US 11,728,668 B2
Electronic device with battery capability modeling
Nalin Chaturvedi, Union City, CA (US); Yiming Lou, Cupertino, CA (US); Wei He, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Stephen D. Sterz, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/682,331.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/514,562, filed on Jun. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0345812 A1, Dec. 6, 2018
Int. Cl. G03B 7/16 (2021.01); G03B 7/17 (2021.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G01R 31/36 (2020.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/3206 (2019.01); B60L 58/10 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01)
CPC H02J 7/007194 (2020.01) [B60L 58/10 (2019.02); G01R 31/3647 (2019.01); G01R 31/382 (2019.01); G01R 31/392 (2019.01); G03B 7/16 (2013.01); G03B 7/17 (2015.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/00714 (2020.01); H02J 7/007182 (2020.01); G01R 31/367 (2019.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H02J 7/00034 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a battery;
a component that operates by receiving power from the battery and that has a power consumption profile, the power consumption profile having a first characteristic power consumption value that is associated with power consumption across a first time period and having a second characteristic power consumption value that is associated with power consumption across a second time period, wherein the second characteristic power consumption value is greater than the first characteristic power consumption value and the first time period overlaps the second time period; and
processing circuitry configured to:
receive a power usage request for the component with a requested third characteristic power consumption value,
determine a maximum allowable power consumption for the component based at least on the first and second characteristic power consumption values,
compare the maximum allowable power consumption to the requested third characteristic power consumption value, and
authorize the power usage request for the component in response to determining that the maximum allowable power consumption is greater than the requested third characteristic power consumption value.