Charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus and electrical energy calculation method for use in the apparatus

• US 6,639,407 B1
• Filed: 07/29/2002
• Issued: 10/28/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zeroplus Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Zeroplus Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Cheng, Chiu-Hao
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Edward H.
• Application Number:
  US10/206,224
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 320/127, 320/128, 320/132, 320/149, 324/427, 324/428, 324/433
• US Class Current: 324/428
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/3648 comprising digital calculation means, e.g. for performing an algorithm
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]

Abstract

A charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus and electrical energy calculation method in which charging/discharging current and end voltage of the battery are sampled at a fixed cycle, and then the electrical energy value of every charging/discharging sampling is calculated subject to W=(P0+P1)T/2, and then the charging/discharging electrical energy of the battery is continuously added or deducted, and displayed by digits.

Claims

1. A charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus comprised a converter, a controller and a display, and electrically connected to the charging/discharging loop of a battery for indicating the electrical charging/discharging power of the battery, wherein said controller obtains end voltages of said battery and current value of said charging/discharging loop within a sampling cycle to calculate the electrical power value, and drives said display to display the sum of electrical energy value continuously accumulated within said sampling cycle.

2. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrical power value is the product of the end voltage values of said battery by the current value of said charging/discharging loop;

said electrical energy value calculated during said sampling cycle is the product of said sampling cycle by said electrical power value;

when said controller judged said battery to be under charging, said controller continuously counts the electrical power value of every sampling cycle.

3. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrical power value is the product of the end voltage values of said battery by the current value of said charging/discharging loop;

said electrical energy value calculated during said sampling cycle is the product of said sampling cycle by said electrical power value;

when said controller judged said battery to be under discharging, said controller continuously deduct the electrical power value of every sampling cycle.

4. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a switching switch connected to said controller such that said controller controls the display mode of said display subject to the position of said switching switch.

5. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a reset switch connected to said controller such that said controller zeroes the counting upon action of said reset switch.

6. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, which is installed in a battery charger.

7. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, which is installed in an electronic apparatus.

8. The charging/discharging electrical energy indication apparatus as claimed in claim 1, which is installed in a battery.

9. An electrical energy calculation method used to calculate the electrical power value of a battery in a charging/discharging loop, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) sampling the end voltage value of said battery and the current value of said charging/discharging loop within a sampling cycle;

(b) calculating the average electrical power value obtained during said sampling cycle; and

(c) accumulating the electrical energy value, which is the product of said sampling cycle by said average electrical power value.

10. The electrical energy calculation method as claimed in claim 9, wherein said electrical power value is the product of said voltage value and said current value.