Sleep method, wake method and mobile terminal device

• US 8,543,164 B2
• Filed: 09/19/2012
• Issued: 09/24/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: He, Miao
• Primary Examiner(s): Hu, Jinsong
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang, Jean
• Application Number:
  US13/622,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20130225238A1
• Time in Patent Office: 370 Days
• Field of Search: 455/558, 455/574, 713/323, 713/300, 320/108, 320/128, 345/163, 719/318, 370/352
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken

Abstract

The present invention discloses a sleep method, including: when determining select a sleep mode of a mobile terminal device, recording, by the mobile terminal device, service state information related to data connection; according to the recorded service state information related to the data connection, turning off a service that is related to the data connection and is in a turn-on state; and controlling a processor to enter a sleep mode, thereby saving the power consumption of the mobile terminal device more than that in the prior art.

Claims

1. A sleep method, comprising:

when determining to select a sleep mode of a mobile terminal device, recording, by the mobile terminal device, service state information related to data connection;

according to the recorded service state information related to the data connection, turning off a service that is related to the data connection and is in a turn-on state; and

controlling a processor to enter the sleep mode;

wherein determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in an automatic system selection manner comprises;

(a) when the mobile terminal device detects that a user selects power-off, detecting, by the mobile terminal device, (1) whether the mobile terminal device is currently in a charging state, and (2) whether a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) is inserted with an HDMI line, and when the mobile terminal device detects at least one from the group consisting of (i) the mobile terminal device is not in the charging state currently, and (ii) the HDMI is not inserted with the HDMI line, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device; and

(b) wherein when a power interface and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface on the mobile terminal device are different, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in the automatic system selection manner further comprises;

detecting, by the mobile terminal device, whether an event that the power interface is inserted with the power line occurs;

when the mobile terminal device detects that the event that the power interface is inserted with the power line occurs, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining to select a sleep mode of a mobile terminal device comprises:

determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in a user manual selection manner or an automatic system selection manner.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in the user manual selection manner comprises at least one from the group consisting of:

(a) when the mobile terminal device detects that a user presses a power key on the mobile terminal device for a pre-set time period expired, prompting, by the mobile terminal device, whether the user selects to enter the sleep mode through a selection box; and

when it is detected that the user selects the sleep mode, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device;

(b) wherein determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in the user manual selection manner further comprises;

detecting whether the user triggers an application for selecting sleep provided by the mobile terminal device;

when the mobile terminal device detects that the user triggers the application for selecting sleep, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device; and

(c) wherein determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in the user manual selection manner further comprises;

when the mobile terminal device detects that the user presses the power key on the mobile terminal device manually for a pre-set time period expired, determining whether the selection box of the sleep mode in a system setting interface is selected;

if determining that the selection box of the sleep mode in the system setting interface is selected, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the service related to the data connection comprises GPS, WIFI, and Bluetooth, and the service state information comprises current information of the turn-on state and a turn-off state.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the processor is a single-core processor, controlling the processor to enter the sleep mode comprises at least one from the group consisting of:

(a) controlling the single-core processor to enter the sleep mode; and

(b) wherein when the processor is a multi-core processor, controlling the processor to enter the sleep mode comprises;

controlling a processor for processing a communication service and a processor for processing an application service to enter the sleep mode.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

after turning off the service that is related to the data connection and is in the turn-on state, turning off a non-core process, and wherein the non-core process refers to another process except a core process, a phone process, a SYSTEM_UID process, and an android.process.media process.

7. A wake method, comprising:

when determining that a mobile terminal device needs to be waked, waking a processor that has entered a sleep mode; and

restoring a service that is related to data connection and is in a turn-on state and is turned off in the sleep mode, so that the mobile terminal device enters a system;

wherein determining that the mobile terminal device needs to be waked comprises;

detecting (a) whether an event that a power interface is inserted with a power line occurs, (b) whether an event that a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) is inserted with an HDMI line occurs, and (c) whether an event that a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card is plugged or unplugged occurs in the current mobile terminal device; and

when detecting at least one from the group consisting of (i) the event that the power interface is inserted with the power line occurs, (ii) the event that the HDMI is inserted with the HDMI line occurs, and (iii) the event that the SIM card is plugged or unplugged occurs in the current mobile terminal device, determining that the mobile terminal device needs to be waked.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein when the processor is a single-core processor, waking the processor that has entered the sleep mode comprises:

first waking an application service of the processor, and then determining whether to wake a communication service of the processor; and

wherein first waking the application service of the processor, and then determining whether to wake the communication service of the processor comprises;

after waking the application service of the processor, determining whether the current mobile terminal device is inserted with a SIM card and whether an offline mode is not turned on;

when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, waking the communication service of the processor; and

when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, not waking the communication service of the processor.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein when the processor is a single-core processor, waking the processor that has entered the sleep mode further comprises at least one from the group consisting of:

(a) waking an application service and a communication service of the processor simultaneously;

(b) wherein when the processor is a multi-core processor, waking the processor that has entered a sleep mode further comprises;

first waking a processor for processing an application service, and then determining whether to wake a processor for processing the communication service;

(c) wherein when the processor is a multi-core processor, waking the processor that has entered the sleep mode further comprises;

waking a processor for processing the communication service and a processor for processing the application service simultaneously.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein first waking the processor for processing the application service, and then determining whether to wake the processor for processing the communication service comprises:

after waking the processor for processing the application service, determining whether the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and whether the offline mode is not turned on;

when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, waking the processor for processing the communication service; and

when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, not waking the processor for processing the communication service.

