KR101650038B1 - Portable terminal and method for controlling a battery charging of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a battery comprising: a battery; And a controller for requesting the user to charge the battery based on the degree of deterioration of the battery and the current state of the portable terminal, the method comprising: And an effect of guiding the user to charge the battery every time the battery is in a chargeable state without requiring the user to check the battery capacity each time by requesting the user to charge the battery when the current battery can be charged based on the current state of the user do.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a portable terminal,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a portable terminal that requests a user to charge the battery and a battery charge control method thereof.

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a portable terminal such as a smart phone provides a variety of contents to a user such as a camera function, a video playback function, a broadcast playback function, an image viewer function, a music playback function, a game, So that a large capacity battery can be used.

However, when the battery of the portable terminal is used for a long time, the battery ages, the buffering time of the battery becomes long, and the actual usage of the battery also decreases.

In addition, there is a problem that the user has to check the remaining amount of the battery in an intermittent fashion to charge the portable terminal continuously to use the battery.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2015-0019295 (Publication date 201.25.25.)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal, And a battery charge control method thereof.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not restrictive of the invention, unless further departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be possible.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable terminal comprising: a battery; And a controller for requesting the user to charge the battery based on the degree of deterioration of the battery and the current state of the portable terminal.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling charge of a battery in a portable terminal, comprising: determining an aging degree of the battery; Determining a current status of the portable terminal; And requesting the user to charge the battery based on the degree of deterioration of the battery and the current state of the portable terminal.

The portable terminal and its battery charge control method according to the present invention can prevent the user from having to check the battery capacity each time by requesting the user to charge the battery when the current battery can be charged based on the degree of senescence of the battery and the current state of the user Provides the effect of guiding the battery to charge whenever there is a chargeable situation.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for requesting charging of a battery based on the degree of deterioration of the battery and the current state according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a battery aging process according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a first exemplary embodiment of a process for setting a condition for requesting charging of a battery according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second embodiment showing a process of setting a condition for requesting battery charging according to the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a third exemplary embodiment of a process for setting a condition for requesting charging of a battery according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a fourth embodiment showing a process of setting a condition for requesting charging of a battery according to the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, Can be easily performed. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

The portable terminal described in this specification includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a wearable device, a smart watch, a smart glass, a digital broadcast terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) Multimedia Player), navigation, and so on.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the portable terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, a position information unit 120, a user input unit 130, a memory 140, an output unit (a display unit 150, an audio output unit 160, And a haptic portion 170), a battery 180, The components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, and a mobile terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the wireless terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the wireless terminal 100 and a network in which the wireless terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module, a mobile communication module, a wireless Internet module, and a short-range communication module.

The broadcast receiving module receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel.

The mobile communication module transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network such as GSM (Gobal System for Mobile communications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), and WCDMA (Wideband CDMA). The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the mobile terminal 100. Wireless Internet technologies include WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE Evolution) or the like can be used. The wireless Internet module that performs wireless Internet access through the mobile communication network includes a wireless communication module for wireless communication with the mobile communication module, It may be understood as a kind.

The short-range communication module refers to a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The position information unit 120 is a module for obtaining the current position of the portable terminal 100, and a representative example thereof is a GPS (Global Position System) module. According to the current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the calculated information to obtain a three-dimensional string of latitude, longitude, The location information can be accurately calculated. At present, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting an error of the calculated position and time information using another satellite is widely used. In addition, the GPS module 115 can calculate speed information by continuously calculating the current position in real time.

Next, the user input unit 130 generates input data for controlling the operation of the portable terminal 100 by the user. The user input unit 130 may include a button located on the front, rear, or side of the portable terminal 100, a touch sensor (static pressure / static electricity), a key pad, a dome switch, A wheel, a jog switch, and the like.

Next, the memory 140 may store a program for processing and controlling the controller 180, and may store input / output data (e.g., telephone directory, message, audio, still image, For example. The memory 130 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, an SD or XD memory A static random access memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM) Magnetic disk, magnetic disk, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

The display unit 150, the sound output unit 160, the haptic unit 170, and the alarm unit (not shown) are included in the output unit. .

