US 2013/0076364 A1 · BATTERY DETECTION METHOD

Abstract

A battery detection method detecting if a voltage to be tested falls within a voltage range between a highest voltage of a rechargeable battery and a highest detection voltage. If the voltage to be tested is less than the highest detection voltage, further determine if the voltage to be tested reaches a target voltage within a test time period. If the voltage to be tested reaches the target voltage after the test time period expires, determine that the voltage to be tested is from a rechargeable battery. If the voltage to be tested reaches the target voltage within the test time period, determine that the voltage to be tested is from a non-rechargeable battery. Accordingly, the battery detection method can easily detect if a voltage to be tested is from a rechargeable battery.

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Dependent claims

A battery detection method comprising steps of:

determining if a voltage to be tested is less than a highest voltage of a rechargeable battery;
determining if the voltage to be tested is less than a maximum detection voltage if the voltage to be tested is less than the highest voltage of the rechargeable battery;
if the voltage to be tested is less than the maximum detection voltage, determining if the voltage to be tested reaches a target voltage within a test time period;
determining that the voltage to be tested is from the rechargeable battery if the voltage to be tested reaches the target voltage after the test time period expires;
and
determining that the voltage to be tested is from a non-rechargeable battery if the voltage to be tested reaches the target voltage within the test time period.

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Abstract

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