TW200521658A - Power consumption monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power consumption monitoring system, wherein a power consumption monitoring system is installed in a host system. The host system comprises at least one sub-system, which has at least one operation mode and is capable of being switched between the operation modes. When abnormal power consumption occurs in switching between the operation modes of each sub-system, the power consumption monitoring system issues an alarm to the host system.

Description

200521658 V. Description of the invention (1) __ [Technical field or to which the invention belongs] / The present invention relates to one of the power consumption systems, the power consumption monitoring system, especially a system installed in a main system. Known secondary systems of the secondary system 'The power consumption monitoring system can monitor the abnormal power consumption of the primary and secondary power sources, and I' monitors the system to provide a warning message in the secondary system . [Previous technology] Press, following the central mouth of the computer. U nit (referred to as cpu) 's Central Processing is amazing, especially, the faster the Intel, the more heat it generates, and the heat of the central processor is introduced. The stability of the processor's brain system can't stand up, but it is faulty for the entire electricity, and the central processing unit is ready. But if the fan is insufficient, the central processing unit will be directly burned. A big impact, light down the crash, and heavy, so 'To prevent the emergence of 顼 顼, w sore neighbours * 毺 4 + see, the direction to go inside or the fan stopped, the main board of the big 4 knife has Very complete for CPU temperature, Li Tong, ":: Condition & Vision <, including, ^ ^ ^ ^ charge / service, CPU speed of the CPU, medium; two ?: I firm status, I / O voltage status, etc. In addition to these monitoring programs cooperating with the basic input / output system (BI0s), most motherboards, 1 will also write software to cooperate with monitoring or protection, allowing the central processor and pen If the system can always operate normally in a safe and worry-free situation For example · a Huan Patel (Intei), Microsoft (Micr〇s〇ft) and Toshiba (Toshiba) the company jointly developed the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (Advanced Configuration and P〇wer Interface, Jane

200521658 V. Description of the invention (2): ACP I), advanced configuration and power interface enable the operating system (Operating System, abbreviated ... 0 S) to manage the power consumption of peripheral equipment in a certain way, such as : The hard disk or the screen enters the power saving mode when the user is not used for a certain period of time, or stops operating until the user re-uses it. It is important to note that the operating system uses advanced configuration and power interface management. For peripheral devices, the peripheral devices must meet advanced configuration and power interface specifications to operate. In addition, today's microprocessor manufacturers and developers continue to introduce microprocessors with faster processing speeds and more functions, and the power consumption of notebook computers has also increased proportionally, forcing notebook computer manufacturers. It is necessary to develop more efficient battery power and power management technology. However, general notebook computer end users want products to be short and thin. If the size of the battery is increased to increase the power supply, It runs counter to the needs of users, so how to increase battery life without increasing the volume and weight of the battery? At present, there are two methods in the industry: (1) in battery chemistry, starting with the material of the battery itself, and developing different materials to achieve this purpose; (2) starting with the promotion of more efficient battery management technology. The following is a description of the easiest battery management technology for general notebook computer manufacturers: At present, most of the batteries equipped in notebook computers have "smart battery technology", which can provide extremely Accurate control of battery capacity saturation, and the battery using "smart battery technology" must include electricity accumulation sensor "temperature sensor" and other sensors

