Operational mode-based battery monitoring for a battery-powered electronic device

A method of mode-based monitoring and cut-off determination of a battery used in an electronic device, the electronic device obtaining at least some power from the battery, the method comprising:

• determining a remaining charge level of the battery;
• disabling an operational mode of the device when the determined remaining charge of the battery is insufficient to perform the operational mode;
• performing a requested operational mode if the requested operational mode has not been disabled;
• and
• waiting a mode-specific period of time after performing the requested operational mode, the mode-specific period of time being based on a recovery time for the battery, the recovery time being specific to the performed operational mode.

An electronic device having a plurality of operational modes and obtaining at least some power from a battery, the device comprising:

• a battery monitor that measures a characteristic of a battery installed in the electronic device;
• a memory;
• a control program stored in the memory, the control program comprising a set of instructions;
• and
• a controller, wherein the battery monitor communicates a measured result to the controller, the controller executing the control program, the control program, when executed by the controller, implementing mode-based battery cut-off point determination, and wherein the set of instructions of the control program comprises determining whether a remaining charge level of the battery is sufficient to perform an operational mode of the plurality based on the measured result.

An electronic device having a plurality of operational modes and obtaining at least some power from a battery, the device comprising:

• a battery monitor that measures a characteristic of a battery installed in the electronic device;
• a memory;
• a control program stored in the memory, the control program comprising a set of instructions;
• and
• a controller, wherein the battery monitor communicates a measured result to the controller, the controller executing the control program, the control program, when executed by the controller, implementing mode-based battery monitoring,
• wherein the set of instructions of the control program comprises waiting a mode-specific period of time after an operational mode is performed, the mode-specific period of time being based on a recovery time for the battery, the recovery time being specific to the performed operational mode.