IP Library Granted Patent US 11,137,816
Granted Patent B2
US 11,137,816 · App. 16/516,311 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Software operation method for managing power supply and apparatus using the same

Inventor: Beom Jin Kim (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Dialog Semiconductor Korea Inc.
G06F1/3228G06F1/3296G06F9/4418G06F1/3278G06F1/3287Y02D10/00
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Patent No.
US 11,137,816
App. No.
16/516,311
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A software operation method for managing power supply and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a controller configured to convert a state into a sleep state, to convert the sleep state into a wake-up state for every first interval and to execute the first software. The controller is configured to convert the wake-up state into the sleep state, if an execution of the first software ends. The controller is configured to convert the sleep state into the wake-up state for every second interval and to execute the second software. The controller is configured to convert the wake-up state into the sleep state, if an execution of the second software ends. A classification into the first software and the second software is made based on an execution period.

Claims (27)

1. An electronic apparatus for managing power supply, comprising:

a first memory configured to store a first software and a second software;

a second memory configured to be a memory region where the first software and the second software are executed;

a timer configured to check an execution period of the first software and the second software;

a transceiver configured to receive a data necessary to determine a period during which the electronic apparatus is kept in a wake-up state;

and

a controller configured to:

switch the electronic apparatus from a sleep state to the wake-up state by loading either the first software or the second software into the second memory according to an execution cycle; and

switch the electronic apparatus from the wake-up state to the sleep state after the period;

wherein the first software has a high execution frequency and a small size, and the second software has a low execution frequency and a large size.

2. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first software and the second software have different functions.

3. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus comprises a third memory configured to store information necessary for maintaining connection with a network and information necessary for data synchronization of the first software and the second software.

4. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first software and the second software have different booting times.

5. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first software and the second software have different power consumption during booting.

6. The electronic apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first software is a software for receiving a beacon signal of a Wi-Fi system.

7. A method for managing a power supply by an electronic apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

switching the electronics apparatus from a wake-up state into a sleep state;

switching the electronics apparatus from the sleep state into the wake-up state for every first interval and executing the first software;

switching the electronics apparatus from the wake-up state into the sleep state, if an execution of the first software ends;

switching the electronics apparatus from the sleep state into the wake-up state for every second interval and operating the second software; and

switching the electronics apparatus from the wake-up state into the sleep state, if an execution of the second software ends,

wherein the first software has a high execution frequency and a small size, and the second software has a low execution frequency and a large size.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first software and the second software have different functions.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first software and the second software have different booting times.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first software and the second software synchronize a data by a memory.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7 , the first software and the second software have different power consumption during booting.

12. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first software is a software for receiving a beacon signal of a Wi-Fi system.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2026
From: RENESAS DESIGN KOREA INC.
To: RENESAS ELECTRONIC AMERICA INC.
Reel/Frame 074176/0251 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 8, 2025
From: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR KOREA INC.
To: RENESAS DESIGN KOREA INC.
Reel/Frame 073513/0861 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: FCI INC.
To: DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR KOREA INC.
Reel/Frame 053687/0698 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2019
From: KIM, BEOM JIN
To: FCI INC.
Reel/Frame 049797/0889 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0083781 · Jul 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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