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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017

Filed:

May. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;

Inventor:

Eiki Imaizumi, Chiba, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/416 (2006.01); G01R 27/16 (2006.01); G01R 31/36 (2006.01); G01R 1/20 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); G01R 19/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/16 (2013.01); G01R 31/362 (2013.01); G01R 31/3624 (2013.01); G01R 31/3637 (2013.01); G01R 1/203 (2013.01); G01R 19/0092 (2013.01); G01R 19/16542 (2013.01);
Abstract

A battery remaining power predicting device is provided which is equipped with a first voltage detection portion which detects the voltage of a battery, a second voltage detection portion which detects a voltage across a current sense resistor for detecting a load current, a controller which predicts the remaining power of the battery, based on the values of the voltages detected by the first and second voltage detection portions, and a constant current source which allows a constant current to flow through the current sense resistor. The controller is configured to calculate a resistance value of the current sense resistor, based on the detected voltage of the second voltage detection portion when the load current flows, and the detected voltage of the second voltage detection portion when the load current and the constant current flow.


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