Power consumption debugging in mobile terminals
First Claim
1. A method of indicating power consumption of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- using circuitry within the electronic device to make power consumption-indicating measurements of the electronic device at predetermined time intervals; and
providing each of the power consumption-indicating measurements to a user of the device,wherein providing each of the power consumption-indicating measurements to a user of the device comprises incorporating each of the power consumption-indicating measurements in a debug printout generated by the electronic device, wherein the debug printout includes information that indicates one or more software modes/states of the electronic device at one or more points in time,wherein incorporating each of the power consumption-indicating measurements in the debug printout generated by the device comprises incorporating the power consumption-indicating measurements at respective locations of the debug printout that correspond to respective measurement times of the power consumption-indicating measurements to thereby synchronize the power consumption-indicating measurements with the information that indicates the one or more software modes/states of the electronic device at one or more points in time.
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Abstract
Power consumption of an electronic device is measured by using circuitry within the electronic device to make power consumption measurements of the electronic device at predetermined time intervals. Each of the power consumption measurements is provided to a user of the device. This may involve incorporating each of the power consumption measurements in a debug printout generated by the electronic device. The measurements may be initiated by retrieving a parameter from a storage area within the electronic device, and initiating the power consumption measuring techniques in response to detecting that the retrieved parameter is in a predetermined state.
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1. A method of indicating power consumption of an electronic device, the method comprising:
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using circuitry within the electronic device to make power consumption-indicating measurements of the electronic device at predetermined time intervals; and providing each of the power consumption-indicating measurements to a user of the device, wherein providing each of the power consumption-indicating measurements to a user of the device comprises incorporating each of the power consumption-indicating measurements in a debug printout generated by the electronic device, wherein the debug printout includes information that indicates one or more software modes/states of the electronic device at one or more points in time, wherein incorporating each of the power consumption-indicating measurements in the debug printout generated by the device comprises incorporating the power consumption-indicating measurements at respective locations of the debug printout that correspond to respective measurement times of the power consumption-indicating measurements to thereby synchronize the power consumption-indicating measurements with the information that indicates the one or more software modes/states of the electronic device at one or more points in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for measuring current consumption of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising:
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logic circuitry within the electronic device that makes current consumption measurements of the electronic device at predetermined time intervals; and logic circuitry that provides each of the current consumption measurements to a user of the device, wherein the logic circuitry that provides each of the current consumption measurements to a user of the device comprises logic circuitry that incorporates each of the current consumption measurements in a debug printout generated by the electronic device, wherein the debug printout includes information that indicates one or more software modes/states of the electronic device at one or more points in time, wherein the logic circuitry that incorporates each of the power consumption-indicating measurements in the debug printout generated by the device comprises logic circuitry that incorporates the power consumption-indicating measurements at respective locations of the debug printout that correspond to respective measurement times of the power consumption-indicating measurements to thereby synchronize the power consumption-indicating measurements with the information that indicates the one or more software modes/states of the electronic device at one or more points in time. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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