Information displaying method and information displaying device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10559966-B2
Application number	US-201916440093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 13, 2019
Priority date	Jan 31, 2014
Publication date	Feb 11, 2020
Grant date	Feb 11, 2020

Abstract

A method of displaying information on a display is provided. The method includes: receiving a request to display, on the display, information indicating whether each of a plurality of battery packs associated with the display, is mounted on a device of a plurality of devices, and, in response to the request, displaying, on a monitor of the display, information indicating whether or not each of the plurality of battery packs associated with the display is mounted on a device. Each of the plurality of battery packs is mountable on the plurality of devices.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for displaying information on a display, comprising:
receiving a request to display, on the display, information indicating whether each of a plurality of battery packs associated with the display, is mounted on a device of a plurality of devices associated with the display, each of the plurality of battery packs being mountable on the plurality of devices; and
in response to the request, displaying, on a monitor of the display, information indicating whether or not a battery pack of the plurality of battery packs associated with the display is mounted on each device of the plurality of devices associated with the display,
wherein, in the displaying, a first image is displayed in a different manner from a second image, the first image indicating a mounted state of a battery pack on a device of the plurality of devices associated with the display, the second image indicating an unmounted state of a battery pack on a device of the plurality of devices associated with the display.

2. A method for displaying information on a display, comprising:
receiving a request to display, on the display, information indicating whether each of a plurality of battery packs associated with the display, is mounted on a device of a plurality of devices associated with the display, each of the plurality of battery packs being mountable on the plurality of devices;
in response to the request, displaying, on a monitor of the display, information indicating whether or not a battery pack of the plurality of battery packs associated with the display is mounted on each device of the plurality of devices associated with the display;
receiving a selection of a battery pack from the plurality of battery packs displayed on the display; and
in response to the selection of the battery pack, displaying information on the selected battery pack.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the displaying the information on the selected batter pack, the information includes history information indicating at least one device which has been used with the selected battery pack.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the history information indicating at least one device which has been used with the selected battery pack includes information indicating a history of a plurality of devices which have been used with the selected battery pack.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the information indicating the history of the plurality of devices that have been used with the selected battery pack includes:
information to identify each of the plurality of devices which have been used with the selected battery pack, and
a number of times of usages of the selected battery pack with each of the plurality of devices.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein
the information indicating the history of the plurality of devices includes:
information to identify each of the plurality of devices which have been used with the selected battery pack, and
a time period of usage of the selected battery pack with each of the plurality of devices.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the display of the information on the selected battery pack, the information includes advertisement information to suggest buying a new battery pack to replace.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the advertisement information includes a hypertext to display a homepage of a store that sells the selected battery pack.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the advertisement information includes information indicating a store near the display.

10. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the displaying the information on the selected battery pack, the information includes information on at least one device, of the plurality of devices, which is operable when the selected battery pack is mounted on the at least one device.

11. The method according to claim 2 , wherein, in the displaying the information on the selected battery pack, the information includes:
first information on a first device, of the plurality of devices, which is operable when the selected battery pack is mounted on the first device, and
second information on a second device, of the plurality of devices, which is not operable when the selected battery pack is mounted to the second device.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein, in the displaying the information on the selected battery pack, the first information on the first device is displayed in a different manner from the second information on the second device.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Toya Shoichi
• Funase Kazuki

Classifications

• Y04S10/40

  Display of information, e.g. of data or controls · CPC title

• H01M2010/4278

  Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• H02J2007/005

  Electricity · mapped topic