Method and apparatus for displaying charging-state of battery of portable terminal

a portable terminal and charging state technology, applied in secondary cells, transportation and packaging, servicing/maintenance of secondary cells, etc., can solve the problems of user inability to check how much the battery unit is charged or charged, and the power consumption of the portable terminal is increasing

Active Publication Date: 2015-11-10
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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Benefits of technology

Enables users to accurately monitor the charging state and remaining capacity of the battery, reducing uncertainty and inconvenience by providing clear visual feedback on the charging progress.

Problems solved by technology

Since such functions are frequently used through a portable terminal, the portable terminals are ever increasing their power consumption.
In response to this increase in power consumption, the battery of a portable terminal must be frequently recharged.
Therefore, it is inconvenient in that a user cannot check how much the battery unit is charged or check how much charging capacity of the battery unit remains.
As well, the conventional portable terminal has disadvantages in that it forces the user to wait, without knowing, how much more time is required to recharge the battery since the terminal does not indicate the recharge time.

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[0021]The terminologies in the present application are defined as follows:

[0022]The portable terminal of the present invention refers to a concept including all the devices that are portable and receive electric-power from a battery. Such terminals may for example, be a mobile communication terminal, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) receiver, an MP3 player, a digital camera, etc.

[0023]Although a battery is recharged through a plurality of processes, for convenience, the recharging processes according to the present invention will be described based on four stages. However, it will be easily appreciated to those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited by the following embodiments described based on the four recharging stages.

[0024]For four recharging stages of a battery, the present invention introduces four icons wherein each icon corresponds to one of four exemplary charging stages as fol...

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Abstract

A method and apparatus for displaying a battery charging-state is disclosed. The method comprises measuring the charged voltage of a battery unit, determining the charging stage of the measured charged voltage, and sequentially and cyclically displaying icons that indicate a charging stage.

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CLAIM PRIORITY[0001]This application claims the benefit of the earlier filing date, pursuant to 35 USC 119, to that patent application entitled “Method and Apparatus for Displaying Charging-State of Battery of Portable Terminal,” filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Nov. 9, 2006 and assigned Serial No. 2006-0110683, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus that displays the charging-state of a battery of a portable terminal.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Portable terminals are manufactured to provide a variety of functions (for example, a mobile communication service, a camera, an MP3 player, a digital multimedia broadcasting service). Since such functions are frequently used through a portable terminal, the portable terminals are ever increasing their power consumption.[0...

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Patent Type & AuthorityPatents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H02J7/00H01M10/44
CPCG01R31/3646H02J7/0049H04B1/40
InventorKIM, HAN LIM
OwnerSAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD