State-of-charge indication method, device and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11335489-B2
Application number	US-202016905458-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2020
Priority date	Jul 8, 2016
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a charging indication method. The method includes: acquiring a current ratio of a remaining battery capacity to a total battery capacity; determining a target curvature angle of a flexible display screen associated with a terminal based at least on the current ratio; and controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A state-of-charge indication method, comprising:
acquiring a current ratio of a remaining battery capacity to a total battery capacity;
determining a target curvature angle of a flexible display screen associated with a terminal based at least on the current ratio, the target curvature angle indicating a degree of surface bend of the flexible display screen; wherein the flexible display screen associated with the terminal has a plurality of electromagnets arranged side by side provided on a backside of the flexible display screen; and
controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the target curvature angle of the flexible display screen associated with the terminal based at least on the current ratio comprises:
updating the target curvature angle and the current ratio when the terminal is in a charging state, wherein the current ratio is inversely proportional to the target curvature angle; and
controlling the flexible display screen to present the updated target curvature angle.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the target curvature angle of 0° has a corresponding ratio of 1.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the current ratio is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold;
determining the target curvature angle of the flexible display screen when the current ratio is greater than the predetermined ratio threshold; and
acquiring a new ratio of the remaining battery capacity to the total battery capacity when the current ratio is not greater than the predetermined ratio threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle comprises:
controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle by performing at least one of controlling polarities of electrodes of the plurality of electromagnets and controlling magnetic intensities of the plurality of electromagnets.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the current ratio of the remaining battery capacity to the total battery capacity comprises:
acquiring the remaining battery capacity; and
calculating the current ratio according to the remaining battery capacity to the total battery capacity.

7. The method of claim 1 , controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle by performing one of followings:
controlling an angle between a tangent plane at a maximum curvature of the flexible display screen and a predetermined reference plane;
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a line perpendicular to a surface of the charging socket;
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a line parallel to the surface of the charging socket;
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a predetermined reference plane; and
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a predetermined reference line.

8. A state-of-charge indication device, the device comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon, and an instruction execution system configured by the instructions to implement at least one of:
a battery capacity detecting module, configured to acquire a current ratio of a remaining battery capacity to a total battery capacity;
an angle determining module, configured to determine a target curvature angle of a flexible display screen associated with a terminal based at least on the current ratio, the target curvature angle indicating a degree of surface bend of the flexible display screen; wherein the flexible display screen associated with the terminal has a plurality of electromagnets arranged side by side provided on a backside of the flexible display screen; and
a curvature controlling module, configured to control the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the angle determining module is configured to update the target curvature angle and the current ratio when the terminal is in charging state, wherein the current ratio is inversely proportional to the target curvature angle.

10. The device of claim 8 , wherein the instruction execution system is further configured to implement:
a battery capacity determining module, configured to determine whether the current ratio is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold;
wherein the angle determining module is configured to determine the target curvature angle of the flexible display screen when the current ratio is greater than the predetermined ratio threshold; and the battery capacity detecting module is further configured to acquire a new ratio of the remaining battery capacity to the total battery capacity when the current ratio is not greater than the predetermined ratio threshold.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the curvature controlling module is configured to control the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle by performing at least one of followings:
controlling polarities of electrodes of the plurality of electromagnets; and
controlling magnetic intensities of the plurality of electromagnets.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein the curvature controlling module is configured to control the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle by performing one of followings:
controlling an angle between a tangent plane at a maximum curvature of the flexible display screen and a predetermined reference plane;
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a line perpendicular to a surface of the charging socket;
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a line parallel to the surface of the charging socket;
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a predetermined reference plane; and
controlling an angle between a line connecting two ends of the terminal and a predetermined reference line.

13. A terminal, comprising a flexible display screen, a battery, a plurality of electromagnets, memory and a processor, wherein the flexible display screen associated with the terminal has a plurality of electromagnets arranged side by side provided on a backside of the flexible display screen, a set of programs is stored in the memory, the processor is configured to call the programs stored in the memory to perform followings:
acquiring a current ratio of a remaining battery capacity to a total battery capacity;
determining a target curvature angle of the flexible display screen based at least on the current ratio, the target curvature angle indicating a degree of surface bend of the flexible display screen; and
controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle.

14. The terminal of claim 13 , wherein when the processor determines the target curvature angle of the flexible display screen based at least on the current ratio, the processor is configured to:
update the target curvature angle and the current ratio when the terminal is in charging state, wherein the current ratio is inversely proportional to the target curvature angle.

15. The terminal of claim 14 , wherein the target curvature angle of 0° has a corresponding ratio of 1.

16. The terminal of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the current ratio is greater than a predetermined ratio threshold;
determine the target cu

Assignees

• Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Yugui
• Cheng Jiao

Classifications

• H01M10/488

  Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density · CPC title

• H01M10/48

  Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) · CPC title

• G06F1/1632

  External expansion units, e.g. docking stations · CPC title

• G01R31/382

  Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title