JPH0720215A - Device for detecting remainder capacity of secondary battery - Google Patents

Device for detecting remainder capacity of secondary battery

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JPH0720215A
JPH0720215A JP5165341A JP16534193A JPH0720215A JP H0720215 A JPH0720215 A JP H0720215A JP 5165341 A JP5165341 A JP 5165341A JP 16534193 A JP16534193 A JP 16534193A JP H0720215 A JPH0720215 A JP H0720215A
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remaining amount
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Yukihide Inagaki
幸秀 稲垣
Tomohiko Yanagida
知彦 柳田
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To detect the remainder capacity of a battery accurately with a simple configuration while examining the characteristics of an electrical equipment and the battery. CONSTITUTION:The operation state of the device is monitored by a control part 115 and the amount of consumption of a battery which was examined in advance is subtracted for each constant period of a timer 119, thus calculating the remainder capacity of the battery. A battery capacity is calculated and compensated from a charging time and then the amount of battery consumption per hour is compensated according to the error in the remaining capacity calculated value at the end of discharge, thus compensating the characteristic change of the battery and individual difference scattering of the device.

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【発明の詳細な説明】Detailed Description of the Invention

【0001】[0001]

【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、主電源としての二次電
池と、その二次電池に対する充電手段を持つ電気機器に
関し、特に、主電源の二次電池としてニッケル・カドミ
ウム電池を使用する情報処理装置における電池残量の測
定に関する。
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a secondary battery as a main power source and an electric device having a charging means for the secondary battery, and in particular, information on using a nickel-cadmium battery as the secondary battery of the main power source. The present invention relates to measurement of a battery remaining amount in a processing device.

【0002】[0002]

【従来の技術】電池駆動を行なう電気機器は、電池残量
が低下した場合、放電が終了する前に、間もなく電池に
よる駆動が行なえなくなることをLEDやビープ音によ
りユーザーに知らせ、作業の中止と電池交換または電池
の充電を促すものが一般的である。例えば、電池からの
電源供給が行なえなくなる約10秒前に、画面上にバッ
テリーマークを表示するとともに、ブザー音を発生す
る。
2. Description of the Related Art Battery-operated electrical equipment uses an LED or a beep to notify the user that the battery will soon be incapable of driving when the battery level is low, before discharge is complete, and the operation is suspended. It is common to promote battery replacement or battery charging. For example, a battery mark is displayed on the screen and a buzzer sound is generated about 10 seconds before the power supply from the battery cannot be performed.

【0003】しかし、ユーザーにとって、電池残量が低
下する前にも、例えば電池残量が全容量に対し半分であ
るのか3/4であるのかは、気になるものである。そこ
で、上述の警告機能とは別に、常時電池残量を検出し、
これをユーザーが参照できるようにした電池パックや、
電気機器がある。鉛蓄電池やリチウム電池のように放電
に伴う電圧の低下が大きな電池では、放電中の電池電圧
から電池残量を検出する手段が考えられる。しかし、ニ
ッケル・カドミウム電池のように、電圧値の低下が少な
い電池では、上述の警告を出すべき残量またはそれ以下
の判定は電圧値から容易に行なえるものの、容量の全領
域について正確に残量計測を行なうには、次の手段が多
く用いられる。
However, it is of concern to the user, for example, whether the battery remaining amount is half or 3/4 of the total capacity even before the battery remaining amount decreases. Therefore, apart from the above-mentioned warning function, it always detects the remaining battery level,
A battery pack that users can refer to,
There is electrical equipment. For a battery such as a lead storage battery or a lithium battery in which the voltage drop due to discharge is large, a means for detecting the battery remaining amount from the battery voltage during discharge can be considered. However, with batteries such as nickel-cadmium batteries that have a small drop in voltage value, the remaining amount at which the above warning should be issued or less can be easily determined from the voltage value, but it remains accurate for all areas of the capacity. The following means are often used to measure quantity.

【0004】一つには、例えば特開昭61−20937
2号公報のように充放電電流を検出する手段を設け、充
放電開始時の電池容量に加減算することにより、電池残
量を認識する方法がある。他の方法として、例えば特開
昭63−144271号公報のように、電子機器の各種
動作の各々に対して予め設定された、各モードに応じた
消費電流を用いて電池の使用量を算出する方法がある。
One is, for example, JP-A-61-29373.
There is a method of recognizing the remaining battery level by providing a means for detecting a charging / discharging current as in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2 and adding / subtracting to / from the battery capacity at the start of charging / discharging. As another method, for example, as in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-144272, the amount of battery used is calculated by using the current consumption according to each mode preset for each operation of the electronic device. There is a way.

