Hardware-Software Power Coordination for Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices lack optimal power-saving effects due to the lack of coordination and connection between hardware management and software parameters of the operating system, resulting in suboptimal power management, especially in varying user scenarios and needs.
Innovation Solution
An information processing method that configures hardware and software parameters to match each other, allowing for intelligent power management by obtaining and correlating hardware platform parameters with operating system parameters, such as energy consumption and temperature settings, and process management, to achieve synchronized power consumption configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If hardware management method is used to limit performance, then power consumption is reduced, but the operating system remains in high-performance configuration resulting in suboptimal power saving
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges hardware management and software parameter control into a unified power management system. The power management module coordinates both hardware parameters (frequency, voltage) and operating system software parameters (processor performance settings) to work together synergistically, ensuring that when hardware limits performance for power saving, the operating system simultaneously adjusts its software configuration to match, thereby achieving optimal power saving effects that neither component could achieve alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the power management module continuously monitors system state and dynamically adjusts both hardware and software parameters. When the system detects performance-limiting conditions, it provides feedback to coordinate hardware frequency/voltage adjustments with corresponding operating system parameter changes, creating a closed-loop control system that adapts to varying usage scenarios and maintains optimal power-saving performance.
2Loss of energy
If operating system parameters are adjusted independently, then software power management is achieved, but hardware platform parameters remain uncoordinated resulting in suboptimal power management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges hardware management and software parameter control into a unified power management system. The power management module coordinates both hardware parameters (frequency, voltage) and operating system software parameters (processor performance settings) to work together synergistically, ensuring that when hardware limits performance for power saving, the operating system simultaneously adjusts its software configuration to match, thereby achieving optimal power saving effects that neither component could achieve alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the power management module continuously monitors system state and dynamically adjusts both hardware and software parameters. When the system detects performance-limiting conditions, it provides feedback to coordinate hardware frequency/voltage adjustments with corresponding operating system parameter changes, creating a closed-loop control system that adapts to varying usage scenarios and maintains optimal power-saving performance.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional power management is used without intelligent adjustment, then basic power control is maintained, but user scenario-specific optimization is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic power management that adapts to different user scenarios and usage patterns. The power management module continuously monitors system state and usage characteristics, dynamically adjusting both hardware and software parameters based on detected scenarios such as video playback, web browsing, or computational tasks. This dynamic adaptation enables intelligent optimization of power saving effects for each specific usage scenario rather than applying static power management policies.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides an information processing method. The method includes obtaining a first parameter of a hardware platform or obtaining a second parameter of a second parameter; and configuring the second parameter of the operating system based on the first parameter of the hardware platform, or configuring the first parameter of the hardware platform based on the second parameter of the operating system to cause a power consumption configuration of the hardware platform itself to match a power consumption configuration of the hardware platform controlled by the hardware platform. The electronic device provided in the present disclosure can enable collaboration and connection between hardware management and software parameters of the operating system, thereby achieving better power-saving effect, and making intelligent adjustment based on the user's usage scenarios and needs.