INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100245102A1
• Filed: 03/08/2010
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: YOKOI, Tatsuro
• Application Number:
  US12/719,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20100245102A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/636.160
• CPC Class Codes: H01M 10/488 Cells or batteries combined with indicating means for external visualization of the condition, e.g. by change of colour or of light density
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 60/10 Energy storage using batteries

Abstract

An information display device, after detecting the completion of charging of a battery, counts the number of times that display content of a nonvolatile display part is rewritten. Based on the number of times of rewriting processing, the information display device derives information on a remaining battery capacity of the battery. The information display device displays the derived information on the remaining battery capacity.

Claims

1. An information display device comprising:

a nonvolatile display part which is configured to maintain a display even when the supply of electricity from a power source is cut;

a display processing part which is configured to execute rewriting processing of a display content displayed on the nonvolatile display part;

a charging part which is configured to charge a battery which is used as the power source;

a charging completion detection part which is configured to detect the completion of charging of the battery by the charging part;

a rewriting-number-of-times counting part which is configured to count the number of times of the rewriting processing executed by the display processing part after the completion of charging of the battery is detected by the charging completion detection part;

a remaining battery capacity deriving part which is configured to derive information on a remaining battery capacity of a battery based on the number of times of rewriting processing; and

a remaining battery capacity display processing part which is configured to execute display processing of the information on the remaining battery capacity derived by the remaining battery capacity deriving part.

2. An information display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a battery voltage detection part which is configured to detect a voltage of the battery; and

a memory part which is configured to store a preset remaining capacity information which is preset corresponding to a voltage of a battery of a predetermined value or less in association with the voltage of the battery, wherein

the remaining battery capacity deriving part sets the preset remaining capacity information stored in the memory part as information on the remaining battery capacity when the voltage of the battery detected by the battery voltage detection part becomes a predetermined value or less.

3. An information display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a counting part which is configured to count a time during which the rewriting processing is not executed; and

a rewriting-number-of-times correction part which is configured to convert a count value obtained by the counting part into a value which corresponds to the number of times of the rewriting processing, and to correct the number of times of the rewriting processing counted by the rewriting-number-of-times counting part based on a converted value.

4. An information display device according to claim 1, further comprising a memory part which is configured to store information on power consumption necessary for the rewriting processing, wherein

the remaining battery capacity deriving part is configured to derive information on the remaining battery capacity of the battery based on the number of times of the rewriting processing and the information on the power consumption.

5. An information display device according to claim 1, wherein the memory part is configured to store first power consumption information which is information on power consumption necessary for performing the rewriting processing of a whole display region of the nonvolatile display part, and second power consumption information which is information on power consumption necessary for performing the rewriting processing of a partial display region of the nonvolatile display part, and

the remaining battery capacity deriving part is configured to derive information on the remaining battery capacity of the battery based on a result obtained by multiplying the number of times of the rewriting processing of the whole display region and the first power consumption information, and a result obtained by multiplying the number of times of the rewriting processing of the partial display region and the second power consumption information.

6. An information display device according to claim 1, wherein the remaining battery capacity deriving part is configured to derive the number of times that the rewriting processing is allowed as information on the remaining battery capacity.