【0005】[0005]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】ユーザーの使い勝手を
向上させるために、電池の使用中にいつでも電池残量を
表示できるようにする際、電池の電圧により残量を検出
する方式では、ニッケル・カドミウム電池のような電圧
値の低下が少ない電池について、精度良く残量計測でき
ないばかりでなく、内部抵抗の大きな電池では放電電流
の大きさや電池温度による電池電圧の変化を考慮して残
量を検出する必要がある。
In order to improve the usability for the user, when the battery remaining amount can be displayed at any time while the battery is in use, the method of detecting the remaining battery amount by the battery voltage is nickel cadmium. Not only can you not accurately measure the remaining amount of a battery such as a battery that has a low drop in voltage value, but with a battery with a large internal resistance, the remaining amount can be detected by considering the magnitude of the discharge current and the change in battery voltage due to battery temperature. There is a need.

【0006】前述のように充放電電流を検出し、時間積
分する方式では、例えば数mAから3Aといった広いレ
ンジについて電流検出を行なおうとすると、電流検出回
路が大がかりになるばかりでなく、実時間で測定データ
を処理する必要があり、複雑な処理を要する。
In the method of detecting the charging / discharging current and integrating the time as described above, if current detection is attempted for a wide range of several mA to 3 A, not only the current detection circuit becomes large, but also the real time is detected. It is necessary to process the measurement data in, which requires complicated processing.

【0007】装置の動作状態から消費電流を割り出し、
時間積分する方法では、残量検出手段の開発に先立ち、
装置の各動作状態における消費電流を測定しておく必要
がある。ところが、電気・電子部品の消費電流は、各個
体毎に最大1.5倍程度のバラツキがあり、個々の装置
によっては残量の計算値に誤差が生じることが考えられ
る。また、電池の公称容量を基準に計算するため、個体
差による電池特性のバラツキや、電池の使用時間による
特性劣化によっても誤差が生じるおそれがある。
Determining the current consumption from the operating state of the device,
In the method of time integration, prior to the development of the remaining amount detecting means,
It is necessary to measure the current consumption in each operating state of the device. However, the electric current consumption of the electric / electronic parts varies up to about 1.5 times for each individual, and it is conceivable that an error may occur in the calculated remaining amount depending on the individual device. Further, since the calculation is performed on the basis of the nominal capacity of the battery, an error may occur due to variations in battery characteristics due to individual differences or deterioration in characteristics due to battery usage time.

【0008】本発明の目的は、ユーザーがいつでも電池
残量を参照できるように、簡単な方法で正確に電池残量
を検出する表示装置を提供することにある。
It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device for accurately detecting the remaining battery level by a simple method so that the user can always refer to the remaining battery level.

【0009】[0009]

【課題を解決するための手段】本発明は、装置の動作状
態から電池のエネルギーの増減を検出し、動作時間につ
いて積分することにより、電池残量を計算し、充電終了
時に充電時間をもとに計算した値により電池の総容量を
修正し、放電終了時に残量計算値との違いから電池の放
電エネルギー量を修正することにより正確な電池残量を
求めるものである。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention detects the increase / decrease in the energy of a battery from the operating state of the device and integrates it with respect to the operating time to calculate the remaining battery level, and to calculate the charging time at the end of charging. The total capacity of the battery is corrected by the value calculated in step 1, and the accurate amount of remaining battery is obtained by correcting the amount of discharge energy of the battery from the difference from the calculated value of the remaining amount at the end of discharging.

【0010】[0010]

【作用】充電時間から電池に蓄えることのできる容量を
計算することにより、電池の個体バラツキや使用回数に
よる容量の劣化による精度の低下を防ぐことができる。
また、放電終止時に、時間当りの放電エネルギー値を修
正することによってデバイスや部品の個体差による消費
電流バラツキに対しても補正を行なうことができる。
By calculating the capacity that can be stored in the battery from the charging time, it is possible to prevent the accuracy from deteriorating due to individual variations of the battery and deterioration of the capacity due to the number of times of use.
Further, by correcting the discharge energy value per hour at the end of discharge, it is possible to correct the consumption current variation due to individual differences of devices and components.

