IP Library Granted Patent US 12,242,321
Granted Patent B2
US 12,242,321 · App. 18/308,334 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Power management method and electronic device using same

Inventors: Wen Che Chung (Taipei, TW); Hui Chuan Lo (Taipei, TW); Hao-Hsuan Lin (Taipei, TW); Chun Tsao (Taipei, TW); Jun-Fu Chen (Taipei, TW); Ming-Hung Yao (Taipei, TW); Jia-Wei Zhang (Taipei, TW); Kuan-Lun Chen (Taipei, TW); Ting-Chao Lin (Taipei, TW); Cheng-Yen Lin (Taipei, TW); Chunyen Lai (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
G06F1/3212
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Patent No.
US 12,242,321
App. No.
18/308,334
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a power management method. The power management method is applicable to an electronic device. The electronic device is electrically coupled to an adapter, and includes a system and a battery. The adapter has a feed power. The battery has a discharge power. The power management method of the disclosure includes: reading a power value of the battery; determining a state of the system; and discharging power to the system, when the system is in a power-on state and the power value is greater than a charging stopping value, by using the battery, and controlling, according to the discharge power and the feed power, the adapter to selectively supply power to the system. The disclosure further provides an electronic device using the power management method.

Claims (23)

1. A power management method, applicable to an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is electrically coupled to an adapter and comprises a system and a battery, the adapter has a feed power, and the battery has a discharge power, the power management method comprising:

reading a power value of the battery;

determining a state of the system; and

discharging power to the system, when the system is in a power-on state and the power value is greater than a charging stopping value, by using the battery, and controlling, according to the discharge power and the feed power, the adapter to selectively supply power to the system,

wherein the charging stopping value represents a predetermined electricity quantity of the battery, and

wherein the system comprises a discharge protection unit, and the discharge protection unit has a discharge protection value, according to which a discharge protection function is selectively enabled, wherein when the system is in the power-on state, the power value is greater than the charging stopping value, and the discharge power is less than the feed power, the discharge protection value is adjusted.

2. The power management method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of controlling the adapter to selectively supply power to the system comprises:

controlling, when the discharge power is greater than the feed power, the adapter to stop supplying power.

3. The power management method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of controlling the adapter to selectively supply power to the system comprises:

reducing the feed power according to the discharge power when the discharge power is less than the feed power, and controlling the adapter to supply power to the system according to the reduced feed power.

4. The power management method according to claim 3 , wherein when the discharge power is less than the feed power, the feed power is reduced according to the discharge power and an adjustment parameter.

5. The power management method according to claim 1 , wherein before the step of reading the power value of the battery, the method further comprises: determining whether the system is electrically coupled to the adapter.

6. The power management method according to claim 1 , wherein before the step of determining the state of the system, the method further comprises: determining whether the charging stopping value is set on the system.

7. An electronic device, electrically coupled to an adapter, wherein the adapter has a feed power, the electronic device comprising:

a system;

a battery, having a discharge power and a power value; and

a power management unit, electrically coupled to the system and the battery, and configured to:

read the power value;

determine a state of the system; and

discharge power to the system, when the system is in a power-on state and the power value is greater than a charging stopping value, by using the battery, and control, according to the discharge power and the feed power, the adapter to selectively supply power to the system,

wherein the charging stopping value represents a predetermined electricity quantity of the battery, and

wherein the system comprises a discharge protection unit, and the discharge protection unit has a discharge protection value, according to which a discharge protection function is selectively enabled, wherein when the system is in the power-on state, the power value is greater than the charging stopping value, and the discharge power is less than the feed power, the power management unit increases the discharge protection value.

8. The electronic device according to claim 7 , wherein when the discharge power is greater than the feed power, the power management unit controls the adapter to stop supplying power.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: CHUNG, WEN CHE; LO, HUI CHUAN; LIN, HAO-HSUAN; TSAO, CHUN; CHEN, JUN-FU; YAO, MING-HUNG; ZHANG, JIA-WEI; CHEN, KUAN-LUN; LIN, TING-CHAO; LIN, CHENG-YEN; LAI, CHUNYEN
To: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
TW 111131741 · Aug 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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