KR101984091B1 - Mobile terminal and methor for providing battery consumption information of application therein - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal that calculates a battery consumption of a downloaded application and informs the user of the amount of battery consumption, and a method of providing battery consumption information for the application. In downloading a predetermined application, And information on the average battery consumption of the application and related information are provided using the consumption current values of the respective devices and the usage pattern information of the application by checking devices operated when the application is executed, Battery management and application execution can be performed.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method of providing battery consumption information for an application of the mobile terminal, which allows a user to select a download or execution of an application by informing a user of battery consumption and heat generation amount of the application.

The mobile terminal may be configured to perform various functions. Examples of such various functions include a data and voice communication function, a function of photographing a video or a moving image through a camera, a voice storage function, a music file playback function through a speaker system, and an image or video display function. Some mobile terminals include additional functions to execute games, and some other mobile terminals are also implemented as multimedia devices. Moreover, recent mobile terminals can receive a broadcast or multicast signal to view a video or television program.

Further, efforts for supporting and increasing the functions of the mobile terminal continue. Such efforts include not only changes and improvements in structural components that form the mobile terminal, but also improvements in software or hardware. Among them, the touch function of the mobile terminal allows a user who is unfamiliar with the button / key input to conveniently perform the operation of the terminal by using the touch screen. In recent years, not only simple input but also user interface (UI) Is becoming an important function of

Due to the recent increase in the use of smartphones, users frequently download various types of applications from the market.

The downloaded application consumes a large amount of current for each application even in the same operation time depending on the usage type such as an application used while the LCD is turned off and an application using a lot of wireless data.

Therefore, when using a downloaded application, it may be easy to discharge the battery and heat may be generated when the battery consumption is high. It is advisable to inform the user of the battery consumption of the application and to select unnecessary applications to be deleted.

However, currently, since the exact battery consumption consumed by each application can not be measured, the amount of consumed current is calculated by calculating only the operation time of the application, and then it is provided to the user.

That is, the current technology only shows the CPU usage of the application, the usage time of the application, and the battery usage share of the corresponding application among the total battery usage. For example, when entering an application or sleep mode in the system configuration of an LTE phone or smartphone, only the downloaded application's capacity and battery usage information are displayed.

Therefore, conventionally, since the battery consumption information of the downloaded application is not provided, the user only uses the application manually, and determines an active operation such as determining whether the application is used or not based on the amount of battery consumption of the application There are many situations to carry out.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of providing battery consumption information for a mobile terminal and an application thereof, which can delete unnecessary applications by informing a battery consumption amount and a calorific value of a downloaded application.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal capable of calculating battery consumption and calorific value of an application to which an application usage pattern of a user is applied when an application is executed and providing various information for effectively using the application, And a method of providing the same.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing battery consumption information for an application of a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying an initial battery consumption amount of an application calculated according to usage of each application when downloading a predetermined application; ; Calculating the average battery consumption and the calorific power of the application by using the consumption current value of each device and the usage pattern information of the application by checking the devices operated when the application is executed; And providing information enabling the execution of the application to be continued with reference to the battery level and the average battery consumption of the application during execution of the application.

Wherein the average battery consumption amount is an initial battery consumption amount corrected, and the initial and average battery consumption amounts are displayed according to a user's request.

The initial and average battery consumption amounts are displayed in the form of a bar or an icon, and the length or size is displayed differently according to the amount of battery consumption.

Calculating an average battery consumption of the application comprises: generating a HW device list for each application by checking which devices are operated when each application is executed; Monitoring and storing a usage pattern for each application; And calculating an average battery consumption amount and a calorific value for each application using the stored usage pattern information for each application and the consumed current value for each checked HW device.

The method of providing battery consumption information includes: checking an available time of a corresponding application based on a current battery capacity using an average battery consumption; Comparing the avail- able time with an average time that the user has recently used the application a predetermined number of times; And executing a corresponding application when the usable time is longer than the average usable time and outputting a message asking whether to execute the application when the usable time is shorter than the usable time.

The method comprising the steps of: calculating information on available time of a corresponding application by checking a current consumption of a currently running application when a remaining amount of the battery drops below a predetermined level; And displaying the calculated available time information and the method of increasing the usage time of the currently running application in a pop-up form.