The display unit 150 displays (outputs) information processed in the portable terminal 100. [ For example, when the portable terminal 100 is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with the call is displayed. When the portable terminal 100 is in the video communication mode or the photographing mode, the photographed and / or received image, UI, or GUI is displayed.

The display unit 150 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, and a 3D display.

The sound output unit 160 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 140 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output unit 160 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the portable terminal 100. The audio output module 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the portable terminal 100. Examples of events occurring in the portable terminal include receiving a call signal, receiving a message, inputting a key signal, and touch input. The alarm unit may output a signal for informing occurrence of an event in a form other than a video signal or an audio signal, for example, a vibration. The video signal or the audio signal may be output through the display unit 150 or the sound output unit 160. In this case, the display unit 150 and the sound output unit 160 may be classified as a kind of the alarm unit .

The haptic unit 170 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic portion is vibration.

The battery 180 is detachable from the portable terminal 100 and is chargeable.

The control unit 190 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 100 according to the present invention and controls the operation of the battery 180 based on the degree of aging and the current state of the battery according to the present invention, The process of requesting charging is described in detail.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for requesting charging of a battery based on the degree of deterioration of the battery and the current state according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 190 first determines the aging degree of the battery 180 (S100). Hereinafter, step S100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a battery aging process according to the present invention.

3, the control unit 170 compares the aging degree of the battery 160 of the portable terminal 100 currently used with the initial capacity value of the first battery of the same type, which is not aged, ) Can be calculated.

That is, the result of the discharge test performed in the initial state in which the battery 180 is not aged is stored in the memory 140 (S110). The result of the discharge test performed in the initial state in which the battery 180 is not aged is provided from the manufacturer of the portable terminal 100 or the discharge test is performed by the user after the portable terminal 100 is opened, Value.

Then, the control unit 190 performs a discharge test on the battery 180 to measure the present aging degree (S120). At this time, the control unit 190 may perform a discharge test of the battery for a predetermined amount of power for a predetermined time period at the start of the discharge test of the battery 180. [

In this case, the control unit 190 displays and provides a discharge test setup menu related to the discharge test of the battery 180 to the user, and displays the discharge test setup menu in a specific time zone (e.g., "10 minutes & (For example, "1000 mA") is set, the controller 190 can perform the discharge test for " 1000 mA "for the set" 10 minutes " .

Next, the controller 190 compares the result of the discharge test and the result stored in the memory 130 at the time of calculating the aging degree of the battery 180 (S140) Based on the difference between the result of the discharge test and the result stored in the memory 140, the present aging degree of the battery 180 with respect to the initial steady state is calculated by the present aging degree of the battery 180 (S140 ].

3, the process of calculating the aging degree of the battery 180 in step S100 has been described in detail.

2, the controller 190 recognizes the current status of the portable terminal 100 and determines whether or not the user operates the battery 180 based on at least one of the detected battery aging degree and the current status. And performs an operation of requesting charging is performed (S300).

That is, the controller 190 may request the user to perform charging of the battery 180 when the detected current state meets at least one predetermined condition in a state where the degree of senescence of the battery 180 is less than a preset reference .

At this time, if the current condition does not satisfy the above condition, the controller 190 recognizes that the charging of the battery 180 is impossible, and the amount of use of the battery decreases as the remaining amount of the battery 180 decreases have.

For example, if the current condition is not satisfied, the control unit 190 can cancel the application desired by the user among the currently running applications so that the usage of the battery 180 may be reduced A configuration window that allows the user to select the execution of each of the running applications can be displayed.

As another example, if the current state of the battery 180 is currently being executed but the current state is not satisfied, the control unit 190 determines that the amount of use of the battery 180 is reduced The execution of a large application can be canceled.

As another example, if the current situation is not satisfied with the current condition while the current application is being executed, the control unit 190 may determine that the usage of the application 180 The execution can be canceled.

