Patent Publication Number: US-8527791-B2

Title: Portable device capable of extending available battery time and method for controlling portable device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority to Korean Patent Application No. 2010-0116316 filed on Nov. 22, 2010, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The exemplary embodiments relate to a battery power control device, a portable device and a method of controlling the portable device and, more particularly, to a battery power control device capable of assuring the satisfactory quality of service (QoS) and the sufficient battery available time (battery power); and a portable device including the battery power control device and a method for controlling the portable device. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     With the increasing use of portable device such as smart phones, tablet PCs, laptop computers, portable multimedia players and the like, the battery available time of the portable devicees as well as their performance ability has been emerging as a major issue lately. In other words, since the portable device has a difficulty in being equipped with a large amount of batteries due to their portability, it has become required to develop a technique for extending the battery available time of the portable device. 
     There has suggested a conventional method for extending the battery available time by using the dynamic voltage scaling (DVS). The DVS is a method of varying by the software control an operation frequency and a supply voltage supplied to the processor equipped in a portable device. 
     However, the conventional method using the DVS is disadvantageous in that it is possible to use a portable device equipped with a processor supporting the DVS only and it is necessary to include additional units such as a DC-DC converter, a frequency synthesizer and the like, causing additional power consumption and time delay. Further, it is not an efficient work to reduce the voltage supplied to the processor even in consideration of a battery discharge structure. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the above, the present embodiments provide a battery power control device, a portable device and a method for controlling the portable device, capable of extending a battery available time without employing an additional device. 
     The present embodiments also provide a battery power control device, a portable device and a method for controlling the portable device, capable of assuring a satisfactory quality of service and a sufficient battery available time. 
     Further, the present embodiments provide a battery power control device, a portable device and a method for controlling the portable device, capable of extending an available time (remaining power capacity) of its battery in consideration of chemical properties of the battery and taskal properties of its system. 
     In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable device for providing a specific service to a user. The portable device includes a workload calculator configured to calculate a workload that is necessary to provide the specific service to the user according to at least one of a time request information related to a desired time during which the specific service is provided to the user and a QoS (Quality of Service) request information related to a quality of the specific service, the necessary workload being smaller than a default workload that is preset for providing the specific service; a task performer configured to perform a task for providing the specific service according to the necessary workload during a time that is reduced to be shorter than a task performance time according to the default workload and stop the task performance during the reduced time; and a battery unit configured to supply a power for performing the task to the task performer. 
     In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling a portable device including a battery unit, the portable device serving to provide a specific service to a user. The method includes calculating a workload that is necessary to provide the specific service to the user according to at least one of a time request information related to a desired time during which the specific service is provided to the user and a QoS request information related to a quality of the specific service, the necessary workload being smaller than a default workload that is preset for providing the specific service; and performing a task for providing the specific service according to the necessary workload during a time that is reduced to be shorter than a task performance time according to the default workload and stopping the task performance during the reduced time. 
     In accordance with still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for controlling a power of a battery included in a service providing device for providing a specific device to a user. The device includes a workload calculator configured to calculate a workload that is necessary to provide the specific service to the user according to at least one of a time request information related to a desired time during which the specific service is provided to the user and a QoS request information related to a quality of the specific service, wherein the necessary workload is smaller than a default workload that is preset for providing the specific service. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments, given in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a structure of a portable device in accordance with a first exemplary embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing a structure of a portable device in accordance with a second exemplary embodiment; 
         FIGS. 3 to 12  show results of simulations performed to explain an effect in which a remaining available time of a battery is increased by adjusting a bitrate when a video is transferred from a portable device; and 
         FIG. 13  is a flowchart showing a general process of a method for controlling the portable device in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a structure of a portable device  100  in accordance with a first exemplary embodiment. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the portable device  100  of the present embodiment, which is a device for providing a specific service to a user, may include a task performer  110 ; a battery unit  120 ; a workload calculator  130 ; and a user input unit  140 , functions of which will be described below per unit. 
