High and low power dual CPU cardiograph data processing system with gathering an display

• US 7,490,222 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2006
• Issued: 02/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, Ho-Hsin, Wu, Chung-Yuo, Tsai, Dung-Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Kenneth S
• Application Number:
  US11/469,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20070234007A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 712/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/509 Offload
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5094 where the allocation takes into account power or heat criteria power management in computers in general G06F1/3203; thermal management in computers in general G06F1/206
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

An electronic data processing device with dual-CPU for processing and sensing information related to heart beatings of a human body includes the first CPU and the second CPU. The first CPU, which is low power type, is connected to the second CPU to execute the first process with a slow operation. The second CPU, which provides a computing ability stronger than the first CPU, executes the second process with a quick arithmetic operation. The first CPU outputs an interrupt to the second CPU to command the second CPU executing the second process. The second CPU outputs an interrupt to the first CPU to command the first CPU to transmit the cardiograph digital data to the second CPU.

Claims

1. An electronic data processing device with dual-CPU, which is applied to process and sense information related to heart beatings of a human body, comprising:

a first CPU being low power type and connecting with at least one transducer, which is capable of executing a first process with slow operation; and

a second CPU having three state modes, which are a primary initialize mode, a primary run mode and a primary standby mode with a computing ability stronger than the first CPU, executing a second process with a quick arithmetic operation;

wherein, the first process further comprises an external data collecting procedure for collecting a plurality of cardiograph digital data from the transducers and outputting a primary interrupt at the time of a predetermined amount of the collected cardiograph digital data being reached;

the second process further comprises a data receiving procedure for receiving the cardiograph digital data coming from the first CPU and a data displaying procedure for converting the cardiograph digital data into a plurality of cardiographs and showing said cardiographs on a man-machine output device; and

said first CPU is connected to said second CPU, and said first CPU outputting said primary interrupt to said second CPU to command the second CPU to execute said second process.

2. The electronic data processing device of claim 1, wherein said second CPU is capable of outputting a secondary interrupt to said first CPU initiatively when said second CPU finishes an operation of processing said cardiograph digital data, thereby to command said first CPU to transmit more said cardiograph digital data to said second CPU.

3. The electronic data processing device of claim 1, wherein said first process further comprises a man-machine prompt procedure.

4. The electronic data processing device of claim 1, wherein said first CPU has three state modes, which are a secondary initialize mode, a secondary run mode and a secondary standby mode.

5. The electronic data processing device of claim 4, wherein said second CPU is capable of outputting a secondary interrupt to said first CPU to command said first CPU to switch to said secondary run mode.

6. The electronic data processing device of claim 4, wherein said first CPU is capable of switching to said secondary standby mode automatically after accomplishing the first process.

7. The electronic data processing device of claim 1, wherein said second process further comprises a data writing procedure.

8. The electronic data processing device of claim 1 further comprises:

a man-machine output device, which is connected to said second CPU for receiving and outputting display data provided and processed by said second CPU;

a man-machine input device, which is connected to said second CPU for receiving signals processed by said second CPU; and

a power management unit, which is connected to said second CPU.

9. The electronic data processing device of claim 8, wherein said man-machine output device is a monitor.

10. The electronic data processing device of claim 8, wherein said man-machine input device provides a plurality of buttons.

11. The electronic data processing device of claim 8, wherein said data processing electronic device further includes an external connector which is connected to said second CPU.

12. The electronic data processing device of claim 11, wherein said external connector is a memory card connector.

13. The electronic data processing device of claim 11, wherein said external connector is for connecting a long-distance electronic device.

14. The electronic data processing device of claim 13, wherein said long-distance device is a long-distance data processing system.

15. The electronic data processing device of claim 1, wherein said second CPU is capable of switching to said primary standby mode after accomplishing the second process initiatively.