System and method for power consumption management during operation of an electronic device

• US 7,508,169 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2003
• Issued: 03/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Technicolor SA (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Miskovic, Igor, Kalogeropoulos, Sarandis
• Primary Examiner(s): Ullah; Akm Enayet
• Assistant Examiner(s): PIGGUSH, AARON C
• Application Number:
  US10/519,809
• Publication Number:
  US 20060006842A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,093 Days
• Field of Search: 320/132, 320/114, 320/134, 324/435, 340/636.1
• US Class Current: 320/132
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• 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

A battery-driven electronic device, e.g., a radio communication terminal, which is operable in different modes with related power consumption, includes a data presentation function and a power consumption detecting function to establish current power consumption based on established current power consumption. By detecting and presenting data pertaining to the current power consumption, rather than a predetermined expected way of use, such as talk mode or standby mode, better control may be given to a user of the device so that it may be operated in such a manner so as to extend the battery life.

Claims

1. A battery-driven electronic device, comprising

means for detecting power consumption that is configured to establish present power consumption during operation of the device;

means for presenting data based on the established current power consumption;

means for calculating a level indicating parameter value representing the established current power consumption as a consumption level in a predetermined scale; and

wherein said presented data comprises an indication of said consumption level in said scale.

2. The battery-driven device as recited in claim 1, wherein said presented data comprises said level indicating parameter value and a preset value of said scale.

3. The battery-driven device as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

means for calculating remaining battery time based on the established current power consumption.

4. The battery-driven device as recited in claim 3, wherein said presented data comprises an indication of the calculated remaining battery time based on a current mode of the device.

5. The battery-driven device as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for presenting data comprises a display.

6. The battery-driven device as recited in claim 1, wherein said device is a radio communication terminal.

7. A computer program product for a battery-driven device comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to detect present power consumption during operation of the device;

computer readable program code configured to calculate a level indicating parameter value representing the detected present power consumption as a consumption level in a predetermined scale; and

computer readable program code configured to present an indication of said consumption level in said scale.

8. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to present said level indicating parameter value and a predetermined end value of said scale.

9. The computer program product as recited in claim 7 further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to calculate remaining battery time based on the detected present power consumption.

10. The computer program product as recited in claim 9, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to present an indication of the calculated remaining battery time based on a current mode of the device.

11. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein said computer readable program code configured to present comprises computer readable program code configured to present said indication of said consumption level in said scale on a display.

12. The computer program product as recited in claim 7, wherein said battery-driven device is a radio communication terminal.