System and method for controlling interruption of a process in electronic equipment based on priority of the process, and program
View Patent ↗System, method, and program to determine whether to interrupt a process, e.g., a write function, to carry out another process, e.g., a high priority read function, in a device that uses memory devices, e.g., eMMC devices, that use a single channel to carry out two different processes, e.g., write and read processes.
1. A system for controlling interruption of an operation of electronic equipment, comprising
a device configured to carry out an operation, and
logic configured to determine based on time consideration permission to interrupt the operation to carry out another operation,
wherein the logic determines a timeout value [TOUT] and an actual time [TACT] and permits interruption if [TACT] is less than [TOUT], and
wherein the permission is based on priority of the operation.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device is a mobile phone.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the logic does not permit interruption if [TACT] is greater or equal to [TOUT].
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation is a write process and the possible interruption is a high priority read process.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device uses one channel to carry out both the operation and the another operation.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operation and another operation cannot be carried out simultaneously.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the device is an eMMC device.
8. A method for operating electronic equipment by controlling permission to interrupt a process, comprising
determining based on a length of time that the process has been carried out whether to permit interruption of the process to carry out another process, said determining comprising determining a timeout value [TOUT] and an actual time [TACT] and permitting interruption if [TACT] is less than [TOUT], said determining comprising determining based on priority.
9. The method of claim 8 , comprising carrying out the controlling in a mobile phone.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein said determining does not permit interruption if [TACT] is greater or equal to [TOUT].
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the process is a write process and the interruption is a high priority read process.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein one channel is used to carry out both the process and the another process.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the process and another process are carried out with respect to an eMMC device.
14. An electronic device comprising:
a memory configured to store one or more application programs and/or data,
a controller coupled to the memory, wherein the controller receives a request to execute a process that may be interruptible depending on priority of the process, the controller is configured to:
commence carrying out the process,
in response to an interrupt, determining, based on a time during which the controller has been carrying out the process and a time permitted for interrupting the process, whether to interrupt the process to carry out another process,
wherein the device comprises a portable electronic device.
15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the memory uses the same channel to carry out the process and the another process.
16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the process and another process are, respectively, write and high priority read.
17. The device of claim 14 , wherein the memory comprises an eMMC device.
18. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored therein a program for use in an electronic device for controlling interruption of a process the program comprising executable logic configured to:
receive a command to launch a computer application program to carry out the process;
obtain a timeout time value [tout] within which the process may be interrupted to permit the carrying out of another process;
after receiving a request for interrupting the process to carry out the another process, determining whether the amount of actual time [tact] during which the process has been carried out since commencing carrying out the process is at least one of greater or equal to the timeout time value [tout]; and
permitting the carrying out of the another process if [tact] is at least one of less than or equal to [tout], wherein the permitting is based on priority of the process.