Page 6 V. Description of the invention (3) V. Description of the invention (3) The device is accurate to manage the battery, the system, and when the battery-type battery was powered on. In other words, report the information, store the report itself. The control of the discharge. The state of use of the peripheral equipment will be restored when it is used, and the power consumption of the hardware can make the computer abnormal. When the computer is damaged, the capacity of the battery and the system are only focused on the battery charger. The battery is currently being managed in a certain way, and the user has not used the power again. Is it possible?) And the hardware applications and the corresponding countermeasures. The load or power consumption generator, or even the entire fault 'in addition to monitoring electricity, monitors the changes that occur at the end of the charging cycle. A system manager bus (System for short SMBus) interacts with the system and the charger. The drain bus is based on I 2C as a two-wire operation principle. After the system or charger understands the wisdom and when the current It can be recharged, the battery can be recharged, and the accuracy rate can reach 98%. After connecting the smart battery to the SMBus interface, it can return to the state, report the error, accept the parameter adjustment, and return to the previous smart battery. Technology, r battery capacity, etc., are provided for use: the stage configuration and power interface are based on the "side-specific" over the ^-segment specific mode or stop operation, and direct power supply. Or applications provided by the power supply (Appl i cat i〇n volume) or monitoring of the operating system, any abnormal conditions, no pool or power supply can not afford to be forced to interrupt operations or occur when users use the In addition to the troubled field monitoring program, if there is a method of 200521658 V. Description of the invention (4) The method of measuring the quantity, the user can know clearly the power consumption during the computer operation to cope with the unpredictable workload and cope with spikes Work load, improve work efficiency, effectively use equipment, and reduce power consumption, even under different types of combinations, you can determine whether the battery or power supply is sufficient to load the entire system, and switch on and off each application and hardware It is believed that it is a great breakthrough in this technical field to make the power supply reach the maximum efficiency of 5 and prolong the service life of the power supply and keep the computer operating under normal power consumption. In view of this, in order to improve the shortcomings of conventional practice, the inventor finally developed and designed this book after long-term research and experiment. A power consumption monitoring system of the Ming Dynasty can be used to monitor the abnormal power consumption of each system when the operating mode is switched in each of the primary systems provided by the main system. During the measurement, the power consumption monitoring system can provide a warning message to the main system. In this way, the user can propose corresponding countermeasures based on the warning message, and avoid the sudden forced interruption of the operation of the main system. The reviewing committee can further understand and understand the purpose, shape, structural device features and effects of the present invention, and the following examples and drawings are used to explain in detail: [Embodiment] The present invention is a power consumption monitoring system Please refer to Figure 1,

200521658 V. Description of Invention (5)

A primary system 1 is provided with at least one secondary system 2 and a power consumption monitoring system 3, wherein the secondary systems 2 are provided with at least one operation mode, and the operation modes can be switched among these operation modes. The power monitoring system 3 can determine whether each of the secondary systems 2 has abnormal power consumption when the operating mode of each secondary system is switched, so that when the abnormal power consumption of each secondary system 2 occurs, the power consumption monitoring system 3, a warning message can be provided to the main system 1, so that the user can propose corresponding countermeasures based on the warning message, and the main system 1 can be prevented from being suddenly forced to interrupt the operation. X In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 1 again. 2 2 monitors: 3 systems include a power consumption comparison table 30 and-one of the power tube operation modes == power comparison Table 3 0 is equipped with two tasks for each system 2 ": power consumption 302 (as shown in Figure 2), please refer to Figure 3 Unit 32 will follow ;; operation mode When it is switched, the power management ~ steps are processed ... (3 0 1) Query the power consumption; the actual number of people X and ^ 2 before and after the operation mode is switched (3 0 2). In comparison, the actual power consumption after the switch and the actual power consumption after the switch (3 0 3) are used to make use of the actual change value; the gross value before and after the operation mode is switched: Table 30 'Query the current system 2 at Yun (Dan 304) compared the above before the switch, 3.2; I · power consumption 3 2 2 to determine π power consumption 3 2 2 and the estimated after the switch (305) to determine the actual change Estimated change value; if it is performed in accordance with step (3 0 6), if no ^ is not consistent with the estimated change value, proceed in step (3 0 7); 200521658 丨 丨 丨 · »_ 5. Description of the invention (6) (3 0 6) Subsystem 2 denier abnormal consumption HO '1 proposes a system alert message; children I, but may continue processing this embodiment the primary (307) under normal operation mode, the power consumption estimated 3〇2. In the operating mode, during the operation, the measurement is repeated: the system of the owing person 2 is in each of the offices, because the measured power consumption of the system 2 in any system 2 is not consistent. In the cooperative mode, if the estimated power consumption of 3 0 2 is fixed at -9 right each time, if there is an abnormal phenomenon, it will be indicated as a judgment! The system will allow the error to the upper limit. The value and lower limit allow the ancient Wu upper soil consumption to be severe, 302 is between the basic degrees, and the estimated power consumption is basically the sum of the two and the upper limit allowable error value. Take △ U and the indication, 俾 the power management unit 32 @ # sun, read the operation of Figure 2 in Figure 4/2 will follow the following steps to determine when Λ mode is broken and switched, do not: death times Shouji (401) apricot # 山 'whether there is an abnormal power consumption. · System power consumption; μ 隹 Continuous ρ (4 0 2) before and after the switching is compared with the real power before switching, Take π to beat I and do n’t waste the same amount of money after the switch to get the consistent change in value; the money is used as a model (2) + Use the "Hai Power Consumption Comparison Table 30" to find out the estimated power consumption before and after the switchover of the "," type 3 2 0; Le, 'Xian 2 in operation power consumption (::: T estimates before switching Compare power consumption 302 with the eve-li 302 after the switch 'to get an estimated change; the estimated m after $ p. 20052005658' V. Description of the invention (7) (4 0 5) Within the actual change value 9, if it is performed according to step (4 0 6), S is not within the range of the estimated change value (40 6), it is determined that each of the systems 2 has a step ^ step ^ (4 stomach 09); Whether the value of the change exceeds the basic power consumption ^ ^ #Consumption of electricity is used to determine the real sum. If it is performed according to step (40 7), whether it is the value of the tolerance between the upper limit and the upper limit. ; Warning value of the value; Θ k, the value of the cross value exceeds the estimated change (4 0 8) can be a warning message to the main system 1 a good value; ~ the value of the change is lower than the estimated change (40 9) Continue processing according to the general operation method. Because the difference between the value of the operating mode of the system 2 and the estimated change value is too large ^. 〃 is too large 4 'This time the system may have a pair of main system power / ^' φ5 \ Tea reading shown in Figure 2 'Therefore, in this embodiment, the consumption i :: still has-estimate Extreme power consumption 304 'The estimated power consumption of the system 2 is repeatedly measured, and the PP red φ ^ is the maximum difference and the minimum error value of the electricity, and the estimate is ^ Υ 3 0 4 is between the basic power consumption and the maximum allowable error value, u and-the difference between the basic power consumption and the maximum allowable error value, please refer to f + the figure of what the power management unit 32 After determining that the system 2 has abnormal hair s, each time 'will be processed according to the following steps: 3 () 4 (= 1) to determine whether the actual change value is not within the estimated limit power consumption into 4 · dry range' If it is performed according to step (502), otherwise it is performed according to step (503) (502) immediately requesting the primary system 1 to stop the operation of the secondary system 2; page 11 200521658 V. Description of the invention (8) ( 5 0 3) Then judge whether the actual change value is the sum of exceeding the US and the upper limit allowable error value, if it is performed according to step (50 power step (5 0 5)); otherwise, it is based on (5 04 ) A warning message of the change value can be provided to the main system i; the estimated value (505) can be issued to the main system! Provide a warning message for the actual change. %% 边 In these embodiments, please refer to Figure 1, the main 4 = electronic products (such as: computer, mobile phone or personal digital assistant can be

