VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF A BATTERY AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20050001629A1
• Filed: 07/01/2003
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Kuan-Hua
• Granted Patent: US 6,867,595 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/433
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/378 specially adapted for the type of battery or accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/4285 Testing apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/48 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 Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

A verification system for verifying authenticity of a battery used in a portable electronic device includes a battery for supplying a first electrical current, the battery containing a transducer for inducing an analog voltage based on the first electrical current, and a portable electronic device having the battery removably installed therein. The portable electronic device includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) electrically connected to the transducer for converting the analog voltage to a digital voltage value, a lookup table for providing an expected voltage value based on an operating state of the portable electronic device, and a controller. The controller reads the expected voltage value from the lookup table, compares the expected voltage value with the digital voltage value, and determines whether the battery is authorized for use in the portable electronic device according to the expected voltage value and the digital voltage value.

Claims

1. A verification system for verifying authenticity of a battery used in a portable electronic device, the system comprising:

a battery for supplying a first electrical current, the battery comprising a transducer for inducing an analog voltage based on the first electrical current; and

a portable electronic device having the battery removably installed therein, the portable electronic device comprising;

an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) electrically connected to the transducer for converting the analog voltage to a digital voltage value;

a lookup table for providing an expected voltage value based on an operating state of the portable electronic device; and

a controller for reading the expected voltage value from the lookup table based on the operating status of the portable electronic device, comparing the expected voltage value with the digital voltage value provided by the ADC, and determining whether the battery is authorized for use in the portable electronic device according to the expected voltage value and the digital voltage value.

2. The verification system of claim 1 wherein the lookup table comprises a current consumption status lookup table and a voltage lookup table, the current consumption status lookup table providing an expected current value based on the operating state of the portable electronic device and the voltage lookup table providing the expected voltage value based on the expected current value.

3. The verification system of claim 2 wherein the transducer of the battery is a nonlinear transducer for producing a nonlinear relationship between the inputted first electrical current and the outputted analog voltage.

4. The verification system of claim 3 wherein a relationship between the expected current value and the expected voltage value in the voltage lookup table is conformal to the nonlinear relationship between the inputted first electrical current and the outputted analog voltage in the transducer of the battery.

5. The verification system of claim 1 wherein a relationship between the first electrical current and the expected voltage value is conformal to a nonlinear relationship between the inputted first electrical current and the outputted analog voltage in the transducer of the battery.

6. The verification system of claim 1 wherein if a difference between the digital voltage value provided by the ADC and the expected voltage value is less than a predetermined tolerance value, the controller determines the battery is authorized for use in the portable electronic device.

7. The verification system of claim 1 wherein the lookup table is stored in a nonvolatile memory of the portable electronic device.

8. The verification system of claim 7 wherein the nonvolatile memory is a flash memory.

9. The verification system of claim 7 wherein the nonvolatile memory is a read-only memory.

10. A method of verifying authenticity of a battery used in a portable electronic device, the method comprising:

providing a transducer for inducing an analog voltage based on a first electrical current provided by the battery;

converting the analog voltage into a digital voltage value with an analog-to-digital converter (ADC);

searching a lookup table for an expected voltage value based on an operating state of the portable electronic device;

comparing the expected voltage value with the digital voltage value provided by the ADC; and

determining whether the battery is authorized for use in the portable electronic device according to the expected voltage value and the digital voltage value.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the lookup table comprises a current consumption status lookup table and a voltage lookup table, and searching the lookup table for an expected voltage value comprises searching the current consumption status lookup table for an expected current value based on the operating state of the portable electronic device and searching the voltage lookup table for the expected voltage value based on the expected current value.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the transducer is a nonlinear transducer for producing a nonlinear relationship between the inputted first electrical current and the outputted analog voltage.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein a relationship between the expected current value and the expected voltage value in the voltage lookup table is conformal with the nonlinear relationship between the inputted first electrical current and the outputted analog voltage in the transducer.

14. The method of claim 10 wherein a relationship between the first electrical current and the expected voltage value is conformal to a nonlinear relationship between the inputted first electrical current and the outputted analog voltage in the transducer of the battery.

15. The method of claim 10 wherein if a difference between the digital voltage value provided by the ADC and the expected voltage value is less than a predetermined tolerance value, the battery is authorized for use in the portable electronic device.

16. The method of claim 10 wherein the lookup table is stored in a nonvolatile memory of the portable electronic device.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the nonvolatile memory is a flash memory.

18. The method of claim 16 wherein the nonvolatile memory is a read-only memory.

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