TW552499B - Instantaneously switching apparatus of power source efficiency mode for computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

A kind of instantaneously switching apparatus of power source efficiency mode for computer system includes the driving module, user interface application program, basic input/output system (BIOS) and the hardware switching apparatus. The BIOS is embedded with power source management mechanism responsible for the power source management of some specific devices of the computer. The driving module is in charge of the communication between the user interface application program and the BIOS. The user interface application program provides the user correcting and setting functions, which are called through the application software of the operation system. The power source management of the computer device is obtained through the driving module; and the hardware switching apparatus is used to generate signal such that the user can easily obtain the instantaneously switching function.

Description

552499 V. Description of the invention α) Field of invention: _ The present invention relates to an instantaneous power switching mode switching device for computer system components, which includes components in general computer systems and some specific components. Background of the Invention: With the rapid development of digital technology, computers have become one of the indispensable tools in the daily life of modern people. As the functions provided by computers are quite diverse, including word processing, data analysis, communication transmission, and Internet search And home entertainment, so whether it is office workers, students, or even housewives, computers are almost always used anywhere. Since the computer may be used at any time during the day, for most users, they often want to use the computer at any time when the computer is turned on to avoid tedious startup, Shutdown action, so the majority of users' habits will not shut down the computer due to temporary departure when the computer is turned on, but will shut down when it is determined that the computer will not be used again that day. Due to the rise of environmental awareness, the world has the concept of saving power. In order to meet the usage habits of most users, operating systems often provide some power management functions. The purpose is to make the computer temporarily unused. Properly manage the power state of the internal components of the computer so that its internal power consumption can be minimized to avoid waste of power and damage to component life. In addition, computer operators usually provide specific input / output system (B I 0S) specific features of the computer system.

Page 5 552499 V. Description of the invention (2) Power saving function, perform power management of certain specific components, these components are often not unified according to design differences, the operating system cannot directly manage its power status, and must be through basic input / output System (BIOS) interface to achieve the purpose of setting. What's more, the power control of some pens, such as components, is performed by the basic input / output system (BI0s), but the operating system does not have any method or interface to directly or indirectly achieve the purpose of power control. Hey, please read the system's power management for the 10 components of the interface 16 and the lowest power (s t ndby). The system is also set by the operating system for the operation of the system. As shown in Figure 1, it is a power management architecture diagram of the operating system and basic input / output internal components of the brain; it includes a user's basic input / output system 1 2, an operating system i 4, and specific components 17. The operating system 14 is responsible for processing the components in the computer. Components that are not used in the computer system are as much as possible in the state, such as doze, wait, and even suspend. Basic rotation input / output system In this system, it belongs to its own unique components 17 and cooperates with the operation to provide a power management mechanism. The user interface 10 is usually k supply software to help the user to complete the desired power management with the component 16 as described above, and it can be set up in the software system using the soft-board day source control method. The person 'provides the user with an interface to set his or her appearance. Example 1 1 Tian .. ..... > Heart 4 wood and can be attached to the attached π π, the user has an interface to set the mode he or she wants to operate, such as the maximum power saving mode (Maximum Battery Mode):

552499 V. Description of the invention (3) The industry system sets idle components to a low-energy state as much as possible; 2. Presentation Mode: The operating system estimates the use status of the components according to this working mode, and sets power saving settings; 3. Always On: The computer will always run normally without going into a power-saving state. In addition, the application software attached to the operating system 14 also provides users with Idle Timeout settings for individual components. When the idle time of these single components exceeds the set value, the operating system sets them to a low-energy state. The current operating system has a limited number of user operating modes. For example, the above three operating modes are different from the actual operating conditions of the user. Therefore, the power supply status controlled by the operating system is not the most For optimization, for example, the above three operation modes, the operating mode (frequency control) of the central processing unit (CPU) by the operating system is not much inked. However, the central processing unit (CPU) accounts for a large proportion of the power consumption of the entire computer. In addition, the operating system has little control over the power control of certain components, such as the screen of a notebook computer, and this component also accounts for a significant percentage of power loss. In terms of the man-machine interface, it is inconvenient for the user to change the operation mode. The user must run the application software, move the mouse, click the operation mode, and then close the software. OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION: The main object of the present invention is to provide a power system performance mode instantaneous switching device for a computer system, which can separately control the power state and operation of components.