【0011】[0011]

【実施例】図1は、本発明の一実施例に基づく小型情報
機器の電源回路のブロック図である。
1 is a block diagram of a power supply circuit for a compact information device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

【0012】主電源としてニッケルカドミウム電池など
の二次電池101を内蔵しており、スイッチ102〜1
05、DC/DCコンバータ107〜109を経由して
主メモリ110、装置主要部111、表示パネル部11
2へ電源供給を行なうようになっている。また、装置外
部からACアダプタ113を接続した場合、回路部に電
源を供給するだけでなく、スイッチ106を閉じること
により、充電回路114を経て内蔵電池101を充電す
ることができる。制御部115は、スイッチ102〜1
04を開閉することにより、110〜112への電源供
給制御を行なう。また制御部115は内蔵電池101の
温度や電圧を監視する手段を持ち、スイッチ105、1
06の開閉により、内蔵電池101とACアダプタ11
3の切り替え及び内蔵二次電池101の充電制御を行な
う。この他、制御部115から装置本体のマイクロプロ
セッサ116に対するデータ出力用として、例えば3ビ
ットの信号線117が設けられている。さらに、制御部
115から、表示パネル部(112)内のバックライト
に対し、制御信号線118を用いることで、明暗の切り
替えを行なえる。制御部115はスイッチ102〜10
6及び制御信号118の状態とタイマー119の出力か
ら後述の方法により内蔵電池101の残量検出を行な
い、マイクロプロセッサ116に結果を出力する。マイ
クロプロセッサ116はアプリケーション・プログラム
やセットアップ・プログラムなどにより、電池残量情報
を例えば棒グラフなどの形で表示パネル112に表示す
る。
A secondary battery 101 such as a nickel-cadmium battery is built in as a main power source, and switches 102 to 1
05, DC / DC converters 107-109, main memory 110, device main part 111, display panel part 11
Power is supplied to 2. Further, when the AC adapter 113 is connected from the outside of the device, not only power is supplied to the circuit section but also the switch 106 is closed to charge the internal battery 101 via the charging circuit 114. The control unit 115 uses the switches 102 to 1
Power supply control to 110 to 112 is performed by opening and closing 04. The control unit 115 has means for monitoring the temperature and voltage of the built-in battery 101, and has switches 105, 1
By opening and closing 06, built-in battery 101 and AC adapter 11
3 is switched and charging control of the built-in secondary battery 101 is performed. In addition, a 3-bit signal line 117 is provided for outputting data from the control unit 115 to the microprocessor 116 of the apparatus body. Furthermore, by using the control signal line 118 from the control unit 115 to the backlight in the display panel unit (112), switching between bright and dark can be performed. The control unit 115 uses the switches 102 to 10
6 and the state of the control signal 118 and the output of the timer 119, the remaining amount of the internal battery 101 is detected by the method described later, and the result is output to the microprocessor 116. The microprocessor 116 displays the battery remaining amount information on the display panel 112 in the form of, for example, a bar graph by an application program or a setup program.

【0013】図2は、本発明の一実施例に基づく電池残
量の計測方法を説明するための、装置の動作状態、消費
電流、動作時間の関係を示した図である。図1及び図2
に基づき、内蔵電池101の残量計測方法について説明
する。
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between the operating state of the device, the current consumption, and the operating time for explaining the method for measuring the remaining battery level according to the embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 2
Based on, the method of measuring the remaining amount of the built-in battery 101 will be described.

【0014】まず予め、主メモリ110、装置主要部1
11、表示パネル部112への給電状況による電池の放
電速度xを求める。例えば、スイッチ102〜104を
閉じて装置全体に電源を供給している状態で、満充電の
電池を放電終止状態まで放電を行ない、放電時間tで電
池容量を割った値xを、その動作状態における放電速度
とする。同様に、他の動作状態に対しても放電速度を計
測しておき、記憶装置120のROMに書き込んでお
く。
First, the main memory 110 and the main part 1 of the apparatus are prepared in advance.
11. The battery discharge rate x depending on the power supply status to the display panel unit 112 is calculated. For example, in a state in which the switches 102 to 104 are closed and power is being supplied to the entire device, a fully charged battery is discharged to a discharge end state, and the value x obtained by dividing the battery capacity by the discharge time t is the operating state. Discharge rate. Similarly, the discharge rate is measured for other operating states and written in the ROM of the storage device 120.

