Battery-driven electronic device
View Patent ↗A battery-driven electronic device includes a battery for outputting a battery voltage, a plurality of loads, a system unit, and a battery energy manager which is electrically connected with the battery, the loads and the system unit. The battery energy manager is adapted for detecting the battery voltage and set with a cutoff threshold, and a low-voltage threshold higher than the cutoff threshold. When the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the low-voltage threshold, the battery energy manager stops supplying power from the battery to at least one of the loads, and outputs a suspension command for the system unit to perform suspension process. When the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the cutoff threshold, the battery energy manager stops supplying power to the loads and the system unit.
1. A battery-driven electronic device, comprising:
a battery, outputting a battery voltage;
a plurality of loads;
a system unit; and
a battery energy manager, being connected with the battery, the loads and the system unit, and detecting the battery voltage, and having a low-voltage threshold and a cutoff threshold, wherein the low-voltage threshold is higher than the cutoff threshold, when the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the low-voltage threshold, the battery energy manager stops supplying power from the battery to at least one of the loads and outputs a suspension command to make the system unit perform a suspension process, and when the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the cutoff threshold, the battery energy manager stops supplying power to the loads and the system unit,
wherein the battery energy manager comprises a switch, a first voltage detecting unit, and a second voltage detecting unit, the switch is connected with the battery and the system unit, the first voltage detecting unit and the second voltage detecting unit detect the battery voltage, respectively, when the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the low-voltage threshold, the first voltage detecting unit stops supplying power to at least one of the loads and outputs the suspension command, when the battery voltage is equal to or lower than the cutoff threshold, the second voltage detecting unit controls the switch to cut off, so as to form an open circuit between the battery and the system unit.
2. The battery-driven electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the battery energy manager further comprises a filtering unit that is connected between the battery and the first voltage detecting unit.
3. The battery-driven electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a battery door and a battery door detector that is connected with the battery and outputs a suspension command when the battery door is opened, so as to make the system unit performs the suspension process.
4. The battery-driven electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the battery energy manager further comprises an AND gate unit that has an input end and an output end, the input end is connected with the system unit, the battery door detector and the first voltage detecting unit, and the output end is connected with the loads and the system unit.