The method of claim 1, further comprising: displaying information on a current time of each application when displaying an average amount of battery consumption of currently multitasking applications according to a user's request; And extending the execution time of the currently running application by the save time of the application that the user is to suspend.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a memory for storing an application and consumed current values of respective devices; A display unit for displaying an application; And displays the initial battery consumption of the application calculated according to the usage method of each application when downloading the predetermined application, checks the devices operated when the application is executed, and refers to the consumed current value of each device and the usage pattern information of the user for the application And calculating and displaying an average battery consumption and a heat generation amount of the application.

The control unit provides information for continuing execution of the application by referring to the battery level and the average battery consumption of the application during execution of the application.

The average battery consumption of the controller is the initial battery consumption of the battery is corrected, and the initial and average battery consumption are displayed at the time of user's request.

The control unit displays the initial and average battery consumption amounts in the form of a display bar or icon, and displays the length of the display bar or the size of the icon differently according to the amount of battery consumption.

The control unit checks which devices operate when each application is executed, generates a HW Device List for each application, monitors usage patterns for each application and stores the usage patterns, and stores the usage pattern information for each application and the consumed current Value to calculate an average battery consumption and a calorific value for each application.

 The control unit checks the usable time of the application based on the current battery level using the average battery consumption, compares the usable time with the average time that the user has recently used the predetermined number of times, If the time is longer than the average usage time, the application is executed. If the time is shorter than the average usage time, a message asking whether to execute the application is displayed.

If the remaining amount of the battery drops below a predetermined level, the controller checks the consumed current amount of the currently running application to calculate available time information of the application, and increases the calculated available time information and the usage time of the currently running application How to be displayed in a pop-up form.

The control unit displays a time saved at the end of each application when displaying the average battery consumption of the applications currently being multitasked according to a user's request to extend the execution time of the currently running application by the save time of the application do.

The present invention calculates and reports the amount of battery consumption for the downloaded application, thereby enabling a user to select and delete an unnecessary application. When the application is executed, the application usage pattern of the user is applied to provide information on the battery consumption amount of the application and various information related thereto So that the battery management and application execution can be performed optimally for the user.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal may operate in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a capacity and battery usage information of a general application.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of calculating an amount of battery consumption of an application when an application is downloaded.
5A and 5B are views showing an example of displaying a battery consumption amount of a downloaded application;
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing battery consumption information of an application of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing an example of calculating a flat-panel consumed current when executing a downloaded specific application;
8 is a view showing an example in which a user is selected to execute execution of an application by referring to battery consumption information of the calculated application.
9 is an example for continuing the execution of an application by automatically notifying the consumption current of an application in a low voltage battery state.
10 is a diagram showing an example of battery consumption of an application being executed in the form of an icon.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix " module " and " part " for components used in the following description are given merely for convenience of description, and do not give special significance or role in themselves. Accordingly, it should be noted that the above-mentioned " module " and " part "

The terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in this specification may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) And fixed terminals such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following description, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the following description may be applied to the fixed terminal, except for components specifically configured for mobile use.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, A controller 170, a controller 180, a power supply 190, and the like. 1 shows a mobile terminal having various components. However, not all illustrated components are required. A mobile terminal may be implemented by more components than the illustrated components, or a mobile terminal may be implemented by fewer components.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more components that allow wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a network on which the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information generated by the broadcast management server and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information. The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

Meanwhile, the broadcast related information may be provided through a mobile communication network, and in this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast-related information may exist in various forms. For example, an EPG (Electronic Program Guide) of DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) or an ESG (Electronic Service Guide) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcasting signals using various broadcasting systems. In particular, the broadcasting receiving module 111 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S) Only Digital Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H), Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial (ISDB-T), and the like. Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 is configured to be suitable for all broadcasting systems that provide broadcasting signals as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

In addition, the mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and the wireless Internet module 113 can be built in or externally. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short-range communication module 114 refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, radio frequency identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as the short distance communication technology.

The location information module 115 is a module for confirming or obtaining the location of the mobile terminal. A typical example of the position information module 115 is a Global Position System (GPS) module. According to the present technology, the GPS module calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the calculated information to obtain three-dimensional current position information according to latitude, longitude, and altitude It can be calculated accurately. At present, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting an error of the calculated position and time information using another satellite is widely used. In addition, the GPS module can calculate speed information by continuously calculating the current position in real time.

An audio / video (A / V) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes an image frame such as a still image or a moving image obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. Then, the processed image frame can be displayed on the display module 151.

