# US 10,374,267 B2 · Battery status detection method and network device using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,374,267 B2 - Document ID: US10374267B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/370,086 - Filed: 2016-12-06 - Published: 2017-07-06 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-06 - Assignees: Sercomm Corporation - Applicants: Sercomm Corporation - Inventors: Chien-Yu Chang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374267B2 ## CPC - G01R 19/16542: {for batteries (charge condition monitoring in G01R31/36)} - G01R 31/3835: involving only voltage measurements - H01M 10/48: Accumulators combined with arrangements for measuring, testing or indicating the condition of cells, e.g. the level or density of the electrolyte (constructional details of current conducting connections for detecting conditions inside cells or batteries, e.g. details of voltage sensing terminals, H01M50/569) - H02J 7/60: including safety or protection arrangements - H02J 7/82: Control of state of charge [SOC] - G01R 19/16557: {Logic probes, i.e. circuits indicating logic state (high, low, O); (modifications of electronic switches or gates for indicating state of switch H03K17/18)} - G01R 31/367: Software therefor, e.g. for battery testing using modelling or look-up tables - H02J 7/63: against overdischarge - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - G01R: MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct tuning of resonant circuits H03J3/12) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - H02J: ELECTRIC POWER NETWORKS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## Abstract The present invention provides a battery status detection method, which includes the following steps: iteratively executing the following steps: obtaining a current voltage value and a previous voltage value of a battery; calculating a difference between the current voltage value and the previous voltage value; adjusting a low battery state indicator according to the difference; and determining whether to output a low battery warning signal according to the low battery state indicator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery status detection method for a network device to detect whether a battery enters a low battery state, comprising: iteratively executing the following steps: obtaining a current voltage value and a previous voltage value of the battery by a voltage sensor; calculating a difference between the current voltage value and the previous voltage value by a determination logic circuit; adjusting a value of a low battery state indicator based on a first adjustment scheme when the difference is greater than or equal to a first threshold by the determination logic circuit; and determining whether to control a transmitting circuit to output a low battery warning signal according to the low battery state indicator by the determination logic circuit, wherein when the value of the low battery state indicator crosses a second threshold, the low battery warning signal is output. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery status detection method according to claim 1, further comprises: adjusting at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold according to a temperature of the battery, comprising: reducing the first threshold and/or the second threshold when the temperature of the battery increases, and increasing the first threshold and/or the second threshold when the temperature of the battery decreases. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery status detection method according to claim 1, wherein the battery is a button cell battery. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery status detection method according to claim 1, wherein step of obtaining the current voltage value and the previous voltage value of the battery comprises: detecting voltage of the battery by an analog to digital converter to obtain the current voltage value and the previous voltage value of the battery. ### Claim 5 A battery status detection method for a network device to detect whether a battery enters a low battery state, comprising: obtaining a current voltage value and a previous voltage value of the battery by a voltage sensor; determining whether a difference between the current voltage value and the previous voltage value is greater than or equal to a first threshold by a determination logic circuit; adjusting a value of a low battery state indicator based on a first adjustment scheme when the difference is greater than or equal to the first threshold by the determination logic circuit; and outputting a low battery warning signal by a transmitting circuit when the value of the low battery state indicator crosses a second threshold. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery status detection method according to claim 5, further comprises: adjusting at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold according to a temperature of the battery, comprising: reducing the first threshold and/or the second threshold when the temperature of the battery increases, and increasing the first threshold and/or the second threshold when the temperature of the battery decreases. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The battery status detection method according to claim 5, wherein the battery is a button cell battery. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The battery status detection method according to claim 5, wherein step of obtaining the current voltage value and the previous voltage value of the battery comprises: detecting voltage of the battery by an analog to digital converter to obtain the current voltage value and the previous voltage value of the battery. ### Claim 9 A network device for battery status detection, comprising: a voltage sensor, configured to detect voltage of a battery to obtain a current voltage value and a previous voltage value of the battery; a transmitting circuit; and a determination logic circuit, configured to determine whether a difference between the current voltage value and the previous voltage value is greater than or equal to a first threshold, adjust a value of a low battery state indicator based on a first adjustment scheme when the difference is greater than or equal to the first threshold, and control the transmitting circuit to output a low battery warning signal when the value of the low battery state indicator crosses a second threshold. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The network device according to claim 9, wherein the determination logic circuit comprises: a buffer, configured to delay the output of the voltage sensor, so as to provide the previous voltage value; a storing unit, configured to store the first threshold and the second threshold; a first determination unit, configured to compare the current voltage value with the previous voltage value to obtain the difference, determine whether the difference is greater than or equal to the first threshold, output a first control signal when the difference is greater than or equal to the first threshold, and output a second control signal when the difference is less than the first threshold; a voltage jitter counting unit, configured to adjust the value of the low battery state indicator based on a first adjustment scheme in response to the first control signal, and based on a second adjustment scheme in response to the second control signal; and a second determination unit, configured to determine whether the value of the low battery state indicator adjusted by the voltage jitter counting unit crosses the second threshold, and control the transmitting circuit to output the low battery warning signal when the value of the low battery state indicator crosses the second threshold. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The network device according to claim 10, wherein a numerical adjustment trend of the second adjustment scheme is different from a numerical adjustment trend of the first adjustment scheme. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The network device according to claim 9, further comprising: a temperature sensor, configured to detect a temperature of the battery; wherein the determination logic circuit is further configured to adjust at least one of the first threshold and the second threshold according to the temperature of the battery; when the temperature of the battery increases, the determination logic circuit reduces the first threshold and/or the second threshold, and when the temperature of the battery decreases, the determination logic circuit increases the first threshold and/or the second threshold. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The network device according to claim 9, wherein the battery is a button cell battery. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The network device according to claim 9, wherein the voltage sensor is an analog to digital converter.