Page 7 552499 V. Description of the invention (4) Performance management to reduce power consumption and increase component life. The switching device of the present invention includes a driving module, a basic input / output system, a switching device, and a user interface application program. The drive module and the basic input / output system are compatible with each other. Both the basic input / output system can learn the instantaneous switching signal request from the user, and the computer system can be set through the basic input / output system. Power saving features for specific components. , The drive module notifies the signal from the basic input / output system to the user interface application program, and the application program uses the application program interface (A pp 1 icati ο η Programming I nterface, API) to call the driver module in the operating system to complete the change of the component power mode and idle time. The basic input / output system has a built-in power management mechanism to control the power state of specific components. The user interface application can send commands through the driver module to perform the power setting of specific components. The system can receive the user's switching signal request and inform the drive module. The switching device is to help the user achieve the purpose of instantaneous switching. When the user operates (such as pressing a button), a signal is generated for the basic input / output system to receive. -A database is built in the user interface application. The database can store the user's settings for the component's operating performance and power status in a file. The files in the database include the components in the database.

Page 8 552499 V. Description of the invention (5) Setting under various modes, such as power saving mode, idle time limit and frequency control of central processing unit. In addition, the user interface application program also provides an interface to modify the power operation mode settings. Users can modify the contents of the database through its drawing mode interface (user interface), and set new values for the operating performance of the components and the power status. The operating performance and the power of the component can be easily achieved by the user, and the user interface (e, API) and basic input are used to complete the setting. Because of the current stage of operation, the control of operating efficiency and the management of power status do not need to do much better power management. The switching device proposed by the present invention integrates the management of the component source state into the switching device, so that the power supply can be switched to an appropriate mode. For the management system, the operation surface application program is operated through the user interface application program. The application provided by the system (Application Programming Interface input / output system call interface (through the drive module). This invention can be said to quickly and directly switch the power performance of components, and only needs to design a set of management programs, you can simultaneously After completing the operation performance of the components, and the program development and design changes of the present invention, the entire computer system can be obtained so that the review committee can truly understand the purpose, characteristics and effects of the present invention and have a better understanding and approval. The following is a detailed description of the drawings: The brief description of the drawings: Figure 1 shows the current operating system's power management settings for the internal components of the computer

Page 9 552499 V. System architecture diagram of the description of invention (6); Figure 2 is the architecture diagram of the instantaneous switching device of the power supply efficiency mode of the computer system of the present invention. Description of drawing number: 10 ~ user interface application 1 4 ~ operating system 1 7 ~ specific component 2 0 ~ drive module 2 2 ~ switching device 2 4 ~ component 12 ~ basic input / output system 1 6 ~ component 1 8 ~ Power management mechanism 2 1 ~ Basic input / output system 2 3 ~ Specific components 2 5 ~ Power management mechanism Detailed description: The present invention discloses a device for instantaneously switching the power efficiency mode of a computer system. The power management and operation performance are integrated under the same user interface, and the power performance mode of the components is managed through the interface, so that the power of each component of the computer is set according to the user's settings to obtain the best management to extend the use time of the computer (In battery mode) and increase the service life of the components, the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail through the following articles with illustrations. Please refer to FIG. 2, which is an architecture diagram of the instantaneous switching device of the power system performance mode of the computer system of the present invention, including the driving module 20, the basic input / output system 2 1, the switching device 2 2, and the user interface application program 1 〇. drive

Page 10 552499 V. Description of the invention (7) The mutual coupling between the moving module 20 and the basic input / output system η becomes the core software module of the present invention, and the switching device 22 is the hardware core of the present invention. The input / output system 21 is responsible for detecting the signal of the switching device 22 to know (N tif Υ) the driving module 2 〇; on the other hand, the driving module 2 〇 then informs the signal to the user interface application program丨 〇, the user interface application 10 is based on the user's mouth in the database of different "gears" through the application of the king style, application programming interface (API), or through the driver module The group transmits the power setting command to the round-in / round-out system 2 1 to set specific components 2 3 (different according to the design of each computer system) to the desired power mode. Among them, the switching of the power mode and idle time of component 24 and specific component 23 is dominated by user interface application program 10. The entire switching operation is as follows: 1) · The user presses the switching device 2 2. 2) The switching device generates a signal to the basic input / output system 21. 3). The basic input / output system 2 1 informs the drive module 2 〇. 4). The horse area mobile module 2 0 informs the user interface application 1 〇 4). The user interface application 1 10 knows that the user has switched to it-"slot"-according to the settings in the database. 5) · User interface application 10 sets the power mode and idle time of each component to new values through the application programming interface (API) or the input / output system call (via the driver module).