【0015】装置の使用を開始する際に、ROMに書き
込まれた前記放電速度値をRAMに移しておく。ACア
ダプタ113が使用可能状態にないとき、スイッチ10
5を閉じて内蔵電池101から電力の供給を行なう。装
置がサスペンド状態にあり、メモリのバックアップを行
なう場合(201)、主メモリ110のみが動作するた
め、スイッチ102を閉じ、主メモリ110及びDC/
DCコンバータ107に電力を供給する。このような給
電状態に対して、記憶装置120に保存されている放電
速度値x1を対応させることにより、直接電流を測定せ
ずに、動作状態に応じた消費電流を知ることができる。
When the use of the device is started, the discharge rate value written in the ROM is transferred to the RAM. When the AC adapter 113 is not in a usable state, the switch 10
5 is closed and power is supplied from the built-in battery 101. When the device is in the suspend state and the memory is backed up (201), since only the main memory 110 operates, the switch 102 is closed and the main memory 110 and DC /
Electric power is supplied to the DC converter 107. By making the discharge rate value x1 stored in the storage device 120 correspond to such a power supply state, it is possible to know the current consumption according to the operating state without directly measuring the current.

【0016】一般に、電池の放電電流が大きい場合、電
池に蓄えられたエネルギーの利用効率が下がり、これも
残量計算値よりも実際の電池残量が多く減少する原因と
なる。上述の方法で消費電流を計測することにより、エ
ネルギー利用効率についての補正も行なうことができ
る。
Generally, when the discharge current of the battery is large, the utilization efficiency of the energy stored in the battery is lowered, which also causes the actual remaining amount of the battery to decrease more than the calculated remaining amount. By measuring the consumed current by the above method, the energy utilization efficiency can be corrected.

【0017】装置が通常の駆動状態にあるときには(2
02)、スイッチ102〜104を閉じて、装置全体に
電力を供給する。この時の放電速度としては、同じ給電
状態で事前に測定した値x2をRAMから読みだす。表
示パネル部では、バックライト輝度により消費電力が変
わるため、予めバックライト輝度を明暗2通りにした場
合(202,203)について放電速度を測定しておく
(x2,x3)。また、省電力のために、バックライト
を消す場合(204)には、バックライト以外の消費電
力をもとに測定した放電速度x4を用いる。
When the device is in a normal driving state (2
02), the switches 102 to 104 are closed to supply power to the entire device. As the discharge rate at this time, a value x2 measured in advance in the same power supply state is read from the RAM. In the display panel unit, since the power consumption changes depending on the backlight brightness, the discharge rate is measured in advance (x2, x3) when the backlight brightness is set to two brightness levels (202, 203). When the backlight is turned off to save power (204), the discharge rate x4 measured based on the power consumption other than the backlight is used.

【0018】このように、直接測定せずに、装置の動作
状態により、予め測定しておいた消費電流から内蔵電池
101の放電速度を求める。この値をタイマー119に
より一定周期毎に減算することにより、放電速度の時間
積分を求める。放電速度積分の初期値を初めの電池残量
に一致させておくことにより、電池使用中の電池残量を
求めることができる。
As described above, the discharge rate of the built-in battery 101 is obtained from the consumption current measured in advance according to the operating state of the apparatus, without directly measuring. This value is subtracted at regular intervals by the timer 119 to obtain the time integral of the discharge rate. By matching the initial value of the discharge rate integration with the initial battery remaining amount, the battery remaining amount during use of the battery can be obtained.

【0019】ACアダプタ113が使用可能状態のとき
は、スイッチ105を開きACアダプタから装置に電源
供給を行なう。さらに、内蔵電池101が満充電でない
ときには、スイッチ106を閉じて充電を開始する(2
05)。充電は、内蔵電池101に流入する電流を一定
になるよう制御しながら行なわれるため、放電時と同様
に電流を直接測定せずに知ることができる。このよう
に、充電時間t5及び充電電流x5から内蔵電池101
の充電量を計算する。
When the AC adapter 113 is in a usable state, the switch 105 is opened to supply power to the apparatus from the AC adapter. Further, when the built-in battery 101 is not fully charged, the switch 106 is closed to start charging (2
05). Charging is performed while controlling the current flowing into the built-in battery 101 to be constant, so that it is possible to know the current without directly measuring it, as in discharging. Thus, from the charging time t5 and the charging current x5, the built-in battery 101
Calculate the charge of.

【0020】以上の手順により、曲線206のように電
池101の残量増減を計算することができる。これとは
別に制御部115は、内蔵電池101の電圧を監視し、
放電終了や満充電の判定を行なっており、この時電池残
量の計算値206を電圧監視による残量判定結果に一致
させる。このようにすることで、充放電の繰返しによる
累積誤差について、残量計算値206を修正することが
できる。
By the above procedure, it is possible to calculate the increase / decrease in the remaining capacity of the battery 101 as shown by the curve 206. Separately from this, the control unit 115 monitors the voltage of the internal battery 101,
It is determined whether the discharge is completed or the battery is fully charged. At this time, the calculated value 206 of the battery remaining amount is matched with the remaining amount determination result by the voltage monitoring. By doing so, it is possible to correct the remaining amount calculation value 206 for the accumulated error due to the repeated charging and discharging.