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ The camera 121 may be equipped with two or more cameras according to the configuration of the terminal.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. The microphone 122 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. Particularly, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display module 151 described later, it can be called a touch screen.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the mobile terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the mobile terminal 100, the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the mobile terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it is possible to sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. Also, it is responsible for a sensing function related to whether or not the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141. This will be discussed later in connection with touch screens.

The sensing unit 140 includes a geomagnetic sensor for calculating a moving direction when a user moves, a gyro sensor for calculating a rotating direction, and an acceleration sensor.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, Video input / output (I / O) ports, earphone ports, and the like.

Here, the identification module is a chip that stores various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100, and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM) ), A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (" USIM "), and the like. In addition, an apparatus having an identification module (hereinafter referred to as 'identification device') can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or receives power from the external device to transfer the data to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or to transmit data in the mobile terminal 100 to an external device.

The interface unit 170 may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100 when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, Various command signals may be transmitted to the mobile terminal. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The output unit 150 is for outputting an audio signal, a video signal, or an alarm signal. The output unit 150 may include a display module 151, an audio output module 152, and an alarm unit 153.

The display module 151 displays and outputs information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed.

Meanwhile, as described above, when the display module 151 and the touch pad have a mutual layer structure to constitute a touch screen, the display module 151 can be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display module 151 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display 3D display). Some of these displays can be configured to be transparent so that they can be viewed from outside. This may be referred to as a transparent display. A typical example of the transparent display is a transparent organic light emitting diode (TOLED) or the like. In addition, there may be two or more display modules 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile terminal 100. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may be provided with an external display module (not shown) and an internal display module (not shown) at the same time. The touch screen may be configured to detect not only the touch input position and area but also the touch input pressure.

The audio output module 152 outputs audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 outputs an acoustic signal related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The sound output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for informing occurrence of an event in a form other than an audio signal or a video signal. For example, it is possible to output a signal in a vibration mode. When a call signal is received or a message is received, the alarm unit 153 can output a vibration to notify it. Alternatively, when the key signal is input, the alarm unit 153 can output the vibration by the feedback to the key signal input. The user can recognize the occurrence of an event through the vibration output as described above. Of course, a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event may also be output through the display module 151 or the sound output module 152.

The memory 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and may store a function for temporarily storing input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, . In addition, the memory 160 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns outputted when a touch is input on the touch screen.

Also, the mobile terminal 100 may operate a web storage for performing a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The control unit 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. In addition, the control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the control unit 180 as a battery, and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing functions. In some cases, And may be implemented by the control unit 180.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that perform at least one function or operation. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software codes may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the control unit 180. [

The terminal 100 shown in Fig. 1 is configured to be operable in a communication system capable of transmitting data through a frame or packet, including a wired / wireless communication system and a satellite-based communication system .

2 is a wireless communication system in which a terminal related to the present invention is operable.

2, the wireless communication system includes a plurality of terminals 100, a plurality of base stations (BSs) 270, base station controllers (BSCs) 275, , And a mobile switching center ('MSC') 280. MSC 280 is configured to be coupled to a Public Switched Telephone Network (" PSTN ") 290, and is also configured to be coupled to BSCs 275. BSCs 275 may be coupled in pairs with BS 270 through a backhaul line. The backhaul line may be provided according to at least one of E1 / T1, ATM, IP, PPP, Frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL or xDSL. Thus, a plurality of BSCs 275 may be included in the system shown in FIG.

Each BS 270 may comprise at least one sector, and each sector may comprise an omnidirectional antenna or an antenna pointing to a particular direction of radial from BS 270. [ In addition, each sector may include two or more antennas of various types. Each BS 270 may be configured to support a plurality of frequency assignments and each of the plurality of frequency assignments has a specific spectrum (e.g., 1.25 MHz, 5 MHz, etc.).

The intersection of sector and frequency assignment may be referred to as a CDMA channel. BS 270 may be referred to as a Base Station Transceiver Subsystem (BTSs). In this case, the word " base station " may be referred to as a combination of one BSC 275 and at least one BS 270. [ The base station may also indicate a " cell site ". Alternatively, each of the plurality of sectors for a particular BS 270 may be referred to as a plurality of cell sites.

2, a broadcasting transmitter (BT) 295 transmits a broadcasting signal to the terminals 100 operating in the system. The broadcast receiving module 111 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the terminal 100 to receive a broadcast signal transmitted by the BT 295.

In addition, FIG. 2 illustrates several Global Positioning System ('GPS') satellites 300. The satellites 300 help to locate at least one of the plurality of terminals 100. Although two satellites are shown in FIG. 2, useful location information may be obtained by two or more satellites. The location information module 115 shown in FIG. 1 cooperates with satellites 300 to obtain desired location information. Here, you can track your location using all of the technologies that can track your location, as well as your GPS tracking technology. Also, at least one of the GPS satellites 300 may optionally or additionally be responsible for satellite DMB transmission.

Among the typical operations of a wireless communication system, the BS 270 receives a reverse link signal from the various terminals 100. At this time, the terminals 100 are connecting a call, transmitting or receiving a message, or performing another communication operation. Each of the reverse link signals received by the particular base station 270 is processed by the particular base station 270. The data resulting from the processing is transmitted to the connected BSC 275. The BSC 275 provides call resource allocation and mobility management functions, including the organization of soft handoffs between the base stations 270. The BSC 275 also transmits the received data to the MSC 280 and the MSC 280 provides additional transmission services for connection with the PSTN 290. [ Similarly, the PSTN 290 connects to the MSC 280, the MSC 280 connects to the BSCs 275, and the BSCs 275 communicate with the BSs 270 ).

Generally, the battery consumption (or heating value) is different for each application, and even if the same application is used, the battery consumption amount varies depending on the usage pattern of the user. This is because the devices used by users are different for each application and the usage times of the same devices are different for each user.

Therefore, if the user informs the user of the battery consumption amount and the heat generation amount for each application when downloading the application or executing the downloaded application, the user will be able to use the application more efficiently based on the current battery amount (or calorific value).

3 shows capacity and battery usage information of a general application.

As shown in FIG. 3, when entering an application or a power saving mode by entering a system configuration of an LTE phone or a smartphone, only the download application capacity and battery usage information are displayed.

Therefore, it is difficult for a user to select which application is suitable for his / her terminal when downloading a specific application (due to the capacity of the battery) because the battery consumption is different depending on the application, and even when the actual application is executed after downloading, It is difficult to know whether it is usable or how much the application can be used.

The present invention calculates a battery consumption amount (or a calorific value) of a corresponding application when a specific application is downloaded or a downloaded application is executed, and informs the user. For example, in the case of downloading an application, the present invention calculates and reports a normal battery consumption amount (or a calorific value) of an application using information provided by a system, and when the downloaded application is executed, , It monitors the usage pattern of the user's application and calculates and reports detailed battery consumption amount (heating value) optimized for each user.

Show battery consumption of download application

4 is an example of a method of calculating an amount of battery consumption of an application when an application is downloaded.

In the present invention, the mobile terminal and the market server are information on the consumed current of the main HW device of the terminal, and the consumption current data of each HW device actually measured by the manufacturer in the main scenario and the main conditions at the development stage are DB .

Considering that the consumed current data for each HW device differs depending on the manner of using the application (for example, the LCD On / OFF or the amount of wireless data used) ON / OFF status, RF intensity, CPU operation clock, and the like.

4, when the user selects and downloads a predetermined application from the market, the market server multiplies the consumed current of each HW device stored in DB form by the operating time of each device to calculate the battery consumption amount (heat generation amount) of the application to be downloaded, And transmits it to the user's mobile terminal together with the application. At this time, the battery consumption of the calculated application may be displayed so that the user can finally select whether or not to download the battery.

5A and 5B show an example of displaying the amount of battery consumption of the downloaded application, and FIG. 5A shows an example of displaying in the form of a bar.

When the application is downloaded from the market, the user can check the battery consumption of the application in various ways.

The first method is to display the notification icon 50 in the status area when the application is downloaded. When the user touches the status area and goes down, the control unit 180 displays an item 'Battery usage by application' in the notification window, and displays the amount of battery consumption for each application when the user selects the item. At this time, the controller 180 may display the battery consumption amount of the application to be different from the consumption amount of the battery when the consumption amount of the application exceeds a predetermined amount. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the amount of battery consumption of the application is displayed in the form of a display bar 51. In an application in which the consumption amount of the battery exceeds a certain amount, the color of the display bar 51 is displayed differently (for example, red).

The second method is to check the battery consumption of the application through 'System setting' displayed when the menu key is selected. When the system setting is selected, the amount of battery consumption for each application is displayed in the same manner as the method of using the notification icon 50. [

Accordingly, the user can confirm the amount of battery consumption for each displayed application, and then press the menu key to delete an application having a large amount of battery consumption.

FIG. 5B is an example of displaying the amount of battery consumption of the downloaded application in an icon form.