System) 'and this time system 2 can be used in this work, application software (APPLICATI0N) and hardware (main board 4 皿 / month, wrong power ...), and this time system 2 is set separately There was a time when the limit power consumption was estimated 3 0 4. The power management unit 32 can first use the power consumption meter 20 to obtain the estimated power consumption of the system 2 under each operation ^ 3 0 2 And the estimated limit power consumption of 3 0 4 and the obtained: = ancient power consumption 3 0 2 and estimated limit power consumption of 3 04 are filled in the power consumption pair, and the power supply management unit in the middle § 3 2 can be taken from the power consumption comparison table, the estimated power consumption of 302 and the estimated limit power consumption of 3 0 4 without: = go to take the second system 2. In the present invention, this time ^ The system power consumption meter 20, σ, 'in the application software, or edit the driver s of the hardware ± so, the application software or hardware can easily establish the power consumption of the system ϊ Table 20 . In these embodiments, the power consumption monitoring system 3 further includes a use

200521658 V. Description of the invention (9) User interface 34: After the power consumption monitoring system 3 is started, the user interface 3 4 can be used to edit the power consumption comparison table 3 〇 to make the power consumption comparison Table 3 〇 includes the estimated power consumption 3 of each secondary system 2 〇 2 and the estimated limit power consumption 3 04, so that the user can not obtain the operation of each secondary system 2 in the power management unit 32 When the power consumption in the mode, the user can manually change the content of the power consumption comparison table 30, so that the power management unit 32 can still continue processing according to the power consumption comparison table 30. In these embodiments, the remote main system has a power supply unit 4 (such as a smart battery), and the power supply unit 4 can record to the secondary system 2

The operation mode in operation is the actual power consumption, and the power management unit M can read the actual power consumption of the secondary system 2 before and after the operation mode is switched by reading this, electricity early and> 4. Power consumption, and the actual power consumption before switching can be compared with the actual power consumption after switching to obtain the actual private value °... As described above, the power consumption monitoring system 3 can When abnormal power consumption occurs in each of the secondary systems 2, corresponding countermeasures can be proposed to prevent the main system 1 from being interrupted or unable to continue operation, making the main system 丨 except for traditional monitoring, pool capacity and system status monitoring programs. It can monitor the power consumption of each secondary system 2 so that the main system 1 can operate more stably.