【0021】このようにして、計測した電池残量206
を信号線117により装置本体のマイクロプロセッサ1
16に出力する。このデータをアプリケーションプログ
ラム等により、ユーザーに対して表示する。前述のよう
にマイクロプロセッサへの信号線117を3ビットとし
た場合、単純にパラレル出力を行なっても、電池残量を
0〜7の8段階に表示することができる。
In this way, the battery remaining amount 206 measured
The signal line 117 is used to connect the microprocessor 1 of the apparatus main body.
Output to 16. This data is displayed to the user by an application program or the like. When the signal line 117 to the microprocessor is 3 bits as described above, the remaining battery level can be displayed in 8 levels of 0 to 7 even if parallel output is simply performed.

【0022】図3は、電池の容量が変化した場合に、残
量の計算値を補正する方法を説明するための、放電時間
と残量の関係を表したグラフである。
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the discharge time and the remaining amount for explaining the method for correcting the calculated value of the remaining amount when the battery capacity changes.

【0023】ニッケル・カドミウム電池は、充放電を繰
り返すことにより、特性が劣化し、蓄えることの出来る
容量が減少する。この現象を考慮しないで上述の電流積
算を行なうと、例えば初めの容量301に対して80%
まで減少した場合(302)、満充電状態に設定された
時から放電を開始すると、実際の残量304は計算値3
03よりも早く減少し、計算値303ではまだ20%の
残量があるべき(306)時に、電池電圧の監視により
放電終了となる(305)。そこで、内蔵電池101が
完全に放電した状態から、連続で満充電まで定電流充電
を行なった場合、その充電時間を計測しておき、充電時
間の長さと充電電流との積及び充電効率から実際の容量
Q0を求め、満充電時の残量計算値を実際の容量Q0に
一致させる。このようにして、次からの充放電について
はこの容量値Q0を基に残量計算を行なう。残量の計算
結果を装置のマイクロプロセッサ116に出力する際、
前述の様に0〜7の8段階にレベル分けするとして、図
3(a)のように真の容量302が減少しても満充電状
態を常にレベル7に割り当て、1レベル当りの電気量を
少なくすることで全体を均等に8レベルに分けることが
可能である。また、図3(b)のように、レベル幅を変
更せずに、レベル7を使用回数の少ない電池の満充電状
態に相当させることも可能である。後者の場合、容量の
減少した電池を満充電にしても、レベル7にはならず、
レベル6やレベル5となる。したがってユーザーは、満
充電にした時の残量表示が低いレベルを示していること
から、電池の劣化を判断することができる。
The characteristics of the nickel-cadmium battery are deteriorated by repeating charging and discharging, and the capacity that can be stored is reduced. If the above current integration is performed without considering this phenomenon, for example, 80% of the initial capacity 301 is obtained.
When the discharge is started from the time when the battery is fully charged (302), the actual remaining amount 304 is the calculated value 3
When the calculated value 303 decreases earlier than 03 and there should still be 20% remaining in the calculated value 303 (306), the discharge is completed by monitoring the battery voltage (305). Therefore, when constant current charging is continuously performed from the state where the internal battery 101 is completely discharged to the full charge, the charging time is measured, and the actual charging time is calculated from the product of the charging time length and the charging current and the charging efficiency. The capacity Q0 is calculated, and the remaining capacity calculation value at full charge is made to match the actual capacity Q0. In this way, for the next charge and discharge, the remaining amount is calculated based on this capacity value Q0. When outputting the calculation result of the remaining amount to the microprocessor 116 of the device,
As described above, assuming that the level is divided into 8 levels from 0 to 7, even if the true capacity 302 is reduced as shown in FIG. 3A, the full charge state is always assigned to level 7 and the electricity amount per level is set. By reducing the number, it is possible to divide the whole into 8 levels evenly. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, it is possible to make the level 7 correspond to the fully charged state of the battery that has been used a few times without changing the level width. In the latter case, even if the battery with reduced capacity is fully charged, it will not reach level 7,
Level 6 and level 5. Therefore, the user can judge the deterioration of the battery because the remaining amount display at the time of full charge indicates a low level.

【0024】図4,図5は、デバイスの消費電流の個体
バラツキに対する補正方法を説明するための、放電時間
と残量の関係を表したグラフである。
FIGS. 4 and 5 are graphs showing the relationship between the discharge time and the remaining amount for explaining the correction method for the individual variation of the current consumption of the device.

