Battery monitor
US7593822B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2007 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R31/36
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Circuit and methods for tracking the total amount of time that a host device has spent in its high power “activated” state (and optionally idle and hibernate states) and thereby can estimate the total power consumed by the host device. A value representing this time may be send to a remote device to, for example, accurately determine how much of the energy has been consumed by the host device and how much time is left and/or how many operations can be performed before the host device's battery is exhausted.
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