Logical Battery Partitioning for Function-Specific Capacity Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices with a single battery struggle to provide accurate residual capacity information for each function, making it difficult for users to predict and manage battery life for individual applications, leading to limitations in using multiple functions simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
The electronic device partitions its battery capacity into logical batteries based on application use history, allocating functions or applications to each logical battery and displaying residual capacities, allowing users to manage and prioritize battery usage for specific functions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a single battery is used to supply power for multiple functions, then the device can operate all functions, but the user cannot predict battery residual capacity for each individual function
Solution Approach 1:
The patent partitions the single physical battery into multiple logical batteries, where each logical battery corresponds to a specific function or application. This segmentation allows the system to track and display residual capacity information for each function separately, resolving the information loss problem while maintaining a single physical battery structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the entire battery capacity is allocated to one function, then that function can operate fully, but other functions become unavailable when the battery is depleted
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the battery capacity into logical batteries for different functions, the system enables multiple functions to operate simultaneously with dedicated capacity allocation. Each function has its own operational duration based on its allocated logical battery, improving overall system versatility while maintaining balanced operation across multiple functions.
3Measurement precision
If logical batteries are created to track individual function capacity, then battery life prediction for each function is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates logical batteries as virtual copies or representations of the physical battery capacity. These logical batteries are software-based abstractions that mirror the physical battery's capacity but are divided into function-specific segments. This copying approach enables precise measurement and tracking of each function's capacity consumption without requiring multiple physical batteries, thus improving measurement precision while minimizing the increase in physical system complexity.
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AI summary
An electronic device, a method of providing battery information of an electronic device, and a storage medium for storing the method are provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit that stores an application use history; and a controller that partitions an entire battery capacity into at least one or more logical batteries, and allocates at least one or more applications to each of the at least one or more logical batteries according to the application use history.