Information displaying method and information displaying device

• US 10,027,153 B2
• Filed: 08/26/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Toya, Shoichi, Funase, Kazuki
• Primary Examiner(s): PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG
• Application Number:
  US14/836,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20150372518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,056 Days
• Field of Search: 320106, 320107, 320134, 320137, 320108, 320132, 320162, 320101, 320109, 320115, 320118, 320148, 320160, 320104, 320110, 320125, 320103, 320114, 320116
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 2010/4278 Systems for data transfer from batteries, e.g. transfer of battery parameters to a controller, data transferred between battery controller and main controller
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00001 characterised by the display of information or by user interaction, e.g. supervisory control and data acquisition systems [SCADA] or graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 13/00034 the elements or equipment being or involving an electric power substation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 10/40 Display of information, e.g. of data or controls

Abstract

An information displaying method includes acquiring a battery identifier to identify a battery pack associated with a display device and a device identifier to identify a device to which the battery pack has been mounted, and causing a monitor of the display device to display information indicating that the battery pack corresponding to the acquired battery identifier has been mounted to the device corresponding to the acquired device identifier.

Claims

1. An information displaying method using a server comprising a receiver and a controller, comprising:

storing, in a memory, a plurality of battery identifiers and a plurality of displays in association with each other;

receiving, by a receiver, a battery identifier identifying a battery pack, and a device identifier identifying a device to which the battery pack has been mounted, the battery pack being connectable to a plurality of devices of different types;

receiving, by the receiver, information indicating remaining charge in the battery pack mounted on the device;

selecting a display from the plurality of displays based on the received battery identifier, the selected display being associated with the received battery identifier in the memory;

causing, by the controller, a monitor of the selected display to display information indicating that the battery pack corresponding to the received battery identifier has been mounted to the device corresponding to the received device identifier;

causing, by the controller, the monitor of the selected display to display the information indicating remaining charge in the battery pack;

receiving, via the display, information input by a user; and

outputting, by the controller, a control command changing a power supply mode of the battery pack based on the information input by the user, the control command causing the battery pack to change an output power of the battery pack.

2. The information displaying method according to claim 1, wherein

the battery identifier and the device identifier are received upon the battery pack being mounted to the device.

3. The information displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the battery identifier and the device identifier are received in response to accepting a request to display a mounted state of the battery pack.

4. The information displaying method according to claim 1, wherein a second image indicating a mounted state of the battery pack is displayed in a perimeter of a first image indicating the device to which the battery pack has been mounted.

5. The information displaying method according to claim 1, wherein a second image indicating a mounted state of the battery pack is superimposed on a first image indicating the device to which the battery pack has been mounted.

6. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver, when the display accepts an input operation from a user to cause the monitor to display a mounted state of a battery pack to a first device of the plurality of devices, information relating to a number of battery packs mountable to the first device and the mounted state of the battery pack; and

causing, by the controller, the monitor to display, based on the received information relating to the number of battery packs mountable to the first device and the mounted state of the battery pack, the number of battery packs mountable to the first device, and to display a state in which the battery pack is mounted and a state in which the battery pack is not mounted in mutually different display forms.

7. The information displaying method according to claim 6, wherein

battery identifiers of all battery packs mounted to the first device and the information indicating remaining charge in each of the battery packs are received, and

information to identify the battery packs corresponding to the received battery identifiers and the information indicating remaining charge in each of the battery packs corresponding to the received battery identifiers are displayed together.

8. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver, when the display accepts an input operation from a user to cause the monitor to display mounted states of battery packs to a plurality of devices which a household has, information relating to a number of battery packs mountable to all devices which the household has and the mounted state of each battery pack; and

causing, by the controller, the monitor of the display to display, based on the received information relating to the number of battery packs mountable to all devices which the household has and the mounted state of each battery pack, the number of battery packs mountable to all devices which the household has, and also to display a state in which the battery pack is mounted and a state in which the battery pack is not mounted in mutually different display forms.

9. The information displaying method according to claim 8, wherein

battery identifiers of all battery packs mounted to each of all devices which the household has and the information indicating remaining charge in each of the battery packs are received, and

information to identify the battery packs corresponding to the received battery identifiers and the information indicating remaining charge in each of the battery packs corresponding to the received battery identifiers are displayed together.

10. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver, upon the battery pack being mounted to the device, a battery identifier identifying the battery pack, a device identifier identifying the device to which the battery pack has been mounted, a user identifier identifying a user that has mounted the battery pack, and date-and-time information indicating date and time that the battery pack was mounted;

storing, in the memory, the battery identifier, the device identifier, the user identifier, and the date-and-time information, that have been received, as usage history;

identifying, upon the battery pack being mounted to the device, a user identifier associated with the battery pack mounted at generally the same point-in-time of a day different from the day where the battery pack was mounted, based on the usage history; and

causing, by the controller, a monitor of a display associated with the battery identifier of the battery pack in the memory, to display, in a case where the received user identifier and the identified user identifier are different, information indicating that the battery pack corresponding to the received battery identifier has been mounted to the device corresponding to the received device identifier.

11. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver, upon the battery pack being mounted to the device, a battery identifier to identify the battery pack, a device identifier to identify the device to which the battery pack has been mounted, a user identifier to identify a user that has mounted the battery pack, and date-and-time information indicating date and time that the battery pack was mounted;

storing, in the memory, the battery identifier, the device identifier, the user identifier, and the date-and-time information, that have been received, as usage history;

identifying the user using the battery pack, and identifying a timing to charge the battery pack, based on the usage history; and

causing, by the controller, a monitor of a display associated with the battery identifier of the battery pack in the memory, to display the timing to charge the battery pack.

12. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in the memory, a table, in which the battery pack, at least one device to which the battery pack is mounted, and a user of the battery pack are associated with each other beforehand;

referencing the table, upon the battery pack being mounted, by a first user, to one device of the plurality of devices, and determining whether or not the one device to which the battery pack has been mounted is associated with the first user in the table; and

when it is determined that the one device to which the battery pack has been mounted is not associated with the first user of the battery pack in the table, causing the monitor of the display, which is associated with the battery identifier of the battery pack in the memory, to display, information that the battery pack has not been mounted to a device that is associated with the battery pack beforehand.

13. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the receiver, position information indicating a current position of the battery pack; and

causing, by the controller, the monitor of the selected display to display the received position information.

15. The information displaying method according to claim 1, further comprising causing, by the controller, the selected display to display information indicating that the device is operable with the battery pack, or information indicating that the device is not operable with the battery pack.

14. A server for displaying information comprising:

a memory that stores a plurality of battery identifiers and a plurality of displays in association with each other;

a receiver that receives, a battery identifier identifying a battery pack and a device identifier identifying a device to which the battery pack has been mounted, the battery pack being connectable to a plurality of devices of different types;

a first controller that selects a display from the plurality of displays based on the received battery identifier, the selected display being associated with the received battery identifier in the memory; and

a second controller that causes a monitor of the selected display to display information indicating that the battery pack corresponding to the received battery identifier has been mounted to the device corresponding to the received device identifier.