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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Applicant:
Yoshihide Majima, Tama, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihide Majima, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A battery status detecting method for detecting a battery status of a secondary battery that supplies power to an electrical load is disclosed. This method includes measuring a discharge current value of the secondary battery, and estimating the dischargeable capacity or the dischargeable time of the secondary battery with the measured discharge current value based on discharge characteristics of the secondary battery indicating the discharge status of the secondary battery when the voltage of the secondary battery drops to a predetermined voltage specified by the electrical load.