APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20170060226A1
• Filed: 03/12/2015
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Creativision (I.P.) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Menachem Erad, Yariv Erad
• Inventors: ERAD, Yariv, ERAD, Menachem
• Application Number:
  US15/120,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20170060226A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3287 by switching off individual functional units in the computer system
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

The subject matter discloses a mobile electronic device, comprising two or more power consumption modules, two or more power suppliers for providing power to the two or more power consumption modules, and a computerized control unit for adjusting a configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules by the two or more power suppliers from a first power supply configuration to a second power supply configuration.

Claims

1. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

two or more power consumption modules;

two or more power suppliers for providing power to the two or more power consumption modules;

a computerized control unit for adjusting a configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules by the two or more power suppliers from a first power supply configuration to a second power supply configuration.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a display device for displaying a map of associating the two or more power suppliers and two or more power suppliers.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises an input unit for receiving an input from a user of one of the two or more power consumption modules, said input concerns allocation of one of the two or more power suppliers to the one of the two or more power consumption modules.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein a first power supplier of the two or more power suppliers has a different property than a second power supplier of the two or more power suppliers.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein a first power supplier of the two or more power suppliers is identical to a second power supplier of the two or more power suppliers.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a switching unit connected to the computerized control unit for changing allocation of a power supplier of the two or more power suppliers to the one of the two or more power consumption modules.

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 6, wherein the switching unit enables a power supplier of the two or more power suppliers to function when another power supplier of the two or more power suppliers cannot supply power.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 6, wherein changing allocation of a power supplier of the two or more power suppliers to the one of the two or more power consumption modules responsive to a predefined event or a predefined set of rules.

9. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a transmission unit for transmitting indication concerning battery status of at least one of the two or more power suppliers to a remote device.

10. The mobile electronic device of claim 9, wherein the transmission unit is configured to transmit an indication concerning battery status responsive to a predefined event.

11. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a monitoring unit that enables a remote device to remotely monitor power consumption of the two or more power consumption modules.

12. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a physical connector to enables replacing a single power supplier with two or more power suppliers, such that each of the replacing two or more power suppliers can supply power to the two or more power consumption modules.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises two or more compartments for storing the two or more power suppliers, wherein a power supplier of the two or more power suppliers adapted to provide power to a specific power consumption module is stored in a compartment located near the specific power consumption module.

14. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a charging connector configured to charge a portion of the two or more power suppliers simultaneously.

15. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises an internal power charging unit for transferring power between power suppliers of the two or more power suppliers.

16. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, wherein a package of power suppliers of the two or more power suppliers are dedicated to a specific power consumption module of the two or more power consumption modules.

17. The mobile electronic device of claim 1, further comprises a solar charging unit for absorbing light from an external source and converting the light to electrical power.

18. A method for managing power allocation in a mobile electronic device comprising;

obtaining a mobile electronic device, comprising two or more power consumption modules and two or more power suppliers for providing power to the two or more power consumption modules;

adjusting a power supply configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules by the two or more power suppliers from a first power supply configuration to a second power supply configuration.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprises receiving a value indicating a priority of one of the two or more power consumption modules and adjusting the configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules according to said value.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprises receiving a value indicating a power reserve of one of the two or more power consumption modules and adjusting the configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules according to said value.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprises receiving a value indicating a charging status of one of the two or more power consumption modules and adjusting the configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules according to said value.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein adjusting a configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules comprises activating or deactivating one of the two or more power consumption modules.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein adjusting a configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules according to an application operating on the mobile electronic device.

24. The method of claim 18, further comprises displaying a map of associating which power supplier supplies power to each power consumption module.

25. The method of claim 18, wherein adjusting a configuration in which power is supplied to the two or more power consumption modules is performed in response to a command from a remote device.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprises monitoring power allocation of the two or more power consumption modules from the remote device.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprises determining a power allocation plan of the two or more power consumption modules at the remote device.