PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BATTERY POWER CONSUMPTION

• US 20140068314A1
• Filed: 08/22/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Pantech Co. Ltd. (Pantech Incorporated)
• Inventors: KIM, Hyun, Lee, Woo-Jin
• Application Number:
  US13/973,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068314A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/340
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3212 Monitoring battery levels, e.g. power saving mode being initiated when battery voltage goes below a certain level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

Terminals, apparatuses and methods for managing battery power consumption in a device, including: one or more battery consumption elements; a battery consumption management device to determine a real time power consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements and to determine a power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements based on the determined real time power consumption; and a controller to control operations of the one or more battery consumption elements and the battery consumption management device and to provide real-time battery consumption information corresponding to the determined power consumption status. Accordingly, by providing the real-time battery consumption information, operation of the one or more battery consumption elements of the device may selectively stopped or continued based on the provided real-time battery consumption information and, therefore, battery power consumption may be more efficient.

Claims

1. A device to manage battery power consumption, the device comprising:

one or more battery consumption elements;

a battery consumption management device to determine a real time power consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements and to determine a power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements based on the determined real time power consumption; and

a controller to provide real-time battery consumption information corresponding to the determined power consumption status.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the battery consumption management device comprises:

a data collector to collect use data corresponding to battery consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements; and

a status determiner to determine the power consumption status based on the used data collected by the data collector.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein

the use data comprises information indicating if the one or more battery consumption elements of the device currently consume power and the amount of power currently consumed.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein

the one or more battery consumption elements comprise one or more applied programs to manage and control an operation or operations of the device.

5. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit to store the real-time battery consumption information and a present status of power consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements of the device.

6. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a storage unit comprising a current consumption database (DB) in which a reference current consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements of the device is stored, and

wherein the power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements is determined based on the corresponding reference current consumption.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein

the reference current consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises at least one of an on-state current consumption of the corresponding battery consumption elements or a difference between the on-state current consumption and the off state current consumption of the corresponding battery consumption.

8. The device of terminal of claim 1, wherein

the determined power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises one or more of a ratio or a percentage of a difference between the current power consumption and the minimum power consumption to a difference between the maximum power consumption and the minimum power consumption.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein

the determined power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises a corresponding status level based on an absolute numerical value or a relative numerical value of the power consumption.

10. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

the determined power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises a status level based on a color corresponding to the status level.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the determined power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises one or more symbols identifying the real-time battery consumption information corresponding to the determined power consumption status.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein

the real-time battery consumption information comprises a battery power remaining time indicating a time duration of battery power remaining to operate the device in a current power consumption status going forward in time, based on a battery usage level based on a currently s remaining power amount and the power amount of a completely charged battery of the device.

13. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a power provider to generate the real-time battery consumption information corresponding to the power consumption status and to transmit the real-time battery consumption information to a display unit of the device.

14. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display unit to display information related with the use of a battery of the device, including the real-time battery consumption information, and to input user setup values to manage the use of the battery of the device.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein

the user setup values comprise one or more of an updating period to update the real-time battery consumption information, an arrangement to display the real-time battery consumption information, and status levels of the real-time battery consumption information.

16. The device of claim 1, wherein the controller controls operations of the one or more battery consumption elements and the battery consumption management device.

17. A method for managing battery power consumption of a device, the method comprising:

determining a real time power consumption of one or more battery consumption elements of a device;

determining a power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements based on the determined real time power consumption; and

providing real-time battery consumption information corresponding to the determined power consumption status.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

collecting use data corresponding to battery consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements; and

determining the power consumption status based on the collected used data.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein

the use data comprises information indicating if the one or more battery consumption elements of the device currently consume power and the amount of power currently consumed.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining a reference current consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements of the device, and

wherein determining the power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements is based on the corresponding reference current consumption.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein

the reference current consumption of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises at least one of an on-state current consumption of the corresponding battery consumption elements or a difference between the on-state current consumption and the off state current consumption of the corresponding battery consumption.

22. The method of claim 17, wherein

determining the power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises determining one or more of a ratio or a percentage of a difference between the current power consumption and the minimum power consumption to a difference between the maximum power consumption and the minimum power consumption.

23. The method of claim 17, wherein

determining the power consumption status of the one or more battery consumption elements comprises determining a corresponding status level based on an absolute numerical value or a relative numerical value of the power consumption.

24. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

displaying the real-time battery consumption information on a display of the device; and

inputting user setup values to manage the use of a battery of the device based on the displayed real-time battery consumption information.

25. A method for managing battery power consumption of a device, the method comprising:

setting at least one updating period to update real-time battery consumption information of a device;

s setting a status level range for a corresponding status level of the real-time power consumption;

determining real-time power consumption of one or more battery consumption elements of the device at a corresponding updating period of the one or more set updating periods;

determining a status level of the real-time power consumption for the one or more battery consumption elements based on the determined real-time power consumption for the corresponding updating period; and

providing the real-time battery consumption information including the determined status level of the real-time power consumption for the one or more battery consumption elements for the corresponding updating period.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising:

selectively stopping or continuing operation of the one or more battery consumption elements based on the provided real-time battery consumption information.