Information processing device with sleep control processing, control method and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

• US 9,032,229 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Issued: 05/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iwai, Mitsutaka, Ohtsuki, Tetsuji, Minami, Kazuma, Yoshino, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, VINCENT HUY
• Application Number:
  US13/393,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20120166833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,656 Days
• Field of Search: 713/310, 713/320, 713/323, 713/324
• US Class Current: 713/320
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4893 taking 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 information processing device (1) includes a main CPU (2) and a sub CPU (3). The main CPU (2) is provided with a function of managing schedules of task processing and idle processing and executes sleep control which reduces power consumption of the main CPU (2) as the idle processing when the task processing is not executed. The sub CPU (3) measures elapsed time during which the sleep control is executed, detects an interrupt event occurring during the sleep control, and notifies the elapsed time until the interrupt event occurs to the main CPU (2). The main CPU (2) terminates the sleep control in accordance with the notification of the elapsed time and reflects the elapsed time in the schedule. As a result, inconsistency of a timer caused by the sleep control can be solved, and the information processing device which can use a scheduler correctly even if the sleep control is executed is provided.

Claims

1. An information processing device comprising a main processor and a sub processor, wherein:

said main processor includes;

a task processor which executes predetermined task processing;

an idle processor which executes selectively first idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor and second idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor to a higher level than said first idle processing when said task processing is not executed;

a scheduler which manages a schedule of said task processing, said first idle processing, and said second idle processing;

a first clock which measures first elapsed time during which said first idle processing is executed; and

a first elapsed time notifier which notifies said processor of said first elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said first idle processing;

said sub processor includes;

a second clock which measures second elapsed time during which second idle processing is executed; and

a second elapsed time notifier which notifies said main processor of said elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said second idle processing.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said idle processor terminates said first or second idle processing in accordance with the notification of said wake-up interrupt.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when said idle processor terminates said first idle processing, said first elapsed time notifier notifies said main processor of said elapsed time.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein when said idle processor terminates said first idle processing, said scheduler reflects said first elapsed time in said schedule.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said second clock sleeps during said first idle processing.

6. The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein said idle processor executes the first idle processing if a time period from end time of previous task processing to wake-up time of subsequent task processing is not less than a predetermined reference time, and executes the second idle processing if the time period is less than said reference time.

7. A control method of an information processing device provided with a main processor and a sub processor, wherein:

said main processor;

manages schedules of task processing and idle processing and executes selectively first idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor and second idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor to a higher level than said first idle processing when said task processing is not executed;

measures first elapsed time during which said first idle processing is executed; and

notifies said processor of said first elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said first idle processing;

said sub processor;

measures second elapsed time during which second idle processing is executed; and

notifies said main processor of said elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said second idle processing.

8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores control program for an information processing device provided with a main processor and a sub processor, wherein:

said program makes said main processor execute;

processing of managing schedules of task processing and idle processing;

processing of executing selectively first idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor and second idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor to a higher level than said first idle processing when said task processing is not executed;

processing of measuring first elapsed time during which said first idle processing is executed; and

processing of notifying said processor of said first elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said first idle processing; and

said program makes said sub processor execute;

processing of measuring second elapsed time during which second idle processing is executed; and

processing of notifying said main processor of said elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said second idle processing.

9. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores control program for an information processing device provided with a main processor and a sub processor, wherein:

said program makes said main processor execute;

processing of managing schedules of task processing and idle processing and processing of executing selectively first idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor and second idle processing which reduces power consumption of said main processor to a higher level than said first idle processing when said task processing is not executed are executed;

processing of measuring first elapsed time during which said first idle processing is executed; and

processing of notifying said processor of said first elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said first idle processing; and

said program makes said sub processor execute;

processing of measuring second elapsed time during which second idle processing is executed; and

processing of notifying said main processor of said elapsed time until occurrence of an interrupt event occurring by inputting from a device during said second idle processing.