Battery capacity detector
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1. A communication device comprising:
- power supply means;
detection means for detecting a supply voltage of said power supply means;
comparison means for comparing said supply voltage with a reference value;
varying means for varying said reference value in response to a load on said power supply means;
transmission means for transmitting a reference signal; and
first control means for controlling an output level of said reference signal;
wherein said varying means utilizes the output level of said transmitting signal as said load on said power supply means.
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Abstract
In communication equipment which uses a battery as the power supply, when a controller increases the transmission power at a transmitter corresponding to a drop in the electric field intensity, the controller lowers, accompanying that operation, a reference voltage from a reference voltage source which is used for comparison with the battery voltage for the purpose of detecting a drop in the battery capacity. Therefore, even when the battery voltage is dropped due to an increase in the transmission output, the reference voltage is also lowered correspondingly, so that there will not occur an erroneous detection of drop in the battery capacity due to the drop in the battery voltage.
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9 Claims
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1. A communication device comprising:
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power supply means; detection means for detecting a supply voltage of said power supply means; comparison means for comparing said supply voltage with a reference value; varying means for varying said reference value in response to a load on said power supply means; transmission means for transmitting a reference signal; and first control means for controlling an output level of said reference signal; wherein said varying means utilizes the output level of said transmitting signal as said load on said power supply means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A communication device comprising:
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power supply means; detection means for detecting a supply voltage of said power supply means; comparison means for comparing said supply voltage with a reference value; varying means for varying said reference value in response to a load on said power supply means; transmission means for transmitting a reference signal; first control means for controlling an output level of said reference signal; reception means for receiving a receiving signal; and a second control means for controlling a level of said receiving signal and for supplying a control signal to said first control means; wherein said varying means utilizes said control signal as the load on said power supply.
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6. A method for controlling a detection of a remaining capacity of a battery, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a battery voltage of the battery; varying a reference value in response to a load on said battery; comparing said battery voltage with said reference value; transmitting a transmitting signal; and controlling an output level of the transmitting signal; wherein, in said step of varying, the output level of the transmitting signal is used as said load on the battery. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method for controlling a detection of a capacity of a battery, the method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a battery voltage of said battery; supplying a plurality of reference values; selecting one of said plurality of reference values in response to a load on said battery; supplying a selected reference value; comparing said battery voltage with said selected reference value; transmitting a transmitting signal; and controlling an output level of the transmitting signal; wherein, in said step of selecting, the output level of the transmitting signal is used as said load on the battery. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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