Method and apparatus for mission critical standby of a portable communication drive

• US 10,795,422 B2
• Filed: 07/24/2018
• Issued: 10/06/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Sachs, Daniel Grobe, Johnson, Graeme, Glass, Stephen C., Bartels, Peter J., Alfaro, Javier, Camps, Carlos
• Primary Examiner(s): Myers, Paul R.
• Application Number:
  US16/044,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20200033932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 805 Days
• Field of Search: 710300, 713300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0274 by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0283 with sequential power up or power down of successive circuit blocks, e.g. switching on the local oscillator before RF or mixer stages
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus for mission critical standby of a portable communication device are disclosed. A portable communication device may include a primary processor for a first operating platform, a secondary processor for a second operating platform and communicatively coupled to the primary processor, and a power state manager that may have a first mode and a second mode. The power state manager may be configured to determine whether the primary processor is in a powered off state and sequence supply of power to the secondary processor. The first mode may allow the primary processor to monitor a power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is not in the powered off state and the second mode may enable the power state manager to monitor the power state based on a determination that the primary processor is in the powered off state.

Claims

1. A portable communication device, comprising:

a primary processor for a first operating platform;

a secondary processor for a second operating platform, the secondary processor communicatively coupled to the primary processor; and

a power state manager, the power state manager configured to;

determine whether the primary processor is in a powered off state;

determine a power state of the secondary processor by monitoring a core power supply voltage of the secondary processor; and

sequence supply of power to the secondary processor sequenced between;

a first state for cleanup operation of the secondary processor;

a second state for standby of the secondary processor, wherein state information of the secondary processor is maintained;

a third state for shutdown of the secondary processor;

wherein;

the power state manager includes;

a first mode, the first mode to allow the primary processor to monitor a power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is not in the powered off state; and

a second mode, the second mode to enable the power state manager to monitor the power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is in the powered off state.

2. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a rotary knob to select between the first mode and the second mode of the power state manager.

3. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the primary processor and secondary processor are restarted in parallel when the power state manager enters the first mode.

4. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the first operating platform is a real-time operating system for high-powered audio communications and the second operating platform is a mobile operating system for broadband applications.

5. The portable communication device of claim 1, further comprising:

a battery configured to supply power to the primary processor and the secondary processor.

6. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the power state manager is configured to:

sequence from the second mode to the first mode by using a fast wake up of the secondary processor.

7. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein the power state manager is configured to sequence the secondary processor from the second state for the standby of the secondary processor to the third state for shutdown of the secondary processor in response to expiration of a timer for suspended operation of the secondary processor.

8. The portable communication device of claim 4, wherein the high-powered audio communications include land mobile radio communications and the mobile operating system is Android.

9. The portable communication device of claim 1, wherein:

the power state manager is configured to determine the power state of the secondary processor is the first state based on the voltage of the secondary processor being above a threshold; and

the power state manager is configured to sequence the secondary processor from the first state to the third state in response to expiration of a watchdog timer, the watchdog timer being reset during the cleanup operation of the secondary processor.

10. The portable communication device of claim 6, wherein the power state manager is configured to reset a standby timer for the secondary processor independent of a configuration of the secondary processor to sequence between the second state for the standby of the secondary processor to the first state for the cleanup operation of the secondary processor.

11. A portable communication device, comprising

a primary processor for a first operating platform;

a secondary processor for a second operating platform, the secondary processor;

communicatively coupled to the primary processor; and

a power state manager, the power state manager configured to;

determine whether the primary processor is in a powered off state;

determine a power state of the secondary processor by monitoring a state of a clock generator of the secondary processor; and

sequence supply of power to the secondary processor sequenced between;

a first state for cleanup operation of the secondary processor;

a second state for standby of the secondary processor, wherein state information of the secondary processor is maintained;

a third state for shutdown of the secondary processor;

wherein;

the power state manager includes;

a first mode, the first mode to allow the primary processor to monitor the power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is not in the powered off state; and

a second mode, the second mode to enable the power state manager to monitor the power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is in the powered off state.

12. A portable communication device, comprising

a primary processor for a first operating platform;

a secondary processor for a second operating platform, the secondary processor;

communicatively coupled to the primary processor; and

a power state manager, the power state manager configured to;

determine whether the primary processor is in a powered off state;

determine a power state of the secondary processor; and

sequence supply of power to the secondary processor sequenced between;

a first state for cleanup operation of the secondary processor;

a second state for standby of the secondary processor, wherein state information of the secondary processor is maintained;

a third state for shutdown of the secondary processor;

wherein;

the power state manager includes;

a first mode, the first mode to allow the primary processor to monitor the power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is not in the powered off state;

a second mode, the second mode to enable the power state manager to monitor the power state of the secondary processor based on a determination that the primary processor is in the powered off state;

the power state manager is configured to determine the power state of the secondary processor is in the first state based on the voltage of the secondary professor being above a threshold; and

the power state manager is configured to sequence the secondary processor from the first state to the third state in response to expiration of a watchdog timer, the watchdog timer being reset during the cleanup operation of the secondary processor.