Method for Controlling a Portable Electronic Device Comprising a Power Storage Device

• US 20090040060A1
• Filed: 03/20/2006
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Blum, Ronald, Anbuhl, Kay
• Application Number:
  US11/886,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20090040060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/657
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3646 for indicating electrical conditions or variables, e.g. visual or audible indicators

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for controlling a portable electronic device comprising a power storage device by means of which the electronic device is supplied or can be supplied either indirectly or directly with power. The inventive method is characterized in that a date/period is stored in the electronic device and that a charge status indication regarding the charge status of the electronic device is output depending on the charge status of the power storage device and on the date/period.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a portable electronic appliance with an energy storage device that can supply the electronic appliance with electrical power, an appointment time period being stored in the electronic appliance, the method comprising:

emitting a state of charge information of the electronic appliance as a function of a state of charge of the energy storage device and the appointment time.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the state of charge information comprises a text message, an image message, mechanical signaling and/or an audio message.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the appointment time comprises an initial time, and the state of charge information is emitted at a time before the initial time.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the appointment time is associated with location information, and emitting the state of charge information depends on the location information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the appointment time comprises a plurality of individual appointments.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the energy storage device includes a rechargeable energy storage device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, comprising determining an instantaneous state of charge as a function of a charging time which is required in order to at least partially charge the energy storage device again using an external source, and fully charge the energy storage device again.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, comprising emitting the state of charge information at a time which precedes the initial time at least by the charging time.

20. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the portable electronic appliance is operable to carry out a method as claimed in one of claims 1.

23. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 10, wherein the output device comprises a mass which can move linearly and/or can rotate.

13. A portable electronic appliance comprising:

an energy storage device,

a determination device operable to determine the state of charge of the energy storage device,

a storage device operable to store an appointment time, and

a control device operable to emit state of charge information relating to the state of charge of the electronic appliance as a function of the state of charge and of an appointment time which is stored in the storage device via an output device.

5. The method as claimed in claim 14, comprising determining the remaining operating time to be expected of the electronic appliance, and emitting the state of charge information as a function of the remaining operating time to be expected.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, comprising determining an average consumption, and determining the remaining operating time as a function of the average consumption.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, comprising determining the average consumption as a function of consumption data from the past.

8. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the appointment time comprises an end time, and the method comprising emitting the state of charge information, the state of charge information being emitted only when an end of the remaining operating time occurs at a time essentially in the region of the end time or before the end time.

14. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the control device is operable to determine a remaining operating time expected of the electronic appliance and to emit the state of charge information as a function of the remaining operating time expected the electronic appliance.

15. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the energy storage device includes a rechargeable energy storage device.

16. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the storage device is operable to store location information associated with the appointment time, and to emit the state of charge information as a function of the location information.

17. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the output device includes an acoustic output device.

18. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the output device includes an optical output device.

19. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13, wherein the output device is operable to emit mechanical signaling.

21. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 17, wherein the acoustic output device includes a loudspeaker.

22. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 18, wherein the optical output device includes at least one light element and/or a screen display device.

24. The portable electronic appliance as claimed in claim 13 wherein the appointment time comprises an appointment time period.