When the user confirms the battery consumption of the application using the above two methods, the controller 180 displays a predetermined icon, for example, the balloon image 52, of the battery consumption for each application. The size of the balloon image 52 is larger for an application having a larger battery consumption amount so that relative comparison is possible. The balloon image 52 is deleted when the pin 53 shown on one side is dragged.

In particular, the size of the balloon image 52 is readjusted in accordance with the amount of battery consumption of each application calculated when the application is executed together with the display bar 51. In this case, If this is not done, the usage time that can be saved is displayed. Also, when the balloon image 52 is double-tapped while the application is being executed, the control unit 180 stops execution of the application.

Thus, the present invention can inform the user of the amount of battery consumption for each application when downloading the application, so that the amount of battery consumption of the application downloaded by the user can be confirmed. The battery consumption amount for each application at the time of downloading is a battery consumption amount commonly provided to all users.

As another embodiment of the present invention, the amount of battery consumption of the application may be calculated and displayed in the terminal at the time of downloading. In this case, information on the consumption current of the main HW device is stored in the memory 160 of the terminal. When a specific application is downloaded, the application is internally executed once to determine which HW device is operated, Calculated and displayed.

However, when the downloaded application is actually executed, a pattern for using the corresponding application differs for each user. That is, a certain user may use the display portion more when the application is used, and some users may use the camera function more frequently, and execute the corresponding application by changing the operation occupancy rate of the HW device for each user. Therefore, even if the same application is used, it is necessary to adjust the consumed amount of the battery according to the use pattern of the application for each user. That is, it provides the battery consumption of the application optimized for the usage pattern of each user's application.

Calculation and display of battery consumption and heat generation during download application execution

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing battery consumption information of an application of a mobile terminal according to the present invention, wherein an average battery consumption of an application is calculated when an application is executed.

As shown in FIG. 6, when a user downloads (installs) a specific application and then executes the application (when an execution command is input), the controller 180 checks which devices are operated in the application and displays an 'Application HW Device List' (S10). The generated device list is stored in the memory 60 (S10, S11).

On the other hand, when the user uses a specific application, the controller 180 monitors a usage pattern and stores the pattern in a history file format (S12). According to the monitoring operation, the controller 180 recognizes how the user uses the application on average and can calculate how much consumption current is generated on average at the time of executing the application (S13). In addition, the mobile terminal stores information on the consumption current of the main HW device in the form of a DB in the memory 160.

Accordingly, the control unit 180 calculates the consumed current for each HW Device List using the application usage pattern information of the monitored user and the DB information about the consumed current of the main HW device stored in the memory 160, The average consumption current (average consumption) expected at the time of use is calculated (S13). Further, the controller 180 calculates an expected calorific value based on the calculated average consumed current. The battery consumption amount of the corresponding application shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B is corrected by the calculated average consumption current (average consumption amount) and is displayed together with the heat generation amount, and the length or the richness image of the display bar 51 (52) is readjusted.

FIG. 7 shows an example of calculating the average consumption current when executing a downloaded specific application, for example, a 'Tango' application.

When the Tango application downloaded by the user is executed, the control unit 180 is a HW device that is operated when the Tango is executed. The main unit includes a main chip (CPU), a display (LCD + backlight), a touch, a camera, audio, RF (LTE, CDMA, WCDMA, GSM / WIFI) to create 'Tango Application HW Device List'.

Then, the controller 180 determines whether or not the usage time (operation occupancy rate information) of each HW device in the entire application usage time, that is, the average pattern in which the user uses the Tango application, based on the last 10 usage logs using the Tango application Information. At this time, the number of recent use can be set by the user. For example, assume that the average pattern information of the HW device is 10% of the main chipset (CPU), 40% display, 5% touch, 30% camera, 5% audio and 10% RF.

Accordingly, the controller 180 calculates an expected consumption current (for example, 1500 mmA) when the user uses the Tango application by referring to the usage pattern information of the Tango application and the consumed current DB information of the stored main HW device.

The control unit 180 recognizes the battery voltage state of the terminal through the battery fuel gauge value. When the user executes a specific application and the average consumption current is calculated as described above, the controller 180 refers to the current battery voltage level and the average consumption current value of the calculated application, T1) (S14). At this time, the controller 180 can know the average usage time (T2) of the application for the last 10 times by the user through the information of 'History File of Application'.

