Patent ID: 7349828
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for estimating a condition of an electronic device, said method comprising: identifying a nonlinear relationship between at least one utilization metric of a component of the electronic device and the condition of a component to be estimated, wherein the condition comprises at least one of a power consumption level and a temperature of the component; formulating a linear model correlating the at least one utilization metric of the component of the electrical device and the at least one of the power consumption level and the temperature of the component to be estimated from the nonlinear relationship; detecting the at least one utilization metric of the component; estimating the at least one of the power consumption level and the temperature of the component based upon the formulated model with the detected at least one utilization metric as an input to the formulated model, and estimating at least one of a power consumption level and a temperature of the electronic device from the estimated at least one of the power consumption level and the temperature of the component.