System and method for leveraging human physiological traits to control microprocessor frequency

Patent · 25 March 2014

OSTI ID:1128533

Shye, Alex; Pan, Yan; Scholbrock, Benjamin; Miller, J. Scott; Memik, Gokhan; Dinda, Peter A.; Dick, Robert P.

A system and method for leveraging physiological traits to control microprocessor frequency are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system and method may optimize, for example, a particular processor-based architecture based on, for example, end user satisfaction. In some embodiments, the system and method may determine, for example, whether their users are satisfied to provide higher efficiency, improved reliability, reduced power consumption, increased security, and a better user experience. The system and method may use, for example, biometric input devices to provide information about a user's physiological traits to a computer system. Biometric input devices may include, for example, one or more of the following: an eye tracker, a galvanic skin response sensor, and/or a force sensor.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-05ER25691; AC05-00OR22725
• Assignee: Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
• Patent Number(s): 8,683,242
• Application Number: 12/796,887
• OSTI ID: 1128533
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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