Method for periodically activating battery unit and electronic device

A method for periodically activating a battery unit, comprising:

• providing an electronic device equipped with the battery unit, wherein the electronic device comprises a predetermined energy consumption unit electrically connected to the battery unit and an additional energy consumption unit electrically connected to the battery unit;
• defining a plurality of activation time points, wherein each of the activation time points corresponds to a target voltage value;
• detecting a voltage value of the battery unit when a usage time of the battery unit reaches one of the activation time points;
• and
• determining whether the voltage value of the battery unit is greater than the target voltage value corresponding to the reached activation time point;
• wherein when the voltage value of the battery unit is greater than the target voltage value corresponding to the reached activation time point, the battery unit is activated till the voltage value of the battery unit is equal to the target voltage value corresponding to the reached activation time point, so that the battery unit is allowed to drain out of power within a predetermined service life for preventing the battery unit from leakage, the battery unit being activated is a process that the battery unit discharges power when the electronic device is in standby mode, when the battery unit is activated, the additional energy consumption unit is driven to consume power of the battery unit while the predetermined energy consumption unit is not driven to consume power of the battery unit.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a control unit;
• a battery unit electrically connected to the control unit;
• a predetermined energy consumption unit electrically connected to the control unit and the battery unit;
• and
• an additional energy consumption unit electrically connected to the control unit and the battery unit;
• wherein the control unit is configured to:
• define a plurality of intervals, wherein each of the intervals has an initial voltage value and a target voltage value, and the initial voltage value is greater than the target voltage value;
• define an activation strategy for each of the intervals;
• detect a voltage value of the battery unit;
• select one of the intervals as a selected interval according to the voltage value of the battery unit, wherein the voltage value of the battery unit is less than or equal to the initial voltage value of the selected interval, and the voltage value of the battery unit is greater than the target voltage value of the selected interval;
• and
• activate the battery unit according to the activation strategy of the selected interval, so that the battery unit is allowed to drain out of power within a predetermined service life for preventing the battery unit from leakage, wherein the battery unit being activated is a process that the battery unit discharges power when the electronic device is in standby mode, when the battery unit is activated, the additional energy consumption unit is driven to consume power of the battery unit while the predetermined energy consumption unit is not driven to consume power of the battery unit.

An electronic device, comprising:

• a control unit;
• a battery unit electrically connected to the control unit;
• a predetermined energy consumption unit electrically connected to the control unit and the battery unit;
• and
• an additional energy consumption unit electrically connected to the control unit and the battery unit;
• wherein the control unit is configured to:
• define a plurality of activation time points, wherein each of the activation time points corresponds to a target voltage value;
• detect a voltage value of the battery unit when a usage time of the battery unit reaches one of the activation time points;
• and
• determine whether the voltage value of the battery unit is greater than the target voltage value corresponding to the reached activation time point;
• wherein when the voltage value of the battery unit is greater than the target voltage value corresponding to the reached activation time point, the battery unit is activated till the voltage value of the battery unit is equal to the target voltage value corresponding to the reached activation time point, so that the battery unit is allowed to drain out of power within a predetermined service life for preventing the battery unit from leakage, the battery unit being activated is a process that the battery unit discharges power when the electronic device is in standby mode, when the battery unit is activated, the additional energy consumption unit is driven to consume power of the battery unit while the predetermined energy consumption unit is not driven to consume power of the battery unit.