Power-efficient personalization of a computing environment of a data processing device with respect to a user thereof
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing, in a data processing device comprising a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a capability to interface a microprocessor with the GPU;
communicatively interfacing a sensor with the microprocessor;
obtaining data related to an operating environment external to the data processing device through the sensor;
determining, through the microprocessor, personalization required of a computing environment of the data processing device with respect to a user thereof based on the data related to the operating environment external to the data processing device; and
utilizing the GPU solely to effect the personalization required of the computing environment of the data processing device with respect to the user determined through the microprocessor to reduce power consumption through the data processing device.
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Abstract
A method includes providing, in a data processing device including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a capability to interface a microprocessor with the GPU, and communicatively interfacing a sensor with the microprocessor. The method also includes obtaining data related to an operating environment external to the data processing device through the sensor, and determining, through the microprocessor, personalization required of a computing environment of the data processing device with respect to a user thereof based on the data related to the operating environment external to the data processing device. Further, the method includes utilizing the GPU solely to effect the personalization required of the computing environment of the data processing device with respect to the user determined through the microprocessor to reduce power consumption through the data processing device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing, in a data processing device comprising a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a capability to interface a microprocessor with the GPU; communicatively interfacing a sensor with the microprocessor; obtaining data related to an operating environment external to the data processing device through the sensor; determining, through the microprocessor, personalization required of a computing environment of the data processing device with respect to a user thereof based on the data related to the operating environment external to the data processing device; and utilizing the GPU solely to effect the personalization required of the computing environment of the data processing device with respect to the user determined through the microprocessor to reduce power consumption through the data processing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory medium, readable through a data processing device comprising a CPU and a GPU and including instructions embodied therein that are executable through the data processing device, comprising:
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instructions to provide, in the data processing device, a capability to interface a microprocessor with the GPU; instructions to communicatively interface a sensor with the microprocessor; instructions to obtain data related to an operating environment external to the data processing device through the sensor; instructions to determine, through the microprocessor, personalization required of a computing environment of the data processing device with respect to a user thereof based on the data related to the operating environment external to the data processing device; and instructions to utilize the GPU solely to effect the personalization required of the computing environment of the data processing device with respect to the user determined through the microprocessor to reduce power consumption through the data processing device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 13)
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12. The non-transitory medium of 8, wherein instructions to provide the capability to interface the microprocessor with the GPU further comprise one of:
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instructions compatible with traces provided between the GPU and the microprocessor across a surface of a PCB comprising the GPU, the traces providing conductive pathways between circuits of the GPU and the microprocessor; and instructions compatible with communicatively interfacing the microprocessor with the GPU by way of an adapter.
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14. A data processing device comprising:
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a CPU; a GPU; a sensor configured to obtain data related to an operating environment external to the data processing device; and a microprocessor communicatively interfaced with the GPU and the sensor, the microprocessor being configured to determine personalization required of a computing environment of the data processing device with respect to a user thereof based on the data related to the operating environment external to the data processing device obtained through the sensor, wherein the GPU is configured to be utilized solely to effect the personalization required of the computing environment of the data processing device with respect to the user determined through the microprocessor to reduce power consumption through the data processing device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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