Method, device, and computer-readable storage medium for awaking electronic equipment

• US 10,080,194 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Tan, Kangxi, He, Li, Yang, Xiaohe
• Primary Examiner(s): ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID
• Application Number:
  US15/091,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064629A1
• Time in Patent Office: 895 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/028 switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method, device, and computer-readable storage medium for awaking electronic equipment. The method for awaking the electronic equipment includes monitoring whether a first processor needs to be awaked, when the first processor is powered off; and controlling a power supply module to supply power to the first processor to awake the first processor, if the first processor needs to be awaked. The monitoring whether the first processor needs to be awaked can be performed by a wireless module included in the electronic equipment, rather than by an additional Microcontroller Unit (MCU).

Claims

1. A method for awaking electronic equipment including a wireless module connected with a first processor and a power supply module, the method comprising:

monitoring, by the wireless module, whether the first processor needs to be awaked, when the first processor is powered off; and

controlling, by the wireless module, the power supply module to supply power to the first processor to awake the first processor, if it is determined that the first processor needs to be awaked,

wherein the monitoring whether the first processor needs to be awaked comprises;

monitoring whether a power-up signal of the electronic equipment is received when the first processor is powered off, wherein the power-up signal of the electronic equipment is received when a power distribution network of the electronic equipment is re-powered up after power-off or when a power plug of the electronic equipment is re-plugged in a socket after being pulled out from the socket;

monitoring whether a control signal sent from a target wireless terminal is received, if the power-up signal is received when the first processor is powered off; and

determining that the first processor needs to be awaked, if the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring whether the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received comprises:

receiving, from the first processor when being supplied with power by the power supply module, an executable file for a control system of the wireless module;

controlling the power supply module to stop supplying power to the first processor, after the executable file is received; and

updating the control system of the wireless module with the executable file, and monitoring, by the control system of the wireless module, whether the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring whether the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received comprises:

when a first control signal sent from a wireless terminal is received, judging whether the received first control signal is sent from an associated wireless terminal; and

determining that the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received, if the received first control signal is sent from the associated wireless terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the judging whether the received first control signal is sent from the associated wireless terminal comprises:

acquiring a wireless terminal identification carried in the received first control signal;

inquiring whether the wireless terminal identification is recorded in a preset list of equipment; and

determining that the received first control signal is sent from the associated wireless terminal, if the wireless terminal identification is recorded in the preset list of equipment.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the monitoring whether the first processor needs to be awaked further comprises:

upon receiving a sleep signal and a sleep duration sent from the first processor, starting sleep timing and controlling the power supply module to stop supplying power to the first processor so that the first processor is kept powered off; and

determining that the first processor needs to be awaked, when the sleep duration expires as determined by the sleep timing, or when a control signal sent from a target wireless terminal is received before the sleep duration expires.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a second processor of a wireless module connected with a first processor and a power supply module in electronic equipment, cause the second processor to perform the method of claim 1.

6. A wireless module included in electrical equipment, the electrical equipment further including a first processor and a power supply module, the wireless module comprising:

a second processor and a memory for storing instructions executable by the second processor;

wherein the second processor is configured to;

monitor whether the first processor needs to be awaked, when the first processor is powered off; and

control the power supply module to supply power to the first processor to awake the first processor, if it is determined that the first processor needs to be awaked,

wherein the second processor is further configured to;

monitor whether a power-up signal of the electronic equipment is received when the first processor is powered off, wherein the power-up signal of the electronic equipment is received when a power distribution network of the electronic equipment is re-powered up after power-off or when a power plug of the electronic equipment is re-pluqqed in a socket after being pulled out from the socket;

monitor whether a control signal sent from a target wireless terminal is received, if the power-up signal is received when the first processor is powered off; and

determine that the first processor needs to be awaked if the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received.

7. The wireless module of claim 6, wherein the second processor is further configured to:

receive, from the first processor when being supplied with power by the power supply module, an executable file for a control system of the wireless module;

control the power supply module to stop supplying power to the first processor, after the executable file is received; and

update the control system of the wireless module with the executable file, and monitor, by the control system of the wireless module, whether the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received.

8. The wireless module of claim 6, wherein the second processor is further configured to:

judge, when a first control signal sent from a wireless terminal is received, whether the received first control signal is sent from an associated wireless terminal; and

determine that the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received, if the received first control signal is sent from the associated wireless terminal.

9. The wireless module of claim 8, wherein the second processor is further configured to:

acquire a wireless terminal identification carried in the received first control signal;

inquire whether the wireless terminal identification is recorded in a preset list of equipment; and

determine that the received first control signal is sent from the associated wireless terminal, if the wireless terminal identification is recorded in the preset list of equipment.

10. The wireless module of claim 6, wherein the second processor is further configured to:

upon receiving a sleep signal and a sleep duration sent from the first processor, start sleep timing and control the power supply module to stop supplying power to the first processor so that the first processor is kept powered off; and

determine that the first processor needs to be awaked, when the sleep duration expires as determined by the sleep timing, or when a control signal sent from a target wireless terminal is received before the sleep duration expires.

12. Electrical equipment, comprising:

a wireless module; and

a first processor and a power supply module each connected with the wireless module;

wherein the wireless module includes a second processor configured to;

monitor whether the first processor needs to be awaked, when the first processor is powered off; and

control the power supply module to supply power to the first processor to awake the first processor, if it is determined that the first processor needs to be awaked,

wherein to monitor whether the first processor needs to be awaked, the second processor is configured to;

monitor whether a power-up signal of the electronic equipment is received when the first processor is powered off, wherein the power-up signal of the electronic equipment is received when a power distribution network of the electronic equipment is re-powered up after power-off or when a power plug of the electronic equipment is re-plugged in a socket after being pulled out from the socket;

monitor whether a control signal sent from a target wireless terminal is received, if the power-up signal is received when the first processor is powered off; and

determine that the first processor needs to be awaked, if the control signal sent from the target wireless terminal is received.