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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshikazu Ikegami, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
320132 ;
Abstract
In a battery-powered electronic apparatus having a microprocessor therein, any task is stopped running on the microprocessor in response to a check timing signal and, after the task is stopped running on the microprocessor, an output voltage of the battery is detected. Subsequently, after resuming the task running on the microprocessor, the remaining quantity of the battery is estimated based on the detected output voltage using a discharge characteristic of the battery.