Battery remaining capacity display device, battery system, and battery remaining capacity display method

A battery system, comprising:

• a plurality of batteries that are removably connected in parallel to a power consumption element;
• an individual remaining capacity calculator that calculates individual remaining capacities of the plurality of batteries;
• a total remaining capacity calculator that calculates total remaining capacity of the plurality of batteries on the basis of the individual remaining capacities calculated by the individual remaining capacity calculator;
• a display controller that controls display of the individual remaining capacities and display of the total remaining capacity;
• a display instruction component that instructs the display controller either to display or not to display;
• and
• a display component that displays the individual remaining capacities and the total remaining capacity,
• wherein the display controller controls so that the individual remaining capacities and/or the total remaining capacity is displayed on the display component according to an instruction from the display instruction component, and
• the display instruction component instructs the display controller to display only the total remaining capacity without displaying the individual remaining capacities on the display component during drive of the power consumption element, and to display only the individual remaining capacities without displaying the total remaining capacity on the display component during battery exchange by switching between the display of the individual remaining capacities and the display of the total remaining capacity.

A remaining battery capacity display method, comprising:

• an individual remaining capacity calculation step of calculating individual remaining capacities of a plurality of batteries that are removably connected in parallel to a power consumption element;
• a total remaining capacity calculation step of calculating total remaining capacity of the plurality of batteries on the basis of the individual remaining capacities calculated in the individual remaining capacity calculating step;
• a display instruction step of instructing whether to display or not display the individual remaining capacities and the total remaining capacity;
• a display control step of controlling display of the individual remaining capacities and display of the total remaining capacity according to an instruction from the display instruction step;
• and
• a display step of displaying the individual remaining capacities and/or the total remaining capacity on the basis of control performed in the display control step,
• wherein in the display control step, an instruction to display only the total remaining capacity without displaying the individual remaining capacities during drive of the power consumption element and to display only the individual remaining capacities without displaying the total remaining capacity during battery exchange is performed switching between the display of the individual remaining capacities and the display of the total remaining capacity.