     The task performer  110  may perform a task for providing a specific service to a user. Here, the specific service may include all services, including playback of music and video, playing of video game, transmission of video to the outside, and the like, which are available in portable devices. For example, in case that the specific service is relative to the transmission of a video to the outside, what is performed by the task performer  110  may be relative to an operation of transmitting, e.g., a coded video to the outside by using a wireless communications device. 
     The battery unit  120  may supply to the task performer  110  a power required to perform a task. Here, the battery unit  120  may include various kinds of batteries such as Li—Mn batteries, Li-ion batteries, Ni-MH batteries, Ni—Cd batteries and the like. 
     Generally, a battery generates an electric power by converting a chemical energy of an active material to an electric energy through the electrochemical oxidation-reduction reaction (that is, producing an electric energy by the movement of electrons which is caused by the reaction of electrolyte between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode). In this case, the electrochemical oxidation-reduction reaction is performed at an electrolyte closer to the electrode, and electrons are transferred to the reacted electrolyte from an electrolyte that is spaced away from the electrode. At this time, if there occurs an idle time at which the supply of a power is stopped while the power is supplied from the battery, this may help the electrons to be stably transferred from the electrolyte spaced away from the electrode to electrolyte closer to the electrode, thereby increasing the remaining battery capacity. This is referred to as “recovery effect” of battery. 
     Accordingly, in accordance with the present embodiment, the battery unit  120  may increase its battery remaining capacity by the recovery effect in case that there occurs a point of time when the task performed by the task performer  110  is stopped. 
     The workload calculator  130  may calculate a workload that is necessary to provide a specific service and transmits the calculated workload to the task performer  110 . If receiving information related to the calculated workload therefrom, the task performer  110  may perform a corresponding task based on the workload. In other words, the task performer  110  may perform the task based on a default workload in the case of receiving no information related to a workload from the workload calculator  130  or based on the workload calculated by the workload calculator  130  in the case of receiving the calculated workload from the workload calculator  130 . 
     The user input unit  140  may receive at least one of request information (time request information) related to a desired time during which a specific service is provided to a user and request information (QoS request information) related to a quality of service (QoS) of the specific service. 
     If at least one of the time request information and the QoS request information is received through the user input unit  140 , the workload calculator  130  may calculate a workload required (necessary) to provide the specific service to the user based on the received request information. In other words, if the providing time request information and/or the QoS request information are received, the workload calculator  130  may adjust an amount of the task to be performed by the task performer  110  to not only satisfy the request information but also provide the specific service to the user. 
     Meanwhile, as described above, the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  may be increased by the recovery effect. Accordingly, in accordance with the present embodiment, the workload calculator  130  may calculate a workload that is smaller than a default workload pre-set to provide the specific service as a target workload for the specific service and transmit it to the task performer  110  in order to increase the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120 . 
     Specifically, in case that the workload that is necessary to provide the specific service is smaller than the default workload, a task performance time of the task performer  110  based on the necessary workload may be reduced to be shorter than that based on the default workload and, thus, the task performer  110  may stop the task performance during the reduced performance time, which causes the battery unit  120  not to supply the power to the task performer  110  during the reduced performance time (i.e., the idle time). Accordingly, the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  may be increased by the recovery effect from the time when the task performer  110  stops the task performance. 
     For example, the task performer  110  may perform a corresponding task per preset task performance unit for a specific service (in case that the specific service is relative to the transmission of a video, the task performer  110  may transmit the video in a unit of group of picture (GOP)). In this case, the task performer  110  may perform the task with as much as the reduced workload by repeatedly performing the task and stopping the task performance per task performance unit to provide the specific service, and the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  may be increased by the recovery effect whenever the task performance is stopped. 
     As such, the portable device  100  of the present embodiment may adequately adjust (reduce) the workload of the task performed by the task performer  110  according to a user request (relative to an available time and quality of service) and increase the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  through the battery chemical property (recovery effect) by using the adjusted workload, to thereby assure a satisfactory battery available time. 
     In the meantime, in order to calculate the necessary workload based on the request information inputted from the user, the workload calculator  130  may set up and store a relative model (or table) and calculate the necessary workload by using the stored relative model. To that end, the workload calculator  130  may include a storage unit (not shown). 
