Electricity amount detection method and device, terminal and storage medium

• US 10,594,132 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2015
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanechips Technology Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Inventors: Yu, Xiang, Zhou, Xinfu
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Neel D
• Application Number:
  US15/505,646
• Publication Number:
  US 20170279266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,884 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 11/00 Arrangement of monitoring devices for devices provided for in groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 22/06 by electronic methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19634 Electrical details of the system, e.g. component blocks for carrying out specific functions
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 3/382 involving phase comparison between current and voltage or between values derived from current and voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/0844 Fail safe control, e.g. by comparing control signal and controlled current, isolating motor on commutation error
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 7/262 involving transmissions of switching or blocking orders
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Disclosed an electricity amount detection method and device, a terminal and a storage medium. The method includes that: Identity (ID) information of each function device called by an application is acquired according to ID information of the application; a power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called is correspondingly acquired according to the ID information of each function device called by the application; a power consumption parameter generated when the application is running is determined according to the power consumption parameter generated by each function device; and the power consumption parameter generated when the application is running is output as a power consumption index when the application is running.

Claims

1. An electricity amount detection method applied to a terminal, comprising:

acquiring, according to identity (ID) information of an application in the terminal, ID information of each function device called by the application;

wherein, the application calls one or more than one function devices at the same time;

acquiring through an electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called;

wherein the power consumption parameter comprises;

a lowest current, a highest current or an average current;

calculating a total power consumption parameter according to all acquired power consumption parameters generated by the called function devices;

determining the calculated total power consumption parameter as a power consumption parameter generated when the application is running; and

outputting the power consumption parameter generated when the application is running as a power consumption index when the application is running.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when the power consumption parameter is an average current, acquiring through an electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called comprises:

acquiring, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a called time period of each function device and an electricity amount corresponding to the called time period; and

determining, according to the called time period of each function device and the electricity amount corresponding to the called time period, an average current consumed when each function device is called.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein acquiring, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a called time period of each function device comprises:

acquiring, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a starting time and a corresponding ending time of calling each function device by the application;

determining, according to the starting time and the corresponding ending time of calling each function device by the application, the called time period of each function device;

correspondingly, acquiring the electricity amount corresponding to the time period comprises;

according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, acquiring a first electricity amount which has been consumed by each function device when the application starts calling each function device, and correspondingly acquiring a second electricity amount which has consumed by each function device when the calling of each function device is ended; and

for each function device, determining a difference between the second electricity amount and the first electricity amount as the electricity amount consumed by each function device called by the application.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

correspondingly acquiring, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a maximum current value when each function device is called;

determining, according to the maximum current value consumed by each function device, a maximum current value consumed when the application is running; and

when it is judged that the maximum current value consumed when the application is running is higher than a preset current threshold value, issuing a first alarm message for prompting that a danger will be brought due to that the maximum current value consumed when the application is running is higher than the preset current threshold value.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

forming a list at least comprising the ID information of each application and the power consumption parameter corresponding to the application, wherein the power consumption parameter at least comprises the average current; and

wherein correspondingly acquiring, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, the power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called comprises;

querying, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, the list to obtain the power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein, when the power consumption parameter is the average current, forming the list at least comprising the ID information of each application and the power consumption parameter corresponding to the application comprises:

every time when a terminal is started, acquiring ID information of each application which is running;

correspondingly acquiring, according to the ID information of each application which is running, ID information of each function device called by each application which is running; and

for each application which is running, acquiring, through the electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, a power consumption parameter of each function device called by the application which is running, and forming a list according to the power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called, the ID information of the corresponding application and the ID information of the function device.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein forming the list according to the power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called, the ID information of the corresponding application and the ID information of the function device comprises:

judging whether ID information of each application which is running is comprised in the list or not;

updating the power consumption parameters of the applications in the list, when the ID information of each application which is running is comprised in the list; and

adding ID information of a new application, ID information of function devices called by the new application and a power consumption parameter corresponding to each function device into the list, when the ID information of the new application which is running is not comprised in the list.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring ID information and corresponding average currents of applications that have ever run;

sequencing total average currents consumed when the applications that have ever run were running to obtain a sequencing result, the sequencing result at least comprising the ID information and corresponding average currents of the applications; and

outputting the sequencing result to a user or uploading the sequencing result to a server.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

acquiring a left electricity amount of a battery in the terminal;

acquiring ID information of applications which are running;

correspondingly acquiring, according to the ID information of applications which are running, respective average currents consumed when the applications which are running are running;

determining, according to the average currents consumed when the applications which are running are running, a total average current of the applications which are running;

determining a time for which the terminal will stand up according to the left electricity amount and the total average current; and

carrying the time for which the terminal will stand up in a prompt message for display to the user.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein acquiring the left electricity amount of the battery in the terminal comprises:

acquiring an electricity amount currently consumed by each of all the function devices, and determining a consumed electricity amount of the battery in the mobile terminal according to the electricity amount currently consumed by each of all the function devices;

acquiring a rated electricity amount of the battery in the terminal; and

determining the left electricity amount of the battery according to the rated electricity amount and the consumed electricity amount of the battery.

11. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

acquiring ID information of applications which are running, and correspondingly acquiring, according to the ID information of the applications which are running, an average current consumed when each application which is running is running;

for each application which is running, acquiring a corresponding running time threshold, and determining a third electricity amount of each application which is running according to the time threshold and corresponding average current of each application which is running;

determining a total third electricity amount of the applications which are running according to the third electricity amount of each application which is running; and

when it is judged that the total third electricity amount is higher than the left electricity amount of the battery, issuing a second alarm for indicating that excessive applications are running.

12. A terminal, comprising

a processor;

and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is arranged to;

acquire Identity (ID) information of each function device called by an application in the terminal according to ID information of the application;

wherein, the application calls one or more than one function devices at the same time;

acquire a power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called through an electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application;

wherein the power consumption parameter comprises;

a lowest current, a highest current or an average current;

calculate a total power consumption parameter according to all acquired power consumption parameters generated by the called function devices;

determine the calculated total power consumption parameter as a power consumption parameter generated when the application is running; and

output the power consumption parameter generated when the application is running as a power consumption index when the application is running.

13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further arranged to:

acquire a maximum current value when each function device is called according to the ID information of each function device called by the application;

determine a maximum current value consumed when the application is running according to the maximum current value consumed by each function device; and

when the maximum current value consumed when the application is running is higher than a preset current threshold value, send a first alarm message for prompting that a danger will be brought due to that the maximum current value consumed when the application is running is higher than the preset current threshold value.

14. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further arranged to:

form a list at least comprising the ID information of the application and the power consumption parameter corresponding to the application, wherein the power consumption parameter at least comprises an average current; and

query the list to obtain the power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called according to the ID information of each function device called by the application.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein, when the power consumption parameter is the average current, the processor is further arranged to:

every time when the terminal is started, acquire ID information of applications which are running;

correspondingly acquire ID information of each function device called by each application which is running according to the ID information of the applications which are running;

for each application which is running, acquire, through the electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, a power consumption parameter of each function device called by each application which is running; and

form the list according to the power consumption parameter when each function device is called, the ID information of the corresponding application and the ID information of the function device.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further arranged to:

judge whether ID information of each application which is running is comprised in the list or not;

update the power consumption parameters of the applications in the list, when the ID information of each application which is running is comprised in the list; and

add the ID information of the new application, ID information of function devices called by the new application and a power consumption parameter corresponding to each function device into the list, when the ID information of a new application which is running is not comprised in the list.

17. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the processor is further arranged to:

acquire ID information and corresponding average currents of applications that have ever run;

sequence total average currents consumed when the applications that have ever run were running to obtain a sequencing result, the sequencing result at least comprising the ID information and corresponding average currents of the applications; and

output the sequencing result to a user or upload the sequencing result to a server.

18. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the terminal further comprises an electricity amount detection device, wherein the electricity amount detection device comprises a power supply device, a Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC), N power supplies, N function devices, N electricity amount acquisition devices, a baseband processing chip and a memory, wherein N is an integer more than 1;

wherein;

the electricity amount detection device is shunted by the PMIC to form the N power supplies with completely different voltages;

the N function devices are connected with the N power supplies through N lines in an one-to-one correspondence according to respective required voltages;

on each line between the N function devices and the N power supplies, a respective one of the electricity amount acquisition devices is distributed; and

each electricity amount acquisition device sends an acquired electricity amount to the baseband processing chip, which stores the electricity amount consumed by each function device in the memory.

19. A non-transitory computer storage medium, in which computer-executable instructions are stored, the computer-executable instructions are arranged to execute an electricity amount detection method applied to a terminal, comprising:

acquiring, according to identity (ID) information of an application in the terminal, ID information of each function device called by the application;

wherein, the application calls one or more than one function devices at the same time;

acquiring through an electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called;

wherein the power consumption parameter comprises;

a lowest current, a highest current or an average current;

calculating a total power consumption parameter according to all acquired power consumption parameters generated by the called function devices;

determining the calculated total power consumption parameter as a power consumption parameter generated when the application is running; and

outputting the power consumption parameter generated when the application is running as a power consumption index when the application is running.

20. The non-transitory computer storage medium according to claim 19, wherein, when the power consumption parameter is an average current, acquiring through an electricity amount acquisition device in the terminal, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a power consumption parameter generated when each function device is called comprises:

acquiring, according to the ID information of each function device called by the application, a called time period of each function device and an electricity amount corresponding to the called time period; and

determining, according to the called time period of each function device and the electricity amount corresponding to the called time period, an average current consumed when each function device is called.