According to the above, "," is only one of the best specific embodiments of the present invention, but the structure of the present invention is not limited to this. Anyone skilled in the art can easily think of it in the field of the present invention. Changes or modifications can be covered by the patent scope of the following case.

Page 13 200521658___ Brief description of the drawings [Schematic description] Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the present invention; Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the power consumption comparison table of the present invention; Figure 3 Operation of the power management unit of the present invention in any one time system Operation flowchart when the mode is switched; FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the power management unit of the present invention to determine whether there is abnormal power consumption when the operating mode of any system is switched; FIG. 5 is a power management unit of the present invention The operation flow chart after determining that the system has abnormal power consumption; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the power consumption meter of the secondary system of the present invention. [Representative symbols of main parts] Main system ......... 1 primary system ............ 2 secondary system power consumption meter ... 2 0 Power consumption monitoring system ... 3 Power consumption comparison table ... 30 Estimated power consumption ... 302 Estimated extreme power consumption- · 304 Power management unit ... 32 User interface ... ..... 34 Power supply unit ......... " • 4

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Claims (1)

200521658, patent application scope ^ A kind of consumption monitoring system, which has at least ~ secondary systems and a Lei Jingchen a, 丨 ',,-a mode of operation in a main system, and can :: = Among them, the secondary system is set to: f less frequent system switching operation mode, switch between two or two operation modes, read each step, and perform processing ... The power consumption monitoring system will follow the τ step sequence if the system has abnormal power consumption. , · Warning message [. / Person ', `` Mao has abnormal power consumption, then propose to the main system where the main system, the secondary system, the secondary system, and the power consumption 2 can be used as described in the patent application scope μ. It is an operating system for electronic products. Applicable to the system described in item 1 of the patent scope in order to operate on the host system. 4. As described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, it is hardware that can operate on the main system. "5. As described in the scope of the patent application, the field monitoring system includes a power consumption < no, first, the six Ding field as a% ϊ power comparison table 俜 have each of this-owed ^ power management unit The power consumption is 俾 运作 & ^… one of all the operating modes is estimated to consume power 1 level. Once the operating mode of the system is switched, the following steps will be taken to deal with the problem: The actual power consumption of the system before and after the operation mode is switched is compared with the actual power consumption before the switch to obtain the actual value of the change; , Query out the system's operating mode is on page 15 200521658 200521658 Patent application scope If the actual change value is within the range of the estimated change value, that is, the system has abnormal power consumption, and then judge that the actual change becomes: The sum of the power amount and the upper limit allowable error value; 疋 Whether it is caused by the above; the == exceeds the base power consumption and the upper limit allowable error value i warning ... The total change value is proposed to exceed the estimated change 7. If you apply for a patent The system parameters described in the above are the system's 乂 々, 々 #, 々, 、, and 中. The estimated consumption of this system is' Pil ^ ^ kt. Under each operation mode, the system will be measured in reverse frost. The power consumption is determined by P. The system described in item 5 of 2 KU is set up repeatedly, in which the system is under each operation ^ f scale, and the power consumption meter is provided with these times. The estimated power consumption f of the secondary system power consumption, the estimated power consumption that the power management unit can read, take pictures to get the power consumption of the management unit in each operating mode. In the comparison table, the maximum power consumption of the power supply is convenient. According to the table, the estimated power consumption and the estimated 9 are obtained. If a patent is applied ^ The monitoring system still includes the system described in item 5 above, The power consumption and power comparison table allows the user interface to edit the power consumption. X € The power comparison table contains the estimated power consumption of each subsystem 1 〇 If there is a The system described in item 5 of the power supply list, in which the operation mode of the main system is per 亥When the secondary system is in operation, read the power supply order = international power consumption, and the power management unit can record the operating mode of the secondary system when the system is switched. 200521658 6. Actual power consumption before and after patent application The actual power consumption before the switch can be compared with the actual power consumption after the switch to obtain the actual change value. 11. The system described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the secondary system There is a system power consumption meter, and the system power consumption meter is provided with the estimated power consumption of the secondary system in each operating mode. The power management unit can read the system power consumption meter to Obtain the estimated power consumption of the secondary systems in each operating mode, and fill it in the power consumption comparison table, so that the power management unit can obtain the estimated power consumption from the power consumption comparison table. And estimated extreme power consumption. 