     In accordance with the present embodiment, the storage unit (not shown) stores at least one of a performance workload—QoS model showing a relationship between a workload (performance workload) performed to provide a specific service and a quality of the specific service (QoS) according to the performance workload; and a idle time—capacity model showing a relationship between a time (idle time) when the task performer  110  stops the task performance and an amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  that is increased by the recovery effect, and the workload calculator  130  may calculate the necessary workload by using at least one of the two models. 
     Since more workload typically leads to better QoS, the QoS is generally proportional to the performance workload in the performance workload—QoS model. Moreover, since more idle time typically leads to more increase of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120 , the increased amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  is proportional to the idle time in the idle time—capacity model. 
     The performance workload—QoS model and the idle time—capacity model may individually be created and stored depending on kinds of the services to be provided and kinds of the batteries included in the battery unit  120 . 
     In accordance with the present embodiment, in case that the QoS request information is inputted through the user input unit  140 , the workload calculator  130  may search a performance workload corresponding to the requested QoS from the performance workload—QoS model and calculate the searched performance workload as the necessary workload. 
     At described above, in order to guarantee the idle time, the QoS may be required to be proportional to the performance workload and the performance workload may be required to be smaller than the default workload. Accordingly, the workload calculator  130  may calculate the necessary workload only when the QoS requested by a user is lower than that in case that the task performer  110  performs the task according to the default workload. 
     Moreover, in accordance with another embodiment, in case that the time request information is inputted through the user input unit  140 , the workload calculator  130  may calculate based on the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  an additional capacity of the battery unit  120  that is additionally required when the task performer  110  performs the task during the requested time. Then, the workload calculator  130  may search from the idle time—capacity model an idle time corresponding to the calculated additional capacity of the battery unit  120  and estimate a workload for obtaining the searched idle time to output the estimated workload as the necessary workload. 
     In this case, if an available time of the portable device  100  based on the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  is identical to the time requested by the user, it may becomes unnecessary to additionally increase the capacity of the battery unit  120 . Accordingly, the workload calculator  130  may calculate the necessary workload only when the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  is larger than the estimated capacity of battery unit  120  to be consumed when the task performer  110  performs the task during the requested time. 
     Further, in accordance with still another embodiment, in case that both of the time request information and the QoS request information are inputted through the user input unit  140 , the workload calculator  130  may accord a first priority to the requested QoS and a second priority to the requested time to calculate the necessary workload. 
     Specifically, the workload calculator  130  may search from the load—QoS model a performance workload corresponding to the requested QoS and, further, search from the idle time—capacity model an increased amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  corresponding to an idle time to be obtained by using the searched performance workload; and estimate an available time of the battery unit  120  by using the searched increased amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  and the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  120 . Then, if the estimated available time of the battery unit  120  is equal to or larger than the requested time of the user, the workload calculator  130  may calculate the searched performance workload as the necessary workload. 
     If the estimated available time of the battery unit  120  is smaller than the requested time of the user, the workload calculator  130  may based on the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  an additional capacity of the battery unit  120  that is additionally necessary when the task performer  110  performs the task during the requested time. Then, the workload calculator  130  may search from the idle time—capacity model an idle time corresponding to the calculated additional capacity of the battery unit  120  and estimate a workload for obtaining the searched idle time to calculate the estimated workload as the necessary workload. 
     In briefly, in case that the necessary workload is calculated based on both of the requested time and the requested QoS, the workload calculator  130  may calculate a (minimum) workload that is enough to satisfy the requested QoS and then determine whether or not the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  is sufficient to perform the task according to the calculated workload. Then, the workload calculator  130  may calculate the calculated workload as the necessary workload if it is determined that the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  is sufficient. On other hand, if it is determined that the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  is not sufficient, the workload calculator  130  may calculate a workload for obtaining the remaining capacity of the battery unit  120  that is enough to satisfy the requested time and set up the calculated workload as the necessary workload. 
     In the meantime, the workload calculator  130  may be embodied as an individual device for controlling the power (remaining power capacity) of the battery unit  120 . That is, the workload calculator  130  may be embodied as a device, e.g., a battery power control device, separated from the portable device  100 . In this case, the battery power control device may be used to control the power of a battery equipped in an electric car or a hybrid car in addition to the portable device  100 . Alternatively, the battery power control device may be used to control the power of a battery equipped in a service providing device for providing a specific service to a user. 