If the current condition satisfies the above condition, the controller 190 recognizes that the battery 180 is immediately chargeable, and displays information requesting the user to perform charging of the battery 180 on the display unit 150, A sound for requesting the user to perform the charging of the battery 180 may be output through the sound output unit 160 or a vibration sound for requesting the user to perform charging of the battery 180 may be displayed on the screen of the haptic unit 170 ). ≪ / RTI >

At this time, the control unit 190 grasps the remaining amount of the battery 180 in real time while requesting the user to perform the charging of the battery 180. When the remaining amount of the battery 180 is decreased, It is possible to request charging execution more strongly. That is, the controller 180 divides the total capacity of the battery 180 into three levels of Max_Batt> Mid_Batt> Min_Batt, and when the remaining amount of the battery 180 is changed from Max_Batt> Mid_Batt> Min_Batt, It is possible to gradually increase the intensity requesting the charging operation. For example, as the remaining amount of the battery 180 is changed from Max_Batt> Mid_Batt> Min_Batt, the control unit 190 gradually displays the color of the information displayed on the screen of the display unit 150 in a corresponding manner, Can be gradually displayed by blinking. As another example, the control unit 190 may gradually increase the volume of the voice output through the sound output unit 160 corresponding to the change of the remaining amount of the battery 180 from Max_Batt> Mid_Batt> Min_Batt. As another example, the control unit 190 may gradually increase the vibration intensity of the vibration sound output through the haptic unit 170 as the remaining amount of the battery 180 changes from Max_Batt> Mid_Batt> Min_Batt.

If the current condition does not satisfy the above condition, the controller 190 determines that the current state is a state in which the battery 180 can not be charged. When the remaining amount of the battery 180 is decreased, The present remaining amount of the battery 180 and information for instructing the use of the battery 180 are displayed on the display unit 150 or as the remaining amount of the battery 180 is decreased, The sound output unit 160 may output a sound guiding the user to use the sound.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7, a detailed process of setting a condition for requesting charging of the battery 180, which is a detailed operation of S200, will be described in detail.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a first exemplary embodiment of a process for setting a condition for requesting charging of a battery according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 190 stores the charge time of the battery 180 performed at least twice at the same time in the memory 140 and stores the charge time in step S211. It is set as a condition for requesting charging of the battery [S212].

For example, when the user enters the office from Monday to Friday and starts charging the battery 180 at 9:00 AM, AM 9:00 is set as the above condition. As another example, when the user starts charging the battery 180 at PM 8:00 at least two times, PM 8:00 is set as the above condition.

After the condition is set by the steps S211 and S212, the controller 190 determines the current time and determines whether the current time corresponds to the charging time of the battery 180 set in the condition [S213].

If it is determined that the current time corresponds to the charging time of the battery 180 included in the condition [S214], the user is requested to perform the charging of the battery 180 And performs an operation.

Next, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a second embodiment showing a process of setting a condition for requesting battery charging according to the present invention.

5, the control unit 190 stores the charging position of the battery 180, which has been charged at least twice at the same position, in the memory 140 and stores the same at step S221, Is set as a condition for requesting charging of the battery (S222).

For example, when the user enters the company from Monday to Friday and starts charging, the location of the company is set to the above condition. As another example, when the user starts charging at least two times in the house, the position of the house is set to the condition.

After the above conditions are set by the processes of S221 and S222, the control unit 190 determines the current position through the position information unit 120 (S223), and determines that the detected current position is the charging Position [S224].

If it is determined that the current position corresponds to the charging position of the battery 180 included in the condition [S225], the user is requested to perform charging of the battery 180, which is the process of S300 of FIG. 2 And performs an operation.

Next, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a third embodiment showing a process of setting a condition for requesting battery charging according to the present invention.

That is, FIG. 6 shows a process in which the user requests charging of the battery 180 at a time when the user mainly uses a large amount of battery 180 consumption.

Referring to FIG. 6, the controller 190 stores identification information on a specific function whose consumption of the battery 180 is higher than a reference value in the memory 140 in a specific time zone and stores it in the memory 140 (S231) And sets the identification information as a condition for requesting charging of the battery (S232).