Accordingly, the controller 180 compares the available time (T1) of the current application with the average usage time (T2) of the most recent application, and uses the current usage time for the current battery level (S17). Otherwise, as shown in FIG. 8, a pop-up message Pop (Pop) is displayed as the UI 55 for determining whether the application is executed together with the application battery consumption information 54 -up Massage) to make the user decide whether to continue to execute the message or to re-execute the message (S18). For example, the application battery consumption information 54 is indicated by an average battery consumption (1500 mmA) and a usable time (T1: 30 minutes) and a recent average usage time (T2: 25 minutes) As a pop-up message, you may see "Do you want to continue running the Tango application?

Thereafter, the control unit 180 checks whether a new application is executed for multitasking (S19). If a new application is executed, the operation after step S11 is repeatedly executed. Otherwise, (S20).

Through such an operation, the user can perform at least one application and perform multitasking.

Application execution time maintenance plan

9 is an example for continuing the execution of the application by automatically notifying the consumption current of the application in the low voltage battery state.

If the battery has fallen below a normal voltage by using the application for a long time while the user is using a specific application (e.g., Tango) under a sufficient battery voltage state, the controller 180 checks the amount of current consumed by the currently executing application And informs the user of a message including the available time information and a message recommending an optimal method for increasing the usage time of the currently running application in a pop-up form (56). As an example, the above message will be 'Tango application terminated after about 5 minutes. I will switch the display part to low power mode to reduce power consumption. "

Accordingly, when the user presses the " Accept " button on the pop-up message, the control unit 180 automatically operates the corresponding HW device in the low power consumption mode.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the amount of battery consumption of an application being executed in the form of an icon.

As shown in FIG. 10, the user can refer to the amount of battery consumption of a plurality of applications currently being executed (multitasking target) in order to increase the usage time of the currently running Tango application. The amount of battery consumption of each application is shown as a time available for saving when stopping execution of the application.

Accordingly, the user can increase the usable time of the Tango application to 17 minutes by double-tapping and stopping a specific application (e.g., an Angry Bird) from a plurality of applications currently being executed.

As described above, according to the present invention, a user can select and delete an unnecessary application by calculating and reporting the battery consumption amount of the downloaded application. When the application is executed, the application usage pattern of the user is applied to the battery consumption information of the application, By providing various information, it is possible to perform battery management and application execution optimized for the user.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as computer-readable code on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . Further, the computer may include a control unit of the terminal.

The method of providing battery consumption information for the mobile terminal and its application as described above is not limited to the configuration and method of the embodiments described above, All or some of them may be selectively combined.

50: Notification icon: 51: Display bar
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54: Application battery consumption information
55: Whether the application is executed or not UI

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete A memory for storing the application and the consumed current value of each device;
A display unit for displaying an application; And
An initial battery consumption amount calculated according to a usage method of each application when downloading a predetermined application is displayed and an average battery consumption amount according to execution of each application is predicted at the time of executing an application to inform the user of available time information at the current battery level And a control unit,
Wherein,
When the average battery consumption of each application is displayed according to a user's request, the initial or average battery consumption of each application is displayed in the form of an icon displayed differently according to the size of the battery consumption,
Each of the icons,
Further comprising usage time information of another application which can be extended when the corresponding application is not executed. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit
Wherein the information providing unit is configured to provide information for continuing execution of the application by referring to a battery level and an average battery consumption amount of the application when the application is executed. 11. The method of claim 10,
LCD ON / OFF, RF ON / OFF, RF intensity, and CPU operation clock. delete 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the control unit
The initial and average battery consumption is displayed in the form of a bar,
Wherein the length of the bar is differently displayed according to a size of a battery consumption amount. delete 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit
(a) a device list is generated for each application by checking which devices are operated when each application is executed,
(b) monitoring and storing usage patterns for each application,
(c) calculating an average battery consumption amount and a calorific value for each application by using the stored usage pattern for each application and the checked consumption current value for each device. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit
After checking the usable time of the application based on the current battery level using the average battery consumption, comparing the usable time with the average time that the user has recently used a predetermined number of times, And if it is larger than the average time, executes the corresponding application, and if it is smaller, displays a message asking whether to execute the application. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit
When the remaining amount of the battery drops below a predetermined level, the amount of consumed current of the currently running application is checked to calculate available time information of the application,
And displaying the calculated usable time information and the method of increasing the usage time of the currently running application in a pop-up form. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the control unit
Wherein when one of the icons is selected by the user, execution of the application corresponding to the icon is stopped, and the execution time of the specific application currently being executed is extended by the save time of the application suspended by the user Mobile terminal.

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