     Hereinafter, an example in which a service that a portable device transmits a coded video to the outside is provided to a user will be described in more detail with reference to  FIG. 2 . 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing a structure of a portable device  200  in accordance with a second exemplary embodiment. 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the portable device  200  of the present embodiment may include a coding/transmitting unit  210 , a battery unit  220 , a bitrate calculator  230 , and a user input unit  240 . 
     The coding/calculating unit  210 , which corresponds to the task performer  110 , may code a video and transmit it to the outside. To that end, the coding/calculating unit  210  may include a coder  211  for coding/compressing a video; and a transmitter  212  for transmitting a coded video to the outside. 
     The coder  211  may calculates a quantization parameter (QP) and codes the video based on the quantization parameter. A quantization parameter level may be determined depending on a necessary bitrate calculated by the bitrate calculator  230  to be described later. The transmitter  212  may perform the transmission in a unit of group of picture (GOP). Specifically, the transmitter  212  may transmit, e.g., a coded video to the outside by repeatedly performing and stopping the transmission per GOP unit. 
     The battery unit  220  may supply to the transmitter  212  a power for transmitting the coded video. Here, the task performed to provide a service in the first embodiment corresponds to the “transmission of a coded video.” Of cause, the battery unit  220  may supply a power to various units, e.g., the coder  211  for compressing the coded video. However, the description that “the battery unit  220  may supply a power to the transmitter  212 ” is specially made in the present embodiment in order to make the explanation by mapping the “transmission of a coded video” to the “task performed to provide a service” in  FIG. 1 . 
     The bitrate calculator  230  may calculate a bitrate that is necessary for the transmission of the coded video and output it to the coding/transmitting unit  210 . Here, the “bitrate” in the present embodiment corresponds to the “workload” described with reference to  FIG. 1 . 
     Accordingly, in the case of receiving no information related to the bitrate from the bitrate calculator  230 , the coding/transmitting unit  210  may set up a QP according to a predetermined default bitrate and compress the video based on the QP to transmit the compressed video. On the contrary, in the case of receiving information related to the bitrate from the bitrate calculator  230 , the coding/transmitting unit  210  may set up a QP according to the calculated bitrate and compress the video based on the QP to transmit the compressed video. 
     The user input unit  240  may receive from a user at least one of request information (time request information) relative to a desired time during which a coded video is transmitted; and request information (QoS request information) relative to a quality of service (QoS) of the transmission of the video. At this time, the QoS information may include a pick signal to noise ratio (PSNR) of the coded video. Hereinafter, for the convenience of description, the QoS request information is referred to as “PSNR request information” in the present embodiment. 
     If at least one of the time request information and the PSNR request information is inputted through the user input unit  240 , the bitrate calculator  230  may calculate a bitrate that is necessary for the transmission of the video according to at least one of the time request information and the PSNR request information. 
     Meanwhile, in order to calculate the necessary bitrate based on the request information, the bitrate calculator  230  may store in a storage unit  231  at least one of a bitrate—PSNR model showing a relationship between a bitrate when a coded video is transmitted and a PSNR according to the bitrate; and a idle time—capacity model showing a relationship between a time (idle time) at which the transmitter  212  stops transmitting the coded video and an amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  220  that is increased according to the recovery effect. Then, the bitrate calculator  230  may calculate the necessary bitrate by using the two models. In general, the bitrate may be proportional to the PSNR, and the increased amount thereof may be proportional to the idle time. 
     The bitrate—PSNR model and the idle time—capacity model may individually be created and stored depending on kinds of standard videos such as “foreman,” “bridge_far” and the like and kinds of the batteries included in the battery unit  220 . 
     In accordance with the present embodiment, in case that the PSNR request information is inputted through the user input unit  240 , the bitrate calculator  230  may search a bitrate corresponding to the requested PSNR from the bitrate—PSNR model and calculate the searched bitrate as the necessary bitrate. 
