Dynamic power management of context aware services

• US 9,594,411 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2013
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Grokop, Leonard Henry, Sadasivam, Shankar
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phil
• Application Number:
  US13/780,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20140245033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,475 Days
• Field of Search: 713/300, 713/340
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

The disclosure is directed to modifying the operation of one or more hardware subsystems when a new context awareness service begins. An aspect determines a power budget for a plurality of operating context awareness services including the new context awareness service, wherein the power budget is based on a power requirement for each of the plurality of context awareness services, and wherein the power requirement for each of the plurality of context awareness services is based on power utilizations of the one or more hardware subsystems corresponding to the plurality of context awareness services, and allocates power resources to the one or more hardware subsystems based on importances of the plurality of context awareness services and/or the one or more hardware subsystems, wherein the allocation of the power resources is performed within the power budget.

Claims

1. A method for dynamic power management of context aware services, comprising:

determining a total power budget for a plurality of operating context awareness services, each of the plurality of context awareness services utilizing one or more hardware subsystems;

determining cumulative performance metrics of at least one of the plurality of context awareness services;

determining a utility function that relates a performance metric of each of the plurality of context awareness services to a power consumption associated with the performance metric; and

allocating power resources, subject to the total power budget, to the plurality of operating context awareness services based on the utility function, wherein the allocating power resources includes increasing the allocation of the power resources within the total power budget if the cumulative performance metrics fall below a threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware subsystems comprise at least one sensor and the performance metric associated with a given context awareness service relates to an accuracy of the at least one sensor.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the accuracy of the at least one sensor is a function of a power consumption of the at least one sensor.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more hardware subsystems comprises a plurality of sensors.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more hardware subsystems comprises a single sensor.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of context awareness services is associated with a plurality of hardware subsystems.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of context awareness services are one or more of a geo-fencing service, a motion classification service, a speech detection service, an in-meeting detection service, a location clustering service, or an audio clustering service.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more hardware subsystems are one or more of a motion sensor subsystem, a wireless network access subsystem, a GPS subsystem, an audio subsystem, a short-range wireless communication subsystem, or a camera subsystem.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the total power budget is based on user selection of a power management profile.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the total power budget is based on a battery level of a device comprising the one or more hardware subsystems.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the cumulative performance metrics is an accuracy of a classifier or a detector service.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the cumulative performance metrics are a function of a performance/power trade-off of each of the plurality of context awareness services.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein a lookup table is used in modifying operation of the plurality of context awareness services.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of applications utilize one or more shared context awareness services of the plurality of context awareness services.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the allocating power resources comprises allocating additional power resources to the one or more shared context awareness services.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of context awareness services share one or more shared hardware subsystems.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the allocating power resources comprises allocating additional power resources to the one or more shared hardware subsystems.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the allocating power resources comprises:

determining a number of the plurality of context awareness services using a given hardware subsystem; and

assigning a weight to the given hardware subsystem based on the determined number of the plurality of context awareness services.

19. An apparatus for dynamic power management of context aware services, comprising:

a processor; and

memory coupled to the processor and configured to store data, instructions, or a combination thereof, the processor being configured to;

determine a total power budget for a plurality of operating context awareness services, each of the plurality of context awareness services utilizing one or more hardware subsystems;

determine cumulative performance metrics of at least one of the plurality of context awareness services;

determine a utility function that relates a performance metric of each of the plurality of context awareness services to a power consumption associated with the performance metric; and

allocate power resources, subject to the total power budget, to the plurality of operating context awareness services based on the utility function, wherein to allocate power resources, the processor is further configured to increase the allocation of the power resources within the total power budget if the cumulative performance metrics fall below a threshold.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more hardware subsystems comprise at least one sensor and the performance metric associated with a given context awareness service relates to an accuracy of the at least one sensor.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the accuracy of the at least one sensor is a function of a power consumption of the at least one sensor.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the one or more hardware subsystems comprises a plurality of sensors.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the one or more hardware subsystems comprises a single sensor.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the plurality of context awareness services is associated with a plurality of hardware subsystems.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the plurality of context awareness services are one or more of a geo-fencing service, a motion classification service, a speech detection service, an in-meeting detection service, a location clustering service, or an audio clustering service.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more hardware subsystems are one or more of a motion sensor subsystem, a wireless network access subsystem, a GPS subsystem, an audio subsystem, a short-range wireless communication subsystem, or a camera subsystem.

27. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein determining the total power budget is based on user selection of a power management profile.

28. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein determining the total power budget is based on a battery level of a device comprising the one or more hardware subsystems.

29. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the cumulative performance metrics is an accuracy of a classifier or a detector service.

30. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the cumulative performance metrics are a function of a performance/power trade-off of each of the plurality of context awareness services.

31. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a lookup table is used in modifying operation of the plurality of context awareness services.

32. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein a plurality of applications utilize one or more shared context awareness services of the plurality of context awareness services.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein to allocate power resources, the processor is further configured to allocate additional power resources to the one or more shared context awareness services.

34. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least two of the plurality of context awareness services share one or more shared hardware subsystems.

35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein to allocate power resources, the processor is further configured to allocate additional power resources to the one or more shared hardware subsystems.

36. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein to allocate power resources, the processor is further configured to:

determine a number of the plurality of context awareness services using a given hardware subsystem; and

assign a weight to the given hardware subsystem based on the determined number of the plurality of context awareness services.

37. An apparatus for dynamic power management of context aware services, comprising:

means for determining a total power budget for a plurality of operating context awareness services, each of the plurality of context awareness services utilizing one or more hardware subsystems;

means for determining cumulative performance metrics of at least one of the plurality of context awareness services;

means for determining a utility function that relates a performance metric of each of the plurality of context awareness services to a power consumption associated with the performance metric; and

means for allocating power resources, subject to the total power budget, to the plurality of operating context awareness services based on the utility function, wherein the allocating power resources includes increasing the allocation of the power resources within the total power budget if the cumulative performance metrics fall below a threshold.

38. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code for dynamic power management of context aware services, the program code comprising:

at least one instruction to determine a total power budget for a plurality of operating context awareness services, each of the plurality of context awareness services utilizing one or more hardware subsystems;

at least one instruction for determining cumulative performance metrics of at least one of the plurality of context awareness services;

at least one instruction to determine a utility function that relates a performance metric of each of the plurality of context awareness services to a power consumption associated with the performance metric; and

at least one instruction to allocate power resources, subject to the total power budget, to the plurality of operating context awareness services based on the utility function, wherein the allocating power resources includes increasing the allocation of the power resources within the total power budget if the cumulative performance metrics fall below a threshold.

39. A method for dynamic power management of context aware services, comprising:

determining a total power budget for a plurality of operating context awareness services, each of the plurality of context awareness services utilizing a plurality of corresponding hardware subsystems;

determining cumulative performance metrics of at least one of the plurality of context awareness services;

determining a utility function that, for each of the plurality of context awareness services, relates a performance metric of the context awareness service to a power consumption of the plurality of corresponding hardware subsystems associated with the performance metric; and

allocating power resources, subject to the total power budget, to the plurality of operating context awareness services based on the utility function, wherein the allocating power resources includes increasing the allocation of the power resources within the total power budget if the cumulative performance metrics fall below a threshold.