CN113692034B - Control method applied to electronic device, related electronic device and processor - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses a control method applied to an electronic device, and a related electronic device and a processor, wherein the electronic device comprises a processor and a wireless network module, and the control method comprises the following steps: generating a judgment result according to whether the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet; and when the judging result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, reducing the frequency of a clock signal used by the processor in the packet transmission process.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a control method of an electronic device, and more particularly, to a control method of an electronic device with a wireless network module.
Background
In current set top boxes (OTT boxes), a power adapter (adapter) is typically used to connect to the mains for power, however, some set top boxes are connected to the television via a universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) connector for power due to the high cost of the power adapter. However, since most of the set-top boxes use a wireless network to send and receive data, the power consumed by the set-top boxes easily exceeds the current (the average current of USB 2.0 is about 500 mA) provided by the USB connector when the processor and the wireless network module are both high-power consumption components.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, an objective of the present invention is to provide a control method of an electronic device, which can avoid a processor and a wireless network module being in a high power consumption state at the same time, so as to solve the problems described in the prior art.
In an embodiment of the present invention, a control method applied to an electronic device is disclosed, wherein the electronic device includes a processor and a wireless network module, and the control method includes: generating a judgment result according to whether the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet; and when the judging result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, reducing the frequency of a clock signal used by the processor in the packet transmission process.
In another embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device is disclosed, which includes a processor and a wireless network module. In operation of the electronic device, the wireless network module is configured to wirelessly transmit at least one packet, and when the processor knows that the wireless network module is to wirelessly transmit, the processor reduces a frequency of a clock signal used during a process of transmitting a packet by the wireless network module.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a processor disposed in an electronic device is disclosed, wherein the processor is coupled to a wireless network module, and when the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet, the processor first reduces a frequency of a clock signal used, then sets a timer, and starts to inform the wireless network module to transmit the packet; and when the time set by the timer expires, the processor increases the frequency of the clock signal used.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a television box according to an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a control method applied to a television box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a television box 100 according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown in fig. 1, the tv box 100 includes a processor 110, a wireless network module 120, a power supply circuit 130, a high-resolution multimedia interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI) connector 140 and a USB connector 150, wherein the processor 110 includes a control unit 112, a timer 114 and a wireless network driver (e.g. Wi-Fi driver) 116. In the present embodiment, the power supply circuit 130 in the tv box 100 receives the dc voltage from the tv 102 through the USB connector 150, and generates the supply voltage VDD to power the components inside the tv box 100 accordingly, i.e. the tv box 100 does not need to be connected to any external power adapter using the mains supply.
In the basic operation of the tv box 100, the processor 110 continuously receives an audio/video stream from the outside through the wireless network module 120, converts the received audio/video stream into an audio/video frequency number conforming to the HDMI specification, and transmits the audio/video frequency number to the tv 102 for playing through the HDMI connector 140. In addition, the television 110 itself may also need to transmit packets to external electronic devices through the wireless network module 120. In this embodiment, since the television box 100 is powered by the USB connector 150 with a low current, and the processor 110 and the wireless network module 120 are all very power-consuming components, in order to avoid that the current provided by the USB connector 150 is lower than the consumption of the television box 100, the processor 110 and the wireless network module 120 are not in a high-power consumption state at the same time by the control method of the present invention. Specifically, since the wireless network module 120 has higher power consumption when the packet is required to be transmitted/broadcast, the processor 110 may decrease the frequency of a clock signal CLK used during the packet transmission process of the wireless network module 120 and/or inform the power supply circuit 130 to decrease the voltage level of the provided supply voltage VDD, so as to avoid that the processor 110 and the wireless network module 120 are in a high power consumption state at the same time.
In detail, when the wireless network driver 116 in the processor 110 needs to transmit the packet through the wireless network module 120, the wireless network driver 116 notifies the control unit 112 to decrease the frequency of the clock signal CLK through the application programming interface (Application Programming Interface, API). In another embodiment, the control unit 112 can also inform the power supply circuit 130 to reduce the supply voltage VDD. After the frequency of the clock signal CLK decreases and/or the voltage level of the supply voltage VDD decreases, the control unit 112 sets a timer 114 to set a default time, and the wireless network driver 116 starts transmitting one or more packets to the external electronic device through the wireless network module 120, wherein the default time is used to represent the transmission time of the one or more packets. When the predetermined time set by the timer 114 expires, which means that the packet of the wireless network module 120 has been transmitted, the control unit 112 increases the frequency of the clock signal CLK (e.g. returns to the original frequency) and/or notifies the power supply circuit 130 to increase the voltage level of the supply voltage VDD (e.g. returns to the original voltage level).
Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a control method applied to the television box 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 1 and 2, the flow of the control method is as follows.
Step S200: the flow starts.
Step S202: the processor 110 determines whether the wireless network module 120 needs to transmit the packet to generate a determination result, if the determination result indicates that there is a packet to be transmitted, the process proceeds to step S204; if no packet needs to be transmitted, the process stops at step S202.
