ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL APPARATUS, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

• US 20130193776A1
• Filed: 11/10/2011
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Tanaka, Hideyuki
• Granted Patent: US 9,391,446 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/326
• CPC Class Codes: H02H 9/00 Emergency protective circuit arrangements for limiting excess current or voltage without disconnection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

An electric power control section includes: a temperature detecting section for detecting temperatures of a battery; and an accumulation counter for accumulating numerical values assigned to the respective temperatures of the battery which have been detected by the temperature detecting section. The electric power control section reduces electric power supply to an LCD display section when an accumulated value obtained by the accumulation counter exceeds a preset value.

Claims

1. An electric power control apparatus for controlling electric power supply to a device, comprising:

temperature detecting means for detecting temperatures of the device; and

accumulation means for accumulating numerical values assigned to the respective temperatures of the device which have been detected by the temperature detecting means,

the electric power control apparatus reducing the electric power supply to the device when an accumulated value obtained by the accumulation means exceeds a preset value.

2. The electric power control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the numerical values assigned to the respective temperatures are weighted values obtained by weighting with respect to the respective temperatures; and

the accumulation means calculates, as the accumulated value, a value obtained by accumulating the weighted values.

3. The electric power control apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

the numerical values assigned to the respective temperatures are sampling times set for the respective temperatures; and

the accumulation means calculates, as the accumulated value, a count value obtained by counting at the sampling times.

4. An electric power control method for controlling electric power supply to a device, comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting temperatures of the device;

(b) accumulating numerical values assigned to the respective temperatures of the device which have been detected by the step (a); and

(c) carrying out electric power control for reducing or stopping the electric power supply to the device when an accumulated value obtained by the step (b) exceeds a preset value.

5. (canceled)

6. A computer-readable recording medium in which an electric power control program for causing a computer to carry out the steps of:

(a) detecting temperatures of a device;

(b) accumulating numerical values assigned to the respective temperatures of the device which have been detected by the step (a); and

(c) carrying out electric power control for reducing or stopping the electric power supply to the device when an accumulated value obtained by the step (b) exceeds a preset value is recorded.