Dynamic battery advisor
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorJohn Eric Ang
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Abstract
An electronic equipment is provided that includes a battery, function circuitry that carries out one or more functions using power drawn from the battery, and a power assessment circuit that assesses power requirements of the function circuitry in relation to a function specified to be performed from among the one or more functions. The electronic equipment further includes a battery monitor circuit that monitors power available from the battery, and a battery advisor circuit, operatively coupled to the power assessment circuit and the battery monitor circuit. The battery advisor provides a recommendation indicative of whether the power available from the battery is sufficient for the function circuitry to carry out the specified function.
Claims18
An electronic equipment, comprising:
- a battery;
- function circuitry that carries out one or more functions using power drawn from the battery;
- a power assessment circuit that assesses power requirements of the function circuitry in relation to a function specified to be performed from among the one or more functions, wherein the power assessment circuit assesses the power requirements of the specified function by predicting a power consumption characteristic for completing the specified function;
- wherein the power consumption characteristic is based on empirical data computed by the power assessment circuit;
- a battery monitor circuit that monitors power available from the battery;
- and
- a battery advisor circuit, operatively coupled to the power assessment circuit and the battery monitor circuit, that provides a recommendation indicative of whether the power available from the battery is sufficient for the function circuitry to carry out the specified function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.