Method and mobile communication terminal for estimating battery consumption state

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9693308-B2
Application number	US-201514858963-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 18, 2014
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

A method for estimating a battery consumption state of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes building a database with battery characteristic information changing according to at least one of a temperature and an aging characteristic of a battery supplying power to the mobile communication terminal, and estimating a power consumption of the mobile communication terminal and a battery drain rate based on the battery characteristic information and displaying estimated information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing battery consumption state information of an electronic device, the method comprising:
obtaining battery information changing according to a temperature and an aging state of a battery supplying a power to the electronic device;
determining a minimum consumption voltage at a second time based on a consumption of a battery capacity and a battery voltage obtained by minimizing a power used in the electronic device at a first time preceding the second time;
determining a consumption rate of the battery capacity based on the battery information and the minimum consumption voltage; and
displaying the battery consumption state information comprising the determined consumption rate of the battery capacity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the battery information includes an internal resistance of the battery.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
calculating a lifetime of the battery using a current of the electronic device and an available capacity of the battery,
wherein the current is obtained based on the battery voltage, the minimum consumption voltage, and the internal resistance.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the displaying comprises displaying the lifetime with the battery consumption state information.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining the consumption rate of the battery comprises;
updating the minimum consumption voltage in real time based on consumption estimates of the battery capacity estimated during a predetermined time interval;
calculating an effective resistance of the battery using the updated minimum consumption voltage; and
estimating the consumption rate of the battery in real time based on the effective resistance.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the calculating the effective resistance comprises:
obtaining a difference value by subtracting the updated minimum consumption voltage from the battery voltage and multiplying the difference by a sample time during consumption of a predetermined unit of charge in the battery; and
calculating a result of the multiplying as the effective resistance.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the displaying comprises:
receiving a user input information comprising at least one of a condition for displaying the battery consumption state information on a display screen of the electronic device, location information of the battery consumption state information on the display screen, and an update period of the battery consumption state information; and
displaying the battery consumption state information in response to the user input information.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the battery consumption state information to a service provider of a function or application of the electronic device, wherein the function or application is determined based on the battery consumption state information; and
receiving, from the service provider, an adaptive control signal for the function or the application.

9. An electronic device for providing battery consumption information, the electronic device comprising:
a controller configured to obtain battery information changing according to a temperature and an aging state of a battery supplying a power to the electronic device, determine a minimum consumption voltage at a second time based on a consumption of a battery capacity and a battery voltage obtained by minimizing a power used in the electronic device at a first time preceding the second time; and determine a consumption rate of the battery capacity based on the battery information and the determined minimum consumption voltage; and
a display unit configured to display the battery consumption state information comprising the determined consumption rate of the battery capacity on a display screen.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the battery information includes an internal resistance of the battery.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to calculate a lifetime of the battery calculated using a current of the electronic device and an available capacity of the battery, and
wherein the current is obtained based on the battery voltage, the minimum consumption voltage, and the internal resistance.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the display unit is configured to display the life time with the battery consumption state information.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to update the minimum consumption voltage in a real time based on consumption estimates of the battery capacity estimated during a predetermined time interval;
a parameter calculator is configured to calculate an effective resistance of the battery using the updated minimum consumption voltage; and
a rate estimator is configured to estimate the consumption rate of the battery in real time based on the effective resistance.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the parameter calculator is configured to obtain a difference value by subtracting the updated minimum consumption voltage from the battery voltage and multiplying the difference by a sample time during consumption of a predetermined unit of charge in the battery, and calculate a result of the multiplying as the effective resistance.

15. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein a transceiver is configured to receive a user input information comprising at least one of a condition for displaying the battery consumption state information on a display screen of the electronic device, location information of the battery consumption state information on the display screen, and an update period of the battery consumption state information has been received, and
the controller is configured to control the display unit to display of the battery consumption state information in response to the user input information.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , further comprising:
a transceiver to transmit the battery consumption state information for a function or application of the electronic device, wherein the function or application is determined based on the battery and receive, from the service provider, an adaptive control signal for the function or the application.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Univ Seoul Nat R & Db Found

Inventors

• Koo Jong-Hoe
• Choi Sunghyun
• Lee Won-Bo
• Park Yong-Seok
• Lee Ok-Seon
• Hong Young-Ki

Classifications

• H04W52/0254

  detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device · CPC title

• H04W52/0251 Primary

  using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity · CPC title

• Y02B60/50

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H04W52/0267

  by controlling user interface components · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title