METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AVAILABLE BATTERY POWER

• US 20140336963A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 11/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alexander B. Uan-Zo-Li
• Inventors: Uan-Zo-li, Alexander B., Gedeon, Mazen G., Rodriguez, Jorge P., Astekar, Basavaraj B., Ji, Gang
• Application Number:
  US13/976,093
• Publication Number:
  US 20140336963A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/63
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3648 comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/382 Arrangements for monitoring battery or accumulator variables, e.g. SoC
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/28 Supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3062 where the monitored property is the power consumption power management in a computing system G06F1/3203

Abstract

Systems and methods of enabling a battery system to intelligently provide its current support capability include logic to determine current battery power status information. The current battery power status information may be compared with a set of programmed battery power status information to determine a match. There may be logic to indicate the current battery power status information based on the match.

Claims

1-27. -27. (canceled)

28. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a support requirement related to a battery system;

determining current battery power status information of the battery system;

comparing the current battery power status information with programmed battery power status information to determine a match, wherein the programmed battery power status information is stored in a memory of the battery system;

indicating the current battery power status information based on the match between the current battery power status information and the programmed battery power status information; and

indicating whether the support requirement can be satisfied based on the indicated current battery power status information.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein indicating the current battery power status information comprises setting one or more bits of a register of an interface of the battery system.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein the current battery power status information is determined based on at least one of a voltage parameter, a current parameter and a resistance parameter.

31. The method of claim 28, wherein the programmed battery power status information is set by a manufacturer of the battery system and is modifiable.

32. The method of claim 28, wherein the current battery power status information is determined periodically or based on a request.

33. An apparatus comprising:

logic to determine current battery power status information of a battery system;

logic to compare the current battery power status information with a set of programmed battery power status information to determine a match; and

logic to indicate the current battery power status information based on the match.

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the set of programmed battery power status information is to be stored in a memory of the battery system.

35. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the logic to indicate the current battery power status information based on the match includes a logic to set one or more bits of a register of the battery system to reflect the match.

36. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the logic to determine the current battery power status information is configured to perform periodically or based on a request.

37. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the current battery power status information is to be determined based on at least one of a voltage parameter, a current parameter, and a resistance parameter.

38. The apparatus of claim 37, wherein the at least one of the voltage parameters, the current parameters, and the resistance parameters are programmable.

39. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the set of programmed battery power status information includes one or more ranges.

40. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a battery system coupled with the processor, wherein the battery system is configured to determine current battery power status information and to provide the current battery power status information based on a match with a member of a set of programmed battery power status information.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the current battery power status information is to be determined periodically.

42. The system of claim 40, wherein the current battery power status information is to be determined based on a request.

43. The system of claim 40, wherein the battery system includes a memory and the set of programmed battery power status information is stored in the memory of the battery system.

44. The system of claim 40, wherein the battery system includes a register configured to enable the processor to access the current battery power status information based on the set of programmed battery power status information.

45. The system of claim 40, wherein the set of programmed battery power status information is to be determined by a manufacturer of the battery system.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein the set of programmed battery power status information is to be modifiable.

47. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining current battery power status information of a battery system; and

comparing the current battery power status information with programmed battery power status information to determine a match, wherein the programmed battery power status information is stored in a memory of the battery system.

48. The method of claim 47, further comprising receiving a support requirement related to the battery system.

49. The method of claim 48, further comprising indicating the current battery power status information based on the match between the current battery power status information and the programmed battery power status information.

50. The method of claim 49, wherein indicating the current battery power status information comprises setting one or more bits of a register of an interface of the battery system.

51. The method of claim 49, further comprising indicating whether the support requirement can be satisfied based on the indicated current battery power status information.

52. The method of claim 47, wherein the current battery power status information is determined based on at least one of a voltage parameter, a current parameter and a resistance parameter.

53. The method of claim 47, wherein the programmed battery power status information is set by a manufacturer of the battery system and is modifiable.

54. The method of claim 53, wherein the current battery power status information is determined periodically or based on a request.