     Moreover, in accordance with another embodiment, in case that the time request information is inputted through the user input unit  240 , the bitrate calculator  230  may calculate based on the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  220  an additional capacity of the battery unit  220  that is additionally necessary when the transmitter  212  transmits the video during the requested time. Then, the bitrate calculator  230  may search from the idle time—capacity model an idle time corresponding to the calculated additional capacity of the battery unit  220  and estimate a bitrate for obtaining the searched idle time to calculate the estimated bitrate as the necessary bitrate. 
     Further, in accordance with still another embodiment, in case that both of the time request information and the PSNR request information are inputted through the user input unit  240 , the bitrate calculator  230  may search from the bitrate—PSNR model a bitrate corresponding to the requested PSNR and, further, search from the idle time—capacity model an increased amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  220  corresponding to an idle time to be obtained by using the searched bitrate; and estimate an available time of the battery unit  220  by using the searched increased amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  220  and the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  220 . Then, if the estimated available time of the battery unit  220  is equal to or larger than the requested time of the user, the bitrate calculator  230  may calculate the searched bitrate as the necessary bitrate. 
     If the estimated available time of the battery unit  220  is smaller than the requested time of the user, the bitrate calculator  230  may based on the current remaining capacity of the battery unit  220  an additional capacity of the battery unit  220  that is additionally necessary when the transmitter  212  performs the task during the requested time. Then, the bitrate calculator  230  may search from the idle time—capacity model an idle time corresponding to the calculated additional capacity of the battery unit  220  and estimate a bitrate for obtaining the searched idle time to calculate the estimated bitrate as the necessary bitrate. 
     Hereinafter, an effect in which a remaining available time of the battery unit  220  is increased by adjusting the bitrate when the video is transmitted in the portable device  200  in accordance with the second embodiment will be described with reference to  FIGS. 3 to 10 . 
       FIGS. 3 to 10  show results of simulations performed to explain an effect in which the remaining available time of the battery unit  220  is increased by adjusting the bitrate when the video is transmitted in the portable device  200 . 
     Specifically,  FIGS. 3 to 10  show results of simulations performed on a “foreman” standard video and a “bridge_far” standard video in the case of receiving from a user PSNR request information for reducing the PSNR (i.e., quality of service) by 1 dB based on the case that a coded video is transmitted according to the default bitrate. 
     First,  FIG. 3  shows how a battery available time is changed according to an idle time in case that video data is transmitted through a device Kmote-s1. In the ubiquitous sensor network (USN), the portable device  200  is constituted by attaching a battery of 3.0 V Li/Mn02 to the device Kmote-s1 serving as test equipment. At this time, the ratio between an active mode where a video is transmitted and a sleep mode where the transmission of the video is stopped was set for the simulation as shown in the following table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
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                 Active mode 
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                 2.5 
                 2.5 
                 2.5 
                 2.5 
                 2.5 
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                 Sleep mode 
                 0 
                 0.5 
                 1 
                 1.5 
                 2 
                 2.5 
                 5 
                 10 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Based on the ratio between the active mode and the sleep mode according to Table 1, an initial voltage of the battery unit  220  was set to 3.0 V and the time during which the voltage of the battery unit  220  is reduced to 2.0 V was measured. In this case, the relationship between an idle time and an increased amount of the battery remaining capacity was obtained as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     In Table 1, the sleep ratio indicates “(sleep time)/(active time+sleep period), and the improvement rate serves as an increased amount of the remaining capacity of the battery unit  220 , which is obtained by “overall battery operation time×sleep ratio.” Besides, the effective available time indicates the available time of the portable device  200  according to the increase in the remaining capacity of the battery unit  220 . Referring to  FIG. 3 , when the sleep ratio is 0.2, it can be checked that the lifespan of the battery unit  220  is expanded to about 10 times. 
     Next,  FIG. 4  shows how an effective available time is changed according to the ratio between the active time and the sleep time. 
     The video conformed to a video standard of quarter common intermediate format and had 30 frames per second, and each frame had three GOPs. Further, ten slices (IPPPPPPPPP) were included per GOP. In this simulation, the result is obtained as shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     Since it is possible to transmit data at a maximum bitrate of 250 Kbps by the frequency band of 2.4 GHz through the device Kmote-s1 using the Zigbee communications, the coder  211  may encode a video by adjusting the QP in a constant bitrate (CBR) of 192 Kbps or less. 