552499 V. Description of the invention (8) The user interface application program 10 is a windowed application program. The user can set this user interface application 10 to automatically load and run when the operating system is turned on, and then the user interface application 10 will reduce itself to a small icon (Icon) and store it in the taskbar in the lower right corner ( Taskbar). The user can click the small icon with the mouse to call up the user interface to change the settings and save it in the database. It can be seen from the description that the management application of the power state of the present invention is a 10-level mode, in which the programming interface (Appl API) completes the setting module and transmits the command to the component 24, and the special operation mode is fast, and the operation performance can be performance. And the power supply system is based on the basic operation of the present invention. The power management can be integrated as a whole. The power management of 3 is switched from the above performance and user interface to the appropriate system. In the present invention, it is only necessary to operate the power supply state tube 18 at the current stage of the management element element 2 3, because the operation efficiency of the element 24 and the specific element 23 is greatly improved and the operation effect 24 and the specific element are integrated in In the switching device 22, and through the power performance of the component 24 and the specific component 23, the management of the power status of the component 24 is cat i on Programming, and the operation performance of the specific component 23 is to the basic input / output system 21, Because the power efficiency switching of the fixed component 2 3 can be said to be straightforward, and only a set of processes need to be designed, the specific state management of component 2 4 can be completed at the same time, because the special Component 2 3 input / output system 2 1 The development and design of the power management mechanism does not need to make the components 24 and the specific power supply status of the specific component 2 3 to provide users with better components, which can not only reduce the number of components 2 4 and specific

Page 12 552499 V. Description of the invention (9) Improper consumption of the component 2 3 power can further increase the service life. In summary, the present invention does not change the original design of the basic input / output system, but only appropriately connects its internal power management mechanism with the switching device, so that the basic input / output system has control authority for power state management. When transferring to a switching device, the operation efficiency control of the components is switched by the switching device directly through the drive module. Therefore, the power switching device of the present invention does not significantly improve the basic input / output system in the development and design of the program. The change will not only conflict with the functions of the existing basic input / output system, but also be applicable to the power management of most current computer systems, and because its management scope of component power efficiency is more complete than the existing basic input / output system Therefore, the component can obtain better power management, thereby achieving the purpose of saving power and improving the service life of the component. Of course, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the instantaneous switching device for the power efficiency mode of the computer system of the present invention, and it is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any person skilled in the art will not violate the spirit of the present invention. All the modifications should belong to the scope of the present invention, so the protection scope of the present invention should be based on the scope of patent application described below.

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552499 VI. Scope of patent application Patent application scope 1. One * horse area one * base fixed all of the above 2. Such as the instant power button above, 3 · such as instantaneous, 4 · such as instantaneous, use the industry. 5. If you want to introduce the user and switch the input drive module for instantaneous and various types of computer modules, apply for a special switch to install all soft performance devices or to apply for a special switch. Hard drive. The system's instantaneous switching device for power efficiency mode of the surrounding system includes:, which is mutually coupled with the computer's basic input / output system; the surface application program, the built-in database provides users to modify the appropriate power mode of the set components; / output system, which is built-in A power management mechanism can control the power state of the components through the group; and is responsible for generating hardware signals. The power efficiency mode of the computer system described in Item 1 above, wherein the above-mentioned switching device allows the body modules to operate with each other through the generation of signals to achieve the instantaneous switching of components in various different modes, and the way of signal generation , You can use the “Hot Key” on the computer keyboard to set the power efficiency mode of the computer system described in the first item of the profit range, wherein the switching device includes a user interface application for the user and switching Interface between devices. The power efficiency mode of the computer system described in item 3 of the profit scope, wherein the above-mentioned user interface is the activation of a windowed application program. You can click on the computer mouse and save the new value in the database. For the user to execute the power efficiency mode of the computer system described in item 1 of the operating range, where the above components include at least a central processing unit and a screen. Page 15 552499 6. Scope of patent application 6. The instantaneous switching mode of the power efficiency mode of the computer system as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the power state of the above components includes at least the components' idle time, screen brightness, and central processing unit. Frequency setting. 7. The power efficiency mode of the computer system as described in item 2 of the scope of the patent application, the instantaneous switching device, wherein the above database includes at least the power efficiency mode of the acceleration mode, the power saving mode and the idle ageing three components. Page 16