11. A mobile terminal device applied to sleep, comprising:

a recording unit, configured to, when it is determined to select a sleep mode of the mobile terminal device, record service state information related to data connection;

a turn-off unit, configured to, according to the recorded service state information related to the data connection, turn off a service that is related to the data connection and is in a turn-on state; and

a control unit, configured to control a processor to enter a sleep mode;

a sleep determining unit, configured to determine to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device, comprising;

(I) when detecting that a user selects power-off detecting (a) whether the mobile terminal device is currently in a charging state, and (b) whether a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) is inserted with an HDMI line, and when detecting at least one from the group consisting of (i) the mobile terminal device is not in the charging state currently, and (ii) the HDMI is not inserted with the HDMI line, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device; and

(II) when a power interface and a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface on the mobile terminal device are different, detecting whether an event that the power interface is inserted with a power line occurs, and when the mobile terminal device detects that the event that the power interface is inserted with the power line occurs, determining to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device.

12. The mobile terminal device according to claim 11, further comprising:

the sleep determining unit, configured to determine to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device, and is further configured to determine to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device in a user manual selection manner or an automatic system selection manner.

13. The mobile terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the sleep determining unit is further configured to, when it is detected that a user presses a power key on the mobile terminal device for a pre-set time period expired, prompt whether the user selects to enter the sleep mode through a selection box, and when it is detected that the user selects the sleep mode, determine to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device.

14. The mobile terminal device according to claim 11, wherein

the turn-off unit is further configured to, after turning off the service that is related to the data connection and is in the turn-on state, turn off a non-core process.

15. The mobile terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the control unit is further configured to, when the processor is a single-core processor, control the single-core processor to enter the sleep mode, or further configured to, when the processor is a multi-core processor, control a processor for processing a communication service and a processor for processing an application service to enter the sleep mode.

16. The mobile terminal device according to claim 11,

wherein the sleep determining unit is further configured to, when it is detected that a the user presses the power key on the mobile terminal device for a pre-set time period expired, determine whether the selection box of the sleep mode in a system setting interface is selected, and when determining that the selection box of the sleep mode in the system setting interface is selected, determine that the user selects the sleep mode.

17. The mobile terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the sleep determining unit is further configured to detect whether a user triggers an application for selecting sleep provided by the mobile terminal device, and when the mobile terminal device detects that the user triggers the application for selecting the sleep mode, determine to select the sleep mode of the mobile terminal device.

18. A mobile terminal device applied to wake, comprising:

a wake unit, configured to, when it is determined that the mobile terminal device needs to be waked, wake a processor that has entered a sleep mode; and

a restoring unit, configured to restore a service that is related to data connection and is in a turn-on state and is turned off in the sleep mode, so that the mobile terminal device enters a system;

wherein the mobile terminal device further comprises;

a wake determining module, configured to determine whether the mobile terminal device needs to be waked;

wherein the wake determining module is further configured to determine whether the mobile terminal device needs to be waked, by detecting (a) whether an event that a power interface is inserted with a power line occurs, (b) whether an event that a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) is inserted with an HDMI line occurs, and (c) whether an event that a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card is plugged or unplugged occurs in the current mobile terminal device; and

wherein the wake determining module is further configured to determine that the mobile terminal device needs to be waked, when at least one is detected from the group consisting of (i) the event that the power interface is inserted with the power line occurs, (ii) the event that the HDMI is inserted with the HDMI line occurs, and (iii) the event that the SIM card is plugged or unplugged occurs in the current mobile terminal device.

19. The mobile terminal device according to claim 18, wherein when the processor is a single-core processor, the wake unit is further configured to first wake an application service of the processor, and then determine whether to wake a communication service of the processor, and wherein the wake unit comprises:

a first wake sub-unit and a second wake sub-unit,

wherein the first wake sub-unit is configured to wake the application service of the processor; and

the second wake sub-unit is configured to, after the application service of the processor is waked, determine whether the current mobile terminal device is inserted with a SIM card and whether an offline mode is turned on.

20. The mobile terminal device according to claim 19, wherein the second wake sub-unit is further configured to, when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, wake the communication service of the processor;

and

wherein the second wake sub-unit is further configured to, when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, not wake the communication service of the processor.

21. The mobile terminal device according to claim 19, wherein when the processor is a single-core processor, the wake unit is further configured to wake an application service and a communication service of the processor simultaneously;

and

wherein when the processor is a multi-core processor, the wake unit is further configured to first wake a processor for processing an application service, and then determine whether to wake a processor for processing a communication service.

22. The mobile terminal device according to claim 21, wherein when the processor is a multi-core processor, and wherein the wake unit comprises:

a first wake sub-unit and a second wake sub-unit,

wherein the first wake sub-unit is configured to wake the processor for processing an application service;

the second wake sub-unit is configured to, after the processor for processing an application service is waked, determine whether the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and whether the offline mode is not turned on;

wherein the second wake sub-unit is further configured to, when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, wake the processor for processing a communication service; and

wherein the second wake sub-unit is further configured to, when determining that the current mobile terminal device is inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is turned on, or the current mobile terminal device is not inserted with the SIM card and the offline mode is not turned on, not wake the processor for processing the communication service.

23. The mobile terminal device according to claim 21, wherein when the processor is a multi-core processor, the wake unit is further configured to wake a processor for processing an application service and a processor for processing a communication service simultaneously.