【0025】装置を構成する各部品の消費電流は、それ
ぞれ個体差を持ち、最大1.5倍程度の差があると考え
られる。したがって、装置の動作状態から予め測定して
おいた消費電流を対応させる際に、誤差を持つことが考
えられる。例えば図4において消費電流が、大きい方へ
バラついた個体について、満充電状態401から放電を
開始すると、実際の残量変化403に対し、残量計算値
402は低下が少なく、まだ残量があるべき時に、電池
電圧の監視により放電終了となる(404)。また、逆
に消費電流が小さい方へバラついた個体では、残量計算
値が0になっても、実際には内蔵電池101に残量が残
っていることになる(図示せず)。そこで、内蔵電池1
01が満充電状態にあるところから、放電終了状態まで
放電を行なった場合、その放電量計算値qを記録してお
き、内蔵電池101の満充電時の容量Q0と放電量計算
値qとから、その動作状態に対応する消費電流を修正す
る。満充電状態401から放電終止状態404まで、一
定の動作状態により連続放電した場合、予め計測してお
いた消費電流をx,この時の放電時間をtとすると、放
電量計算値qは、
The current consumption of each component of the device has individual difference, and it is considered that there is a maximum difference of about 1.5 times. Therefore, it is conceivable that there will be an error when the measured current consumption is associated with the operating state of the device. For example, in FIG. 4, when discharging is started from the fully charged state 401 for an individual whose current consumption varies toward the larger side, the remaining amount calculated value 402 does not decrease much with respect to the actual remaining amount change 403, and the remaining amount still remains. When it should be, discharge is terminated by monitoring the battery voltage (404). On the other hand, in the case of an individual whose current consumption varies toward the smaller one, the remaining amount actually remains in the built-in battery 101 even though the remaining amount calculation value becomes 0 (not shown). Therefore, the internal battery 1
When the battery is discharged from the state where 01 is in the fully charged state to the state where it is discharged, the discharge amount calculated value q is recorded, and the capacity Q0 and the discharge amount calculated value q of the internal battery 101 at the time of full charge are recorded. , Correct the current consumption corresponding to the operating state. From the fully charged state 401 to the end-of-discharge state 404, when continuous discharge is performed in a constant operating state, if the consumption current measured in advance is x and the discharge time at this time is t, the discharge amount calculated value q is

【0026】[0026]

【数1】q = x・t と表される。ここで、実際の平均消費電流をx0とする
と、
## EQU1 ## It is expressed as q = x.multidot.t. Here, assuming that the actual average current consumption is x0,

【0027】[0027]

【数2】Q0=x0・t の関係がある。そこで、## EQU2 ## There is a relationship of Q0 = x0.t. Therefore,

【0028】[0028]

【数3】x0=(Q0/q)×x のように実際の消費電流x0を求める。次に放電を行な
う際には、xの値をx0で置き換え、残量計算を行な
う。
## EQU00003 ## The actual current consumption x0 is calculated as x0 = (Q0 / q) .times.x. When discharging next, the value of x is replaced with x0, and the remaining amount is calculated.

【0029】また、放電時間tを満充電から放電終止状
態までの時間とする代わりに、満充電からユーザーに警
告を出す警告状態までの時間としても良い。一般に、残
量低下による警告は、電池電圧が顕著に低下したことを
検出して行なうため、放電終止状態の検出とほぼ同程度
の精度で再現性良く検出できる。放電終止まで待たずに
補正を行なうことで、補正の頻度を多くすることができ
る。
Further, instead of setting the discharge time t as the time from full charge to the end of discharge state, it may be set as the time from full charge to a warning state for issuing a warning to the user. Generally, the warning due to the decrease in the remaining amount is performed by detecting that the battery voltage has significantly decreased, and therefore, the warning can be detected with almost the same accuracy as the detection of the discharge end state and with good reproducibility. By performing the correction without waiting for the end of the discharge, the frequency of correction can be increased.

【0030】図5のように、一度の放電において、装置
本体の動作状態が切り替わる場合、放電中に使われた動
作状態について、同様の補正を行なう。図5は、満充電
状態から、動作状態1により時間t1の放電を行なった
後、動作状態2により時間t2だけ放電を行ない、放電
終止状態に至った場合を示す。この場合、放電中に使わ
れた動作状態とその動作時間を記録しておき、動作状態
が切り替わる時または放電が終了した時に、記憶装置1
20のRAM内に保存された各動作状態毎の放電速度を
修正する。
As shown in FIG. 5, when the operation state of the apparatus main body is switched in one discharge, the same correction is performed for the operation state used during the discharge. FIG. 5 shows a case in which, from the fully charged state, discharging is performed for the time t1 in the operating state 1 and then discharging is performed for the time t2 in the operating state 2 to reach the discharge end state. In this case, the operating state used during discharging and the operating time thereof are recorded, and when the operating state is switched or when the discharging is completed, the storage device 1
The discharge rate for each operating state stored in 20 RAMs is modified.