     In the meantime, the target bitrate may be obtained by multiplying the default bitrate (192 Kbps) by an optimized sleep rate as in the following Eq. 1. In this case, periods of the active mode and the sleep mode of the device Kmore-s1 are set according to the bitrate of a video, and an active time and an sleep time of the highest recovery effect of the battery unit  220  are detected by varying the active time and the sleep time at the set periods. Then, the optimized sleep rate is obtained by using the detected active time and sleep time. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     Referring to  FIG. 4 , in case that a pattern period of the intermittent discharge property is set to be ⅓ seconds, it can be checked that the available time gain of the battery unit  220  of up to 3119% at the maximum is obtained. 
     Next,  FIGS. 5 and 6  show a relationship between the QP and the PSNR according to the change in the target bitrates of the “foreman” standard video and the “bridge_far” standard video. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 5 and 6 , it can be checked that the change in the PSNR that is caused by the QP changed by the change in the target bitrates becomes different according to kinds of the standard videos. That is, it can be checked that the PSNR is largely changed according to the change of the QP of the “foreman” standard video having much movement ( FIG. 5 ) and is not largely changed according to the change of the QP of the “bridge_far” standard video having less movement ( FIG. 6 ). 
     Successively,  FIGS. 7 and 8  show a relationship between the available time gain of the battery unit  220  and the PSNR according to the bitrates of the “foreman” standard video and the “bridge_far” standard video. 
     In the case of the “bridge_far” standard, as shown in  FIG. 7 , the PSNR is reduced by 1 dB at a portion of 64 Kbps (⅓ of 192 Kbps). Accordingly, in case that the active/sleep ratio of the discharge pattern of the battery unit  220  is set to be 0.5, it is possible to obtain the available time gain of the battery unit  220  up to about 3100%. Moreover, in the case of the “foreman” standard video,” as shown in  FIG. 8 , if the PSNR is reduced by 1 dB, the effective available time of the battery unit  220  can be set to be 0.8. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain the available time gain of the battery unit  220  up to about 194%. 
       FIGS. 9 and 10  show the QoS (dB) and corresponding available time gain (%) of the “bridge_far” standard ( FIG. 7 ) and the “foreman” standard video ( FIG. 8 ) in case that the bitrate is changed from 192 Kbps to 48 Kbps as in the above. Meanwhile, since it is not easy to recognize the difference with a naked eye in case that the PSNR is reduced by 1 dB in the QCIF video standard. Accordingly, such reduction of the PSNR by 1 dB may not have a significant effect on the QoS when the video is transmitted. 
       FIGS. 11 and 12  show the bitrates of the “foreman” standard video and the “bridge_far” standard video in case that, in the aforementioned simulation, instead of the case that the pattern period of the intermittent discharge property is set to be ⅓ seconds, the ratio between the active mode and the sleep mode is determined in a unit of 30 frames per second; the maximum bitrate of the zigbee wireless communications per second is set to be 250 Kbps; and the remaining time after the video whose PSNR is reduced by 1 dB is transmitted is determined as the sleep time. 
     In  FIGS. 11 and 12 , left bars (O-bitrate) indicate the bitrates in the case of encoding the video according to the bitrate of 250 Kbps, and right bars (P-bitrate) indicate the bitrates in the case that the PSRN is reduced by 1 dB. In the meantime, 1 to 29 initial frames (zero second section) were omitted in the simulation since they were sections for preparing given conditions in a rate distortion optimization (RDO) block of the coder  211 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 11 and 12 , it can be checked that the “foreman” standard video having much movement has a larger change in the bitrate per second than that of the “bridge_far” standard video. 
