Secondary battery with display to indicate residual capacity

A display method of carrying out a display by a secondary battery, comprising:

• a time measuring step for measuring the charging time or the discharging time of the secondary battery;
• a storage control step for controlling the storage of time information obtained by accumulating the time measured in said time measuring step;
• a control step for controlling display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies for carrying out the display of a predetermined information by lighting the luminous bodies;
• and
• a judging step for judging if the time represented by the time information controlled as storage through the processing in said storage control step exceeds a predetermined time whenever instructed to display the predetermined information in said control step;
• wherein:
• all display patterns of information relating to the residual capacity of the secondary battery are displayed regardless of the residual capacity if it is determined that the time represented by the time information does not exceeds the predetermined time in said judging step.

A recording medium on which a computer readable program relating to a display performed by a secondary battery is recorded, wherein said program comprising:

• a time measuring step for measuring the charging time or the discharging time of the secondary battery;
• a storage control step for controlling the storage of time information accumulating the time measured in said time measuring step;
• a control step for controlling display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies for displaying designated information by lighting the luminous bodies;
• and
• a judging step for judging if the time represented by the time information controlled as storage in said storage control step exceeds a predetermined time whenever being instructed to display the predetermined information in said control step;
• wherein:
• all display patterns of information relating to the residual capacity of the secondary battery are displayed regardless of the residual capacity if it is determined that the time represented by the time information does not exceed the predetermined time in said judging step.

A program executed by a computer for controlling the processing of a display performed by a secondary battery, said program comprising:

• a time measuring step for measuring the charging time or the discharging time of the secondary battery;
• a storage controlling step for controlling the storage of time information accumulating the time measured in said time measuring step;
• a control step for controlling display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies for displaying a predetermined information by lighting the luminous bodies;
• and
• a judging step for reading out the time information controlled as storage in the processing in said storage control step and for judging if the time represented by the time information does not exceed a predetermined time whenever being instructed to display the predetermined information in said control step;
• wherein
• all display patterns of information relating to the residual capacity of the secondary battery are displayed regardless of the residual capacity if it is determined that the time represented by the time information does not exceed the predetermined time in said judging step.

A secondary battery including:

• detection means for detecting the magnitude of the current flowing inside the secondary battery;
• display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies;
• calculation means for calculating the timing to light the plurality of luminous bodies in response to the current magnitude detected by said detection means;
• and
• control means for controlling said display means based on the timing calculated by said calculation means.

A display method for displaying in a secondary battery, comprising:

• a detection step for detecting the magnitude of the current flowing inside the secondary battery;
• a display control step for controlling the display of display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies;
• and
• a calculation step for calculating the timing of lighting said plurality of luminous bodies in response to the current magnitude detected in the processing in said detection step;
• wherein:
• said display control step controls the display of said display means based on the timing calculated in the processing in said calculation step.

A recording medium on which a computer readable program relating to a display preformed by a secondary battery is recorded, said program comprising:

• a detection step for detecting the magnitude of the current flowing inside the secondary battery;
• a display control step for controlling the display of display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies;
• and
• a calculation step for calculating the timing of lighting the plurality of luminous bodies in response to the current magnitude in case when such current is detected in the processing in said detection step;
• wherein said display control step controls the display of said display means based on the timing calculated in the processing in said calculation step.

A program for making a computer to execute procedure for controlling a display performed by a secondary battery, said program comprising:

• a detection step for detecting the magnitude of the current flowing inside the secondary battery;
• a display control step for controlling the display of display means comprising a plurality of luminous bodies;
• and
• a calculation step for calculating the timing of lighting the plurality of luminous bodies in response to the current magnitude in case when such current is detected in the processing in said detection step;
• wherein:
• said display control step control the display of said display means based on the timing calculated in the processing in said calculation step.