【0031】簡単に放電速度を修正する方法としては、
次のような手順がある。動作状態1,2において、x
1,x2を放電速度とみなして残量計算を行なう場合、
放電が実際に終了した時点で、計算による放電量qは
As a method for easily correcting the discharge rate,
There are the following procedures. In operating states 1 and 2, x
When the remaining amount is calculated by regarding 1 and x2 as discharge rates,
When the discharge actually ends, the calculated discharge amount q is

【0032】[0032]

【数4】q=x1・t1+x2・t2 となり、x1,x2が真の値と異なる場合には、満充電
時の容量Q0とqが一致しない。そこで、
## EQU00004 ## q = x1.multidot.t1 + x2.multidot.t2, and when x1 and x2 are different from the true values, the capacity Q0 at full charge and q do not match. Therefore,

【0033】[0033]

【数5】(Q0/q)×x1, (Q0/q)×x2 の値でx1,x2を置き換える。この後、再び内蔵電池
を満充電Q0まで充電し、動作状態1,2を切り替えな
がら放電を行なった場合、t1,t2が前回の放電と同
じであればqとQ0は一致する。t1,t2が前回と異
なる場合には、さらに〔数5〕による置き換えが行なわ
れる。〔数4〕からは、x1,x2について真の値との
違いを個別に知ることはできないため、動作状態1及び
2の組合せで放電を行ない続けても、x1とx2の比は
変わらない。そこで、図5のような複数の動作状態によ
る放電時には、図4のように単一の動作状態で放電を行
なった場合の補正値は書き替えないといった工夫が必要
である。または、放電時間の最も長かった動作状態に対
してのみ、放電速度の書替えを行なっても良い。
## EQU5 ## Replace x1 and x2 with the values of (Q0 / q) × x1, (Q0 / q) × x2. After that, when the built-in battery is charged to the full charge Q0 again and discharged while switching the operating states 1 and 2, if t1 and t2 are the same as the previous discharge, q and Q0 match. When t1 and t2 are different from the last time, the replacement by [Equation 5] is further performed. From [Equation 4], it is not possible to individually know the difference between the true values of x1 and x2, and therefore the ratio of x1 and x2 does not change even if discharge is continued in the combination of operating states 1 and 2. Therefore, when discharging in a plurality of operating states as shown in FIG. 5, it is necessary to devise that the correction value when discharging in a single operating state as shown in FIG. 4 is not rewritten. Alternatively, the discharge rate may be rewritten only for the operating state in which the discharge time is the longest.

【0034】各々の放電速度を早く収束させるために
は、〔数5〕のような書き替えを繰り返すことによりx
1,x2を真の値に漸近させることが望ましい。例え
ば、x1,x2に掛ける補正値を、それぞれの動作状態
による放電量の割合によって、重み付けすることが考え
られる。
In order to quickly converge each discharge rate, rewriting such as [Equation 5] is repeated to obtain x
It is desirable to make 1, x2 asymptotic to the true value. For example, it is conceivable that the correction values to be multiplied by x1 and x2 are weighted by the ratio of the discharge amount according to each operating state.

【0035】[0035]

【数6】(1/q−1/Q0)x1・t1+1 をx1に掛けてRAM内のx1と置き換えることによ
り、一度の補正ではqを真の値にすることはできないも
のの、数回の充放電を繰り返すことによりx1,x2を
真の値に漸近させながら収束させることができる。
## EQU6 ## By multiplying (1 / q-1 / Q0) x1.multidot.t1 + 1 by x1 and replacing it with x1 in the RAM, q cannot be made a true value by one correction, but several times are satisfied. By repeating the discharge, x1 and x2 can be converged while asymptotically approaching the true values.

【0036】これまでに述べた電池残量検出は、制御部
115を例えばワンチップマイコンで構成する際、その
機能の一つとして追加することができるため、部品点数
が増えることはない。
The battery remaining amount detection described so far can be added as one of the functions when the control unit 115 is configured by, for example, a one-chip microcomputer, so that the number of parts does not increase.