     Table 2 shows a ratio between the per-second-section bitrate of 0 to 299 frames and the “foreman” standard video and the “bridge_far” standard video, and Table 3 shows a used time of the battery unit  220  when each standard video is transmitted. Here, avg BR, avg LT and avg gain respectively indicate an average bitrate, an average used time of the battery unit  220  and an average available time gain of the battery unit  220 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 246688 
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                 60~89 
                 246272 
                 187584 
                 76% 
                 248472 
                 131312 
                 53% 
               
               
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                 245208 
                 180384 
                 74% 
                 246616 
                 123672 
                 50% 
               
               
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                 245800 
                 208120 
                 85% 
                 245544 
                 141320 
                 58% 
               
               
                 150~179 
                 247832 
                 202120 
                 82% 
                 247272 
                 129744 
                 52% 
               
               
                 180~209 
                 235312 
                 190536 
                 81% 
                 245568 
                 143008 
                 58% 
               
               
                 210~239 
                 248672 
                 147544 
                 59% 
                 249024 
                 125992 
                 51% 
               
               
                 240~269 
                 250576 
                 102752 
                 41% 
                 245976 
                 134416 
                 55% 
               
               
                 270~299 
                 247128 
                 118000 
                 48% 
                 246216 
                 123960 
                 50% 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 3 
               
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 250 Kbps 
                 foreman[−1 dB] 
                 bridge_far[−1 dB] 
                 Unit 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 avg BR 
                 249.93 
                 175.76 
                 133.36 
                 Kbps 
               
               
                 avg LT 
                 2566 
                 8098.1 
                 13319.7 
                 sec. 
               
               
                 avg gain 
                 100% 
                 316% 
                 519% 
                 % 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Referring to Tables 2 and 3, it can be seen that the average bitrate of the “foreman” standard video is 175 Kbps, and the time at which the video whose PSRN is reduced by 1 dB is transmitted is averagely 8098 seconds. Moreover, it can be seen that the average bitrate of the “bridge_far” standard video is 133 Kbps, and the time during which the video whose PSRN is reduced by 1 dB is transmitted is averagely 13319 seconds. Further, it can be seen that, in the case of transmitting the video at the bitrate of 250 Kbps, the used time of the battery unit  220  is averagely 2566 seconds. Resultantly, it is possible to increase the available time of the battery unit  220  to 316 or 519% in the case of transmitting the videos whose PSNR is reduced by 1 dB as compared with the case of transmitting it at the bitrate of 250 Kbps. 
     As described above, the portable device  100  or  200  of the exemplary embodiments are applicable to a system that does not support the DVS function by managing the power of the portable device by use of the battery chemical property with the flexible control of the workload. Further, the portable device  100  or  200  of the exemplary embodiment is advantageous in that it is possible to assure data quality and the performance time of the portable device  100  or  200  until a specific time by controlling the battery available time or the quality of service serving as restriction conditions when the workload is reduced. 
       FIG. 13  is a flowchart showing a general process of a portable device control method in accordance with an exemplary embodiment. Hereinafter, the task performed per step will be described. 
     First, in step S 1310 , at least one of request information (time request information) related to a desired time during which a specific service is provided to a user and request information (QoS request information) related to a quality of service (QoS) of the specific service is received from a user. 
     In step S 1320 , in the case of providing the specific service according to at least one of the time request information and the QoS request information, a necessary workload is calculated. At this time, the calculated workload is smaller than a default workload that is preset for providing the specific service. 
     In step S 1330 , the specific service is provided according to the calculated workload. 
     In this case, the performance time according to the necessary workload is reduced to be shorter than that according to the default workload, and the performance is stopped during the reduced performance time. Accordingly, the remaining capacity of the battery unit included in the portable device is increased by the recovery effect when the performance is stopped. 
     The structure of the portable device  100  or  200  described in the above with reference to  FIGS. 1 and 2  may be applied to the portable device control method of the present embodiment and, thus, corresponding detailed description will be omitted. 
     It is possible to extend a battery available time without employing an additional device by using a battery power control device, a portable device and a method for controlling the portable device in accordance with the exemplary embodiments. 
     It is also possible to assuring a satisfactory quality of service and a sufficient battery available time by using a battery power control device, a portable device and a method for controlling the portable device in accordance with the exemplary embodiments. 
     The limited embodiments and drawings are only examples of the present invention, serve only for helping the present invention to be understood more generally and by no means limit or restrict the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, any person of ordinary skill in the art shall understand that a large number of permutations and other equivalent embodiments are possible. The true scope of the present invention must be defined only by the spirit of the appended claims.