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US 6,271,647 B1Granted
Method and apparatus for estimating the service life of a battery
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRobert Edward Galbraith, Jessica Marie Gisi, Steven Paul Norgaard, Dennis David Reetz, Donald James Ziebarth
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Abstract
A computer program is provided. The computer program product includes a medium readable by a computer, the medium (1) having means for inputting a signal representative of a temperature range in which a temperature of an operating environment of a battery resides; and (2) means for estimating a service life of the battery based on the signal. Other means are also provided.
Claims12
A computer program product comprising:
- a medium readable by a computer, the computer readable medium having:
- means for inputting a signal representative of a temperature range in which a temperature of an operating environment of a battery resides;
- and
- means for estimating a service life of the battery based on the signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.