【0037】[0037]

【発明の効果】本発明によれば、簡単な方法でありなが
ら、電池容量、消費電流の双方を計測、修正しながら電
池残量の検出を行なうため、精度の良い残量検出を行な
うことができる。
According to the present invention, the battery remaining amount is detected while measuring and correcting both the battery capacity and the consumed current, though it is a simple method. Therefore, the remaining amount can be detected accurately. it can.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

【図1】本発明に係る電気機器の一実施例を示すブロッ
ク図である。
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an electric device according to the present invention.

【図2】本発明の電池残量計算方法を示すグラフであ
る。
FIG. 2 is a graph showing a battery remaining amount calculation method of the present invention.

【図3】電池容量劣化時の補正を説明するための、放電
時間と残量の関係を表したグラフである。
FIG. 3 is a graph showing the relationship between the discharge time and the remaining amount for explaining the correction when the battery capacity deteriorates.

【図4】消費電流の個体差バラツキに対する補正を説明
するための、放電時間と残量の関係を表したグラフであ
る。
FIG. 4 is a graph showing the relationship between the discharge time and the remaining amount, for explaining the correction for variations in individual consumption current.

【図5】消費電流の個体差バラツキに対する補正を説明
するための、図4と異なる動作における、放電時間と残
量の関係を表したグラフである。
FIG. 5 is a graph showing the relationship between the discharge time and the remaining amount in an operation different from that of FIG. 4, for explaining the correction of variations in individual consumption current.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

114…充電回路、 101…内蔵電池、 115…制御部、 119…タイマー、 120…記憶装置。 114 ... Charging circuit, 101 ... Built-in battery, 115 ... Control part, 119 ... Timer, 120 ... Storage device.

Claims (5)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】内部に充電回路を有する電池駆動可能な電
気機器において、充放電の各動作状態に対して予め放電
電流の測定を行ない、その電流値を保存する記憶手段を
持ち、動作状態に応じた放電電流を前記記憶手段から読
み出し、電池残量を計算する手段を持つことを特徴とす
る二次電池の残量検出装置。
1. In a battery-driven electric device having an internal charging circuit, discharge current is measured in advance for each charging / discharging operation state, and a storage means for storing the current value is provided to enable operation. A remaining battery level detecting device for a secondary battery, comprising means for calculating a remaining battery level by reading a corresponding discharge current from the storage means.
【請求項2】予め測定した放電電流に対し、電流の大き
さによる放電効率を考慮した補正を行なうか、または実
際の残量の減少速度を測定することにより補正を含む形
で放電電流を求めておき、前記記憶手段に保存しておく
ことを特徴とする請求項1記載の二次電池の残量検出装
置。
2. The discharge current obtained in advance in a form including the correction by correcting the discharge current measured in advance in consideration of the discharge efficiency depending on the magnitude of the current, or by measuring the actual reduction rate of the remaining amount. The secondary battery remaining amount detection device according to claim 1, wherein the storage device is stored in the storage means.
【請求項3】電池を満充電まで充電するのに要する時間
を計測する手段と、充電時間と充電電流との積から電池
の総容量を計算する演算処理手段を持ち、機器の使用中
に繰返し電池総容量を求めることにより、電池の個体バ
ラツキや特性変化に対して補正を行なうことを特徴とす
る請求項1記載の二次電流残量検出装置。
3. It has means for measuring the time required to charge the battery to full charge, and arithmetic processing means for calculating the total capacity of the battery from the product of the charging time and the charging current, which is repeated during use of the device. 2. The secondary current remaining amount detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the total battery capacity is calculated to correct individual variations and characteristics of the battery.
【請求項4】前記残量計算値が、構成する部品の個体差
による消費電流のバラツキのため実際の電池残量と異な
る場合に、実際の残量値の低下と計算値との比率により
前記記憶手段に保存されている放電電流データを修正す
る演算処理手段を持つことを特徴とする請求項1記載の
二次電池残量検出装置。
4. When the remaining amount calculation value is different from the actual remaining battery amount due to variations in current consumption due to individual differences in the constituent parts, the ratio of the reduction of the actual remaining amount value to the calculated value 2. The secondary battery remaining amount detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising arithmetic processing means for correcting discharge current data stored in the storage means.
【請求項5】電池外部から検出手段により残量が確認で
きる満充電状態および放電末期を基準とし、その間の放
電量または充電量および時間を用いて補正計算を行なう
ことを特徴とする請求項2〜4のいずれか1項に記載の
二次電池残量検出装置。
5. The correction calculation is carried out using the fully charged state and the end of discharge, in which the remaining amount can be confirmed from the outside of the battery by a detection means, as a reference, and the discharged amount or charged amount and time during that period. The secondary battery remaining amount detection device according to any one of items 1 to 4.
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