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US 2010/0167797 A1Published application
Portable terminal, portable apparatus and supply power control method
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorYoshihisa Morichi
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Abstract
The cellular phone 100 according to the present invention comprises a plurality of solar cell modules 110 arranged on different surfaces of a casing, a plurality of electric power control parts 132 connected to each of said plurality of solar cell modules 110, a mechanical form detection sensor 120 as a state detection part for detecting a state of said cellular phone 100, and an electric power selection part 134 (FIG. 1).
Claims13
A portable terminal comprising:
- a plurality of solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing and converting light into electric power;
- a plurality of electric power control parts connected to each of said plurality of solar cell modules, controlling a voltage so that electric power obtained from said plurality of solar cell modules is maximized, and supplying the electric power to said portable terminal;
- a state detection part for detecting a state of said portable terminal;
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- an electric power selection part for not making active an electric power control part connected to a solar cell module arranged on a surface, based on the state of said portable terminal detected by said state detection part.
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A portable terminal comprising:
- a plurality of solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing and converting light into electric power;
- a plurality of electric power control parts connected to each of said plurality of solar cell modules, controlling a voltage so that electric power obtained from said plurality of solar cell modules is maximized, and supplying the electric power to said portable terminal;
- an electric power measurement part for measuring the electric power supplied from each of said plurality of electric power control parts;
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- an electric power selection part for not making active an electric power control part in which the electric power measured by said electric power measurement part is below a certain threshold.
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A portable apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing and converting light into electric power;
- a plurality of electric power control parts connected to each of said plurality of solar cell modules, controlling a voltage so that electric power obtained from said plurality of solar cell modules is maximized, and supplying the electric power to said portable apparatus;
- a state detection part for detecting a state of said portable apparatus;
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- an electric power selection part for not making active an electric power control part connected to a solar cell module arranged on a surface, based on the state of said portable apparatus detected by said state detection part.
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A portable apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing and converting light into electric power;
- a plurality of electric power control parts connected to each of said plurality of solar cell modules, controlling a voltage so that electric power obtained from said plurality of solar cell modules is maximized, and supplying the electric power to the portable apparatus;
- an electric power measurement part for measuring the electric power supplied from each of said plurality of electric power control parts;
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- an electric power selection part for not making active an electric power control part in which the electric power measured by said electric power measurement part is below a certain threshold.
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A method for controlling electric power supply from solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing of a portable terminal comprising:
- a photoelectric conversion step for converting light into electric power;
- an electric power supply step for controlling a voltage so that the electric power converted in said photoelectric conversion step is maximized and for supplying the electric power to the portable terminal;
- a state detection step for detecting the state of the portable terminal;
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- an electric power selection step for partially stopping said electric power supply step according as the state of the portable terminal detected in said state detection step.
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A method for controlling electric power supply from solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing of a portable terminal comprising:
- a photoelectric conversion step for converting light into electric power;
- an electric power supply step for controlling a voltage so that the electric power converted in said photoelectric conversion step is maximized and for supplying the electric power to the portable terminal;
- an electric power measurement step for measuring the electric power supplied in said electric power supply step;
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- an electric power selection step for partially stopping said electric power supply step according as the electric power measured in said electric power measurement step.
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A method for controlling electric power supply from solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing of a portable apparatus comprising:
- a photoelectric conversion step for converting light into electric power;
- an electric power supply step for controlling a voltage so that the electric power converted in said photoelectric conversion step is maximized and for supplying the electric power to the portable apparatus;
- a state detection step for detecting the state of the portable apparatus;
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- an electric power selection step for partially stopping said electric power supply step according as the state of the portable apparatus detected in said state detection step.
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A method for controlling electric power supply from solar cell modules arranged on different surfaces of a casing of a portable apparatus comprising:
- a photoelectric conversion step for converting light into electric power;
- an electric power supply step for controlling a voltage so that the electric power converted in said photoelectric conversion step is maximized and for supplying the electric power to the portable apparatus;
- an electric power measurement step for measuring the electric power supplied in said electric power supply step;
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- an electric power selection step for partially stopping said electric power supply step according as the electric power measured in said electric power measurement step.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.