Electronic Device Battery Backup Threshold Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with automatic backup functions do not effectively manage battery charging and data backup, potentially failing to meet user expectations by exhausting battery capacity during backup processes, especially when the battery is low.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a controller that compares the battery's remaining capacity to a threshold before initiating automatic backup, ensuring that backup only occurs when the capacity is sufficient and prioritizing charging when the capacity is low, thereby maintaining battery health and meeting user expectations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automatic backup is executed without battery capacity check, then data backup function is improved, but battery exhaustion risk increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller performs a battery capacity check before initiating the automatic backup process. By checking the remaining battery capacity in advance (preliminary action) and comparing it against a predetermined threshold, the system determines whether to proceed with backup or prioritize charging, thereby preventing battery exhaustion during backup operations.
2Reliability
If battery charging is prioritized over backup, then battery health is improved, but backup execution is delayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on real-time battery capacity conditions. When battery capacity is above the threshold, backup execution is prioritized; when below the threshold, charging is prioritized. This dynamic switching resolves the contradiction by adapting the system's priority between backup and charging based on current battery state.
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AI summary
This disclosure includes a battery, an electricity input part for receiving electricity supplied from an external device, a charging controller for charging the battery with the electricity having been supplied via the electricity input part, and a controller for controlling execution of automatic backup. When the electricity input part is connected to the external device and there is data to be subjected to the automatic backup, until the automatic backup is completed, the controller compares a remaining capacity of the battery with a threshold, and executes the automatic backup when the remaining capacity is higher than the threshold. The controller is configured not to execute the automatic backup when the remaining capacity is equal to or lower than the threshold.