by 1.

In the embodiment of the present application, it is determined that the terminal has entered the rest state for the limit duration of G; if the duration E is greater than or equal to the duration G, and when the number of times of rest duration F is greater than or equal to 1, it is determined that the terminal has entered the rest state; if The duration E is greater than or equal to the duration G, and when the number of times F of standing still is 0, it is determined that the terminal is in a moving state.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is less than the duration G, and when the value of the number of times of standing still F is greater than or equal to ceil ((G-E)/E), it is determined that the terminal has entered the standing state (ceil(x) refers to the the smallest integer greater than or equal to x);

If the duration E is less than the duration G, and when the value of the number of times of standing still F is less than ceil((G-E)/E), and the value of the number of times of standing still F is greater than or equal to 2, it is determined that the terminal is ready to enter the standing state.

In the embodiment of the present application, in other cases, that is, if the determination result is that the terminal has not entered the stationary state or is not ready to enter the stationary state, it is determined that the terminal is in the moving state.

In step 103, the power consumption of the terminal is controlled according to the state of the terminal.

In this embodiment of the present application, the state of the modem (modem) is controlled according to the current state of the terminal.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the terminal is ready to enter the stationary state, the modem is put into sleep to save power consumption; if the terminal is in the stationary state, the modem is turned off to save power consumption; if the terminal is in the moving state, according to the service The modem needs to be turned on again.

Example 2

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a terminal movement monitoring process according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 2 , the terminal movement monitoring process of the present application will be described in detail below.

First, at step 201, start.

In this embodiment of the present application, the mobile monitoring of the terminal is started.

In step 202, the acceleration sensor data is acquired every time interval A.

In the embodiment of the present application, whether the terminal is moving is preliminarily determined according to the data of the acceleration sensor, a timer with an interval of A is started, and the data of the acceleration sensor is continuously acquired.

In step 203, the dynamic and static changes are determined according to the acceleration sensor data.

In the embodiment of the present application, the dynamic and static changes of the terminal are determined according to the data of the acceleration sensor.

At step 204, whether there is a movement change.

In this embodiment of the present application, it is determined whether the terminal has moved according to the data of the acceleration sensor; if the determination result is yes, go to step 205 ; if the determination result is no, go to step 206 .

In step 205, a timer with duration B is started.

In the embodiment of the present application, when it is determined that the terminal has a movement change (from stationary to moving) according to the data of the acceleration sensor, a fixed duration timer with a fixed duration B is started. If the fixed duration timer with a fixed duration B has been started, then no longer start.

At step 206, the timer of duration B is stopped.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the terminal changes from being stationary (from moving to stationary), the fixed-duration timer whose fixed duration is B is stopped.

In step 207, if the timer whose duration is B times out, the current time is recorded and marked as the terminal moving time.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the fixed duration timer whose fixed duration is B times out, the current system time is acquired, and the current system time is recorded as the terminal movement time, indicating that the terminal has movement traces at the current system time point.

Example 3

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal state monitoring process according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 3 , the terminal state monitoring process in an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below.

First, in step 301, start.

In this embodiment of the present application, monitoring of the state of the terminal is started.

In step 302, the current system time and the time point at which the movement is monitored are acquired every time interval E.

In the embodiment of the present application, a periodic timer with an interval duration E is started, and the current system time and the time when the terminal movement is monitored are obtained once every period of the duration E, and the duration E is greater than 0.

In step 303, whether the difference between the time when the current system time amount monitors the movement is less than the duration E.

In this embodiment of the present application, it is determined whether the time difference between the current system time and the monitored terminal movement is less than the duration E, and if the determination result is yes, go to step 304; if the determination result is no, go to step 305.

In step 304, the number of times of standing is reset to zero.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the difference between the current system time and the monitored movement time of the terminal is less than the duration E, it is considered that the terminal has movement traces, and the number of continuations F of the stationary state is cleared, that is, F=0.

In step 305, the number of standstill times is incremented by 1.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the difference between the current system time and the monitored terminal movement time is greater than or equal to the duration E, it is considered that the terminal has no movement traces, and the number of times of rest is incremented by 1, that is, the number of times F of the stationary state continues to increase by 1.

At step 306, it is determined whether the duration E is greater than or equal to the limit duration G.

In the embodiment of the present application, the limit duration G is the limit duration for determining that the terminal is in a stationary state, and it is determined whether the duration E is greater than the limit duration G. If the determination result is yes, continue to determine the number of stationary times; if the determination result is no, enter the Step 308.

In step 3071, if the number of times of standing still is 0, it is determined that the terminal enters the moving state.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is greater than or equal to the duration G, and the number of continuations F of the stationary state of the terminal is 0, it is determined that the terminal is in the moving state.

In step 3072, if the value of the number of times of rest is greater than or equal to 1, it is determined that the terminal has entered the rest state.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is greater than or equal to the duration G, and the number of continuations F of the stationary state of the terminal is greater than or equal to 1, it is determined that the terminal has entered the stationary state. If the value of the number of stills is 0, it is in the moving state

In step 308, check whether the number of times of standing still is greater than or equal to ceil((G-E)/E).

In the embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is less than the duration G, determine whether the value of the number of times F of standing still is greater than or equal to ceil((G-E)/E), (ceil(x) refers to the smallest integer greater than or equal to x); If the determination result is yes, go to step 309; if the determination result is no, go to step 310.

In step 309, it is determined that the terminal has entered a rest state.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is less than the duration G, and the value of the number of times F of the stationary period is greater than or equal to ceil((G-E)/E), it is determined that the terminal has entered the stationary state.

In step 310, check whether the value of the number of times of standing is greater than or equal to 2.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is less than the duration G, and the value of the number of times F of standing still is less than ceil((G-E)/E), then it is determined whether the value of the number of times F of terminal standing still is greater than or equal to 2; if the determination result is If no, go to step 311; if the determination result is yes, go to step 312.

In step 311, it is determined that the terminal is in a mobile state.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is less than the duration G, and the value of the number of times of standing still F is less than ceil((G-E)/E), and the value of the number of times F of the terminal standing still is less than 2, then it is determined that the terminal is in a mobile state.

In step 312, it is determined that the terminal is ready to enter a rest state.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the duration E is less than the duration G, and the value of the number of times F of standing still is less than ceil((G-E)/E), and the value of the number of times F of terminal standing still is greater than or equal to 2, it is determined that the terminal is ready to enter rest state.

Example 4

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a terminal power consumption control process according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 4 , the terminal power consumption control process in an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below.

First, in step 401, start.

In the embodiment of the present application, the adjustment to reduce the power consumption of the terminal is started.

In step 402, the terminal state determination result is obtained.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above determination result of the terminal state is obtained.

In step 403, whether the terminal has entered a stationary state.

In this embodiment of the present application, it is determined whether the terminal has entered a stationary state, and if the determination result is yes, then the process goes to step 404 ; if the determination result is no, the process goes to step 405 .

At step 404, the modem is turned off.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the terminal has entered a stationary state, the modem is turned off.

In step 405, whether the terminal is ready to enter a resting state.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the terminal is not already in the stationary state, continue to determine whether the terminal is ready to enter the stationary state, if the determination result is yes, go to step 406; if the determination result is no, go to step 407.

At step 406, the modem is hibernated.

In this embodiment of the present application, if the terminal is ready to enter a stationary state, a modem sleep operation is performed.

In step 407, the terminal is in a mobile state, and the modem is turned on according to service requirements.

In the embodiment of the present application, if the terminal has not entered the stationary state or is not ready to enter the stationary state, it indicates that the terminal is in a moving state; in the moving state, the terminal may select whether to enable the modem according to the actual needs of the service.

Example 5

FIG. 5 is a structural frame diagram of a low-power positioning device according to an embodiment of the present application. Referring to FIG. 5 , the structure of the low-power positioning device according to the embodiment of the present application will be described in detail below.

In the embodiment of the present application, as shown in FIG. 5 , the low-power positioning device includes: a movement monitoring module, a state monitoring module, and a power consumption control module;

The mobile monitoring module collects the data of the acceleration sensing sensor of the terminal at periodic intervals, and determines the dynamic and static changes of the terminal according to the data of the acceleration sensing sensor;

The state monitoring module, according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal determined by the mobile monitoring module, calculates the number of times that the terminal maintains the moving state in a plurality of consecutive cycles, and determines the state of the terminal;

The power consumption control module adjusts the working state according to the state of the terminal.

Example 6

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 6 , at the hardware level, the electronic device includes a processor, and optionally an internal bus, a network interface, and a memory. The memory may include memory, such as high-speed random-access memory (Random-Access Memory, RAM), and may also include non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as at least one disk memory. Of course, the electronic equipment may also include hardware required for other services.

The processor, network interface and memory can be connected to each other through an internal bus, which can be an ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) bus, a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect, peripheral component interconnect standard) bus or an EISA (Extended Component Interconnect) bus. Industry Standard Architecture, extended industry standard structure) bus, etc. The bus can be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, and the like. For ease of representation, only one bidirectional arrow is shown in FIG. 6, but it does not mean that there is only one bus or one type of bus.

memory for storing programs. Specifically, the program may include program code, and the program code includes computer operation instructions.

The processor reads the corresponding computer program from the non-volatile memory into the memory and executes it, forming a shared resource access control device on a logical level. The processor executes the program stored in the memory, and is specifically configured to execute the steps of the above-mentioned low-power-consumption positioning method.

