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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

May. 24, 2021
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;

Tadashi Kosuga, Kanagawa, JP;

Hideki Otsuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Koichi Fukuoka, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0049 (2020.01); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01);
Abstract

A charging controller includes a current measurement unit configured to measure a charging current of a rechargeable battery, a detection unit configured to detect switching from a constant current charge to a constant voltage charge based on the charging current measured by the current measurement unit, during charge of the rechargeable battery, and an update unit configured to update a full charge capacity of the rechargeable battery based on a charged capacity after the point in time, detected by the detection unit, of switching from the constant current charge to the constant voltage charge.


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