Step S204: the frequency of the clock signal CLK used by the processor 110 is reduced and/or the supply voltage VDD of the processor 110 is reduced.
Step S206: determining whether the clock signal CLK has fallen to an appropriate frequency and/or the supply voltage VDD has fallen to an appropriate potential, if so, the process proceeds to step S210; if not, the flow returns to step S206.
Step S208: wait for a time, and return to step S206.
Step S210: a timer 114 is set.
Step S212: the wireless network module 120 starts packet transmission.
Step S214: judging whether the wireless network module 120 has other packets to transmit, if so, the flow proceeds to step S216; if not, the flow proceeds to step S218.
Step S216: the timer 114 is reset.
Step S218: judging whether the time set by the timer 114 is over, if so, the flow proceeds to step S222; if not, the flow proceeds to step S220.
Step S220: waiting for the time set by the timer 114 to expire.
Step S222: the frequency of the clock signal CLK used by the processor 110 is raised and/or the supply voltage VDD of the processor 110 is raised.
It should be noted that the television box 100 is illustrated in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, but this feature is not a limitation of the present invention. The control method of the present invention can be applied to other suitable electronic devices as long as the electronic device has a processor and a wireless network module, and the power supply received by the electronic device has a low current.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the television box 100 uses the USB connector 150 to receive the dc voltage from the television 102, however, this feature is not a limitation of the present invention. The USB connector 150 may be replaced with other power connectors as long as the power received by the television set 100 has a lower amount of current, such as a lower specification power adapter.
Briefly summarized, in the control method of the present invention applied to the electronic device, by reducing the frequency of the clock signal used by the processor and/or reducing the voltage level of the supply voltage of the processor during the packet transmission, the processor and the wireless network module are prevented from being in a high-power state (i.e. having high current at the same time), so that the electronic device can use a power source with a lower current amount to reduce the manufacturing cost.
The foregoing description is only of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
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Claims (9)
1. A control method applied to an electronic device is characterized in that the electronic device comprises a processor and a wireless network module, and the control method comprises the following steps: generating a judgment result according to whether the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet; and
When the judging result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, the frequency of a clock signal used by the processor is reduced in the process of transmitting the packet,
Wherein when the judging result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, the step of reducing the frequency of the clock signal used by the processor in the packet transmission process comprises the following steps:
when the judging result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, reducing the frequency of a clock signal used by the processor;
After the frequency of the clock signal used by the processor is reduced, a timer is set to set a preset time, and the wireless network module is controlled to transmit the packet, wherein the preset time indicates the transmission time of the packet;
before the time set by the timer expires, determining whether the wireless network module needs to transmit an additional packet, and resetting the timer in response to the wireless network module needing to transmit the additional packet; and
When the time set by the timer expires, the frequency of the clock signal used by the processor is increased.
2. The control method of claim 1, further comprising: when the judging result indicates that the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, a supply voltage of the processor is reduced in the packet transmission process.
3. The control method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a set top box.
4. An electronic device, comprising:
A processor; and
A wireless network module configured to wirelessly transmit at least one packet;
When the processor knows that the wireless network module is about to carry out wireless transmission, the processor reduces the frequency of a clock signal used in the process of transmitting a packet by the wireless network module;
When the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, the processor firstly reduces the frequency of the clock signal, then the processor sets a timer to set a preset time and informs the wireless network module to start transmitting the packet, wherein the preset time indicates the transmission time of the packet; and before the time set by the timer expires, the processor determining whether the wireless network module needs to transmit additional packets, and in response to the wireless network module needing to transmit the additional packets, the processor resetting the timer; and when the time set by the timer expires, the processor increases the frequency of the clock signal.
5. The electronic device of claim 4, further comprising: a power supply circuit for providing a supply voltage to the processor;
when the wireless network module transmits the packet, the processor informs the power supply circuit to reduce the potential of the supply voltage in the process of transmitting the packet transmission by the wireless network module.
6. The electronic device of claim 4 wherein the electronic device is a television box and the television box receives a supply voltage for powering the television box through a universal serial bus connector.
7. The processor is coupled to a wireless network module, and when the wireless network module needs to transmit a packet, the processor firstly reduces the frequency of a clock signal used, then sets a timer to set a preset time and informs the wireless network module to start transmitting the packet, wherein the preset time indicates the transmission time of the packet; before the expiration of the time set by the timer, the processor determines whether the wireless network module needs to transmit additional packets, and resets the timer in response to the wireless network module needing to transmit the additional packets; and when the time set by the timer expires, the processor increases the frequency of the clock signal used.
8. The processor of claim 7, wherein when the wireless network module needs to transmit the packet, the processor notifies a power supply circuit to reduce a voltage level of a supply voltage provided to the processor during the packet transmission.
9. The processor of claim 7 wherein the electronic device is a television box and the television box receives a supply voltage that powers the television box through a universal serial bus connector.
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