1 2. The system as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the power consumption monitoring system further includes a user interface, and the user interface can edit the power consumption comparison table to make the power consumption comparison table Contains the estimated power consumption of each subsystem. 1 3. The system described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the main system is further provided with a power supply unit, which can record the actual power consumption of the operating modes of the secondary systems in operation, and the power supply The management unit can read the actual power consumption of the sub-systems before and after the operating mode is switched by reading the power supply unit's records, and the actual power consumption before the switching and the actual power consumption after the switching can be read. Compare to get the actual change. 1 4. The system as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the actual change value does not exceed the sum of the basic power consumption and the upper limit allowable error value, the main system is proposed that the actual change value is lower than the pre- Warning message to estimate changes. 1 5. The system described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the power consumption 200521658 6. The comparison table for the scope of patent application still has-Estimated Limit Power Consumption 4, which is estimated after the power consumption of the secondary system is repeatedly measured, and is set out-Basic System-Maximum Error Value and Minimum Error Value And the estimate = the sum of the basic power consumption and the maximum allowable error value, and the two = the difference between the maximum allowable error value and the power management unit 容许 6 ^ = after the system has abnormal power consumption, Follow the steps below to deal with each one. Determine whether the actual change value is not within the range of the estimated limit power consumption. If the actual change value is not within the range of the estimated limit power consumption, immediately request The primary system stops the operation of the secondary system. ', 1 6 · The system described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the secondary system can be a hardware, and the power consumption meter of the secondary system can be edited in the driver of the system. 1 17 • The system described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein the secondary system can be an application software, and the secondary system power consumption meter can be edited in the application software. 18 · The system described in item 丨 丨 of the scope of patent application, wherein the secondary system can be a hardware, and the power consumption meter of the secondary system can be edited in the driver of the hardware. 1 9 · The system described in item 丨 丨 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the secondary system can be an application software, and the secondary system and the power consumption summer watch system can be edited in the application software. 2 0 · As described in item 5 of the scope of the patent application / system ’, where it is judged that the actual change value is within the range of the estimated limit power consumption t, it will follow 19th Tribute 200521658 VI. Processing steps for patent application: Determine that the actual change value is the sum of the & allowable error value; 忒, exceed the basic power consumption and the upper limit capacity if the actual change value is the sum of values exceeding 1 Λ ^ , Then the main system may be provided with a warning message of two t S two sets and an upper limit allowable error value. The value of qK h exceeds the estimated change. For example, the 15th patent application scope and the Chengtong system respectively have a system that consumes electricity and a system of ^, where the system is under each operating mode. The preliminary 2 power consumption meter has these power management devices that can read the system = and estimate the maximum power consumption, power consumption, and power consumption. Table to obtain the estimated estimated limit power consumption setting, and enter the power consumption comparison = the estimated power consumption and pre-calculation can be obtained from the power consumption comparison table to obtain the forecast, which facilitates the power management unit power. 、 Estimated power consumption and estimated Meiji light22. If the scope of the patent application, the ^ amount monitoring system still includes one of the following items: the power comparison table, make this face, 4: the power consumption and the Estimating the limit of power consumption _ according to the table:: This can be edited 23. If the scope of the patent application is the first. 15… Estimation of the subsystem ", ... If the result is 1 compare 妗 丄 ^ ^ ^ IF ^ after the switch, the actual power consumption before the switch, Λ _____ to get the actual change value The system still has-power supply list & the power supply station-the system, in which the actual power consumption of the operating system of the main system is in operation: where $ records are read by the power supply unit The second record is that the power management unit can be replaced before and after: the international power consumption *, but can be: two ,: the actual power consumption of the system after the operating mode switch * ... the actual power consumption before the switchover and '200521658 6. Scope of patent application 2 4. The system described in item 20 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the actual change value does not exceed the sum of the basic power consumption and the upper tolerance value, the main system is proposed A warning message that the actual change value is lower than the estimated change value. 2 5. The system described in item 21 of the scope of patent application, wherein the secondary system can be a hardware 'and the secondary system power consumption meter can be edited in the driver of the hardware. 2 6 · The system described in item 21 of the application scope, wherein the secondary system can be an application software, and the secondary power consumption meter can be edited in the application software.