For example, if the function is a game, the identification information of the game may be the name of the game or the name of the manufacturer of the game.

After the condition is set by the steps S231 and S232, the control unit 190 grasps the current time and determines whether the detected current time corresponds to a specific time zone set in the condition [S233].

As a result of the determination, if the identified current time is within a specific time zone included in the condition (S234), the controller 190 determines that the specific function corresponding to the identification information included in the condition is currently executed (S235).

If it is determined that the specific function corresponding to the identification information included in the condition is currently being executed (S236), the controller 190 determines whether the battery 180 is being operated And performs an operation of requesting to perform a charging operation.

Next, FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a fourth embodiment showing a process of setting a condition for requesting battery charging according to the present invention.

That is, FIG. 7 shows a process in which a user requests charging of the battery 180 to a position where the user mainly uses a large amount of battery 180 consumption.

Referring to FIG. 7, the controller 190 stores identification information on a specific function having a consumption amount of the battery 180 used at a specific position that is greater than a reference value in the memory 140 (S241) And sets the identification information as a condition for requesting charging of the battery (S242).

After the condition is set by the steps S241 and S242, the control unit 190 determines the current position and determines whether the detected current position coincides with the specific position set in the condition (S243).

As a result of the determination, when the detected current position matches the specific position included in the condition (S244), the controller 190 executes a specific function corresponding to the identification information included in the condition to the portable terminal 100 (S245).

If it is determined that the specific function corresponding to the identification information included in the condition is currently being executed (S246), the controller 190 determines whether the battery 180 And performs an operation of requesting to perform a charging operation.

As described above, the method of the present invention as described above can be written in a computer program. And the code and code segments constituting the program can be easily deduced by a computer programmer in the field.

In addition, the created program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium (information storage medium), and is read and executed by a computer to implement the method of the present invention. And the recording medium includes all types of recording media readable by a computer.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. The present invention is not limited to the drawings.

100: mobile terminal 110: wireless communication unit
120: position information section 130: user input section
140: memory 150:
160: Acoustic output unit 170: Haptic unit
180: Battery 190:

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battery; And
And a controller for requesting the user to charge the battery based on the degree of senescence of the battery and the current state of the portable terminal,
Wherein the control unit requests charging of the battery when the current condition satisfies at least one predetermined condition in a state where the degree of senescence of the battery is less than a preset reference,
Wherein the condition includes a specific location where the battery is charged at least two times,
And a location information unit for identifying a current location of the portable terminal,
Wherein the control unit requests charging of the battery when the current position detected through the position information unit corresponds to the specific position.
The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising: a memory storing a result of a discharge test performed in an initial state in which the battery is not aged;
Wherein the control unit compares the current discharge test result value of the battery and the stored result value to calculate an aging degree of the battery.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit recognizes that the battery can not be charged if the current condition does not satisfy the condition, and controls the amount of use of the battery to be decreased as the remaining amount of the battery decreases.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit recognizes that the charging of the battery is immediately possible if the current condition satisfies the condition and requests the charging of the battery more strongly to the user as the remaining amount of the battery decreases, Mobile terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
And a display unit,
Wherein the controller displays information requesting the user to charge the battery on the display unit.
The method according to claim 1,
And an audio output unit,
Wherein the control unit controls the sound output unit to output a sound or a sound requesting the user to charge the battery.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the condition includes a charging time of the battery performed at least two times at the same time,
Wherein the control unit requests charging of the battery when the current time corresponds to the charging time of the battery.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The condition includes a situation where a specific function whose consumption of the battery is greater than a reference value at a specific time period is used,
Wherein the control unit requests charging of the battery when the current time belongs to the specific time zone and the specific function is being executed.
The method according to claim 1,
The above condition includes a situation where a specific function whose consumption amount of the battery at a specific position is larger than a reference value is used,
And a location information unit for identifying a current location of the portable terminal,
Wherein the control unit requests charging of the battery when the current position detected through the position information unit corresponds to the specific position and the specific function is being executed.
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