Example 7

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs, and the one or more programs include instructions, and the instructions, when used by a portable electronic device including multiple application programs When executed, the portable electronic device can be made to execute the method of the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, and is specifically used to execute the steps of the above-mentioned low-power-consumption positioning method.

The low-power-consumption positioning method of the embodiment of the present application continuously monitors the motion status of the device, and performs different power-saving operations on the modem according to the motion status of the terminal; while ensuring the normal use of the user, the power consumption is saved as much as possible, Extend battery life.

Although the embodiments disclosed in the present application are as above, the described contents are only the embodiments adopted to facilitate the understanding of the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application. Any person skilled in the art to which this application belongs, without departing from the spirit and scope disclosed in this application, can make any modifications and changes in the form and details of the implementation, but the scope of the patent protection of this application still needs to be The scope defined by the appended claims shall prevail.

Claims

A low-power positioning method, comprising:

Determine the dynamic and static changes of the terminal according to the acceleration sensor data;

Determine the state of the terminal according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal; and

The power consumption of the terminal is controlled according to the state of the terminal.
The low-power-consumption positioning method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the dynamic and static changes of the terminal according to the acceleration sensor data further comprises:

periodically acquiring the acceleration sensor data;

When the terminal changes from stationary to moving, a fixed duration timer is started;

Stop the fixed duration timer when the terminal moves from moving to stationary; and

Wherein, the fixed duration of the fixed duration timer is greater than or equal to the interval time for acquiring the acceleration sensor data.
The low-power positioning method according to claim 2, wherein, if the terminal does not change from moving to stationary during the running of the fixed-duration timer, after the running of the fixed-duration timer expires, it is determined that the terminal The terminal has movement traces, and the current system time is recorded as the time when the device monitors the movement of the terminal.
The low power consumption positioning method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the state of the terminal according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal further comprises:

setting a periodic timer to monitor the state of the terminal;

The motion states include: a moving state, preparing to enter a resting state, and having entered a resting state; and

The interval duration of the periodic timer is greater than or equal to the duration of the fixed duration timer.
The low-power positioning method of claim 4, further comprising:

Within one period of the periodic timer, if the difference between the current system time and the time when the terminal movement is monitored is less than the interval length of the periodic timer, it is determined that the terminal is in the periodic timer. It is moving within a period, and the number of times the terminal is stationary is set to 0; and

If the difference between the current system time and the time when the movement of the terminal is monitored is greater than or equal to the interval duration of the periodic timer, determine that the terminal has not moved within one period of the interval duration of the periodic timer , and add 1 to the number of times that the terminal has been standing still.
The low-power positioning method of claim 5, further comprising:

If the interval duration of the periodic timer is greater than or equal to the preset limit duration of having entered the stationary state, and when the number of times the terminal has been stationary is greater than or equal to 1, it is determined that the terminal has entered the stationary state;

If the interval duration of the periodic timer is greater than or equal to the preset limit duration that has entered the stationary state, and when the number of times the terminal has been stationary is equal to 0, it is determined that the terminal is in the mobile state;

If the interval duration of the periodic timer is less than the preset limit duration of having entered the stationary state, and the number of times the terminal has been stationary is greater than or equal to ceil((G-E)/E), it is determined that the terminal has entered the stationary state set state;

If the interval duration of the periodic timer is less than the preset limit duration of having entered the stationary state, the number of times the terminal is stationary is less than ceil((G-E)/E), and the number of times the terminal is stationary is greater than or equal to 2, it is determined that the terminal is ready to enter a resting state;

When the terminal is not in the stationary state and is not in the stationary state, determining that the terminal is in the moving state; and

The ceil((G-E)/E) is the smallest integer greater than or equal to (G-E)/E, where E is the interval duration of the periodic timer, and G is the preset limit duration that has entered the resting state.
The low power consumption positioning method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the power consumption of the terminal according to the state of the terminal further comprises:

When the terminal is ready to enter a resting state, setting the modem to sleep;

turning off the modem when the terminal is in a quiescent state; and

When the terminal is in a mobile state, the modem is set to be turned on.
A low power consumption positioning device, comprising a movement monitoring module, a state monitoring module and a power consumption control module; wherein,

The movement monitoring module is configured to periodically collect data of the acceleration sensing sensor of the terminal, and determine the dynamic and static changes of the terminal according to the data of the acceleration sensing sensor;

The state monitoring module is configured to calculate the number of times that the terminal maintains a moving state in a plurality of consecutive cycles according to the dynamic and static changes of the terminal determined by the movement monitoring module, and perform the location where the terminal is located. determination of status; and

The power consumption control module is configured to adjust the working state according to the state of the terminal.
An electronic device comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the process, cause the processor to perform any of claims 1-7. A step of the low-power positioning method.
A computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by an electronic device including a plurality of application programs, cause the electronic device to perform any one of claims 1-7. A step of the low-power positioning method.