JP2017123714A - Communication control apparatus, control method of the same, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication control device capable of avoiding a full charge of a battery unit and suppressing deterioration. SOLUTION: A battery unit for supplying electric power for operating an entire communication control device, a communication unit for communicating with a communication terminal using a first communication means or a second communication means, and at least a first communication means are used. A current consumption monitoring unit that calculates the average current consumption consumed by the communication of the communication unit, a communication time that communicates with the communication terminal for each communication means, and a communication unit that uses the first communication means calculated by the power consumption monitoring unit. A communication control device including a control unit that calculates the total power consumption of the day based on the result of acquiring the current consumption consumed in the communication of the above, and determines the charging capacity for charging the battery unit based on the result. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication control apparatus that communicates with a communication terminal using two or more communication means, a control method for the communication control apparatus, and a program therefor.

  2. Description of the Related Art There is known a communication control device that communicates with a communication terminal using two or more communication means, and that controls the operation based on the operation status. The communication control device controls the operation of the device based on the remaining battery capacity and the communication status.

  An example of a communication control device is described in Patent Document 1. The communication control device described in Patent Document 1 calculates a time during which communication by the other wireless communication system that is not communicating during communication by one wireless communication system is possible based on the remaining battery level, and a predetermined time. In the following cases, the user is notified and the communication is disconnected.

JP 2009-033383 A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 described above disconnects communication by the wireless communication system during communication after notifying the user when the remaining amount of the battery unit reaches a predetermined value. This ensures the remaining battery capacity that can be communicated by the other wireless communication system that is not communicating, that is, the time that can be communicated by the other wireless communication system, but it is possible to control the charging operation of the battery unit. Can not. Therefore, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a problem that deterioration of the battery unit cannot be suppressed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a communication control device, a communication control device control method, and a program capable of solving the above-described problems. Specifically, an example of an object of the present invention is to provide a communication control device, a communication control device control method, and a program that can avoid full charge of a battery unit and suppress deterioration.

  A first communication control device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a battery unit that supplies power for operating the entire communication control device, and a communication unit that communicates with a communication terminal using the first communication unit or the second communication unit. A consumption current monitoring unit that calculates an average consumption current consumed by communication of the communication unit using at least the first communication unit, a communication time for communicating with the communication terminal for each communication unit, and a power consumption monitoring unit Control that calculates the total power consumption of the day based on the result of acquiring the current consumption consumed by communication of the communication unit using the first communication means, and determines the charge capacity for charging the battery unit based on the result A part.

  The control method of the first communication control apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a communication time for communicating with a communication terminal using the first communication means or the second communication means, and communication using the first communication means. The total power consumption of the day is calculated based on the result of obtaining the current consumption consumed in step, and the charging capacity for charging the battery unit is determined based on the result.

  The first program according to one aspect of the present invention is consumed by the computer using the first communication unit or the second communication unit to communicate with the communication terminal and the communication using the first communication unit. Based on the result of acquiring the consumed current, the total power consumption of the day is calculated, and based on the result, the process of determining the charge capacity for charging the battery unit is executed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to avoid the full charge of the battery unit and to suppress the deterioration.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an example of a table recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1). FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example when the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is realized by a computer apparatus. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of recording the communication time and the average current consumption in the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of determining the charge capacity of the battery unit 110 in the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of determining the charge capacity of the battery unit 110 in the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication control apparatus 101 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of switching the communication means of the communication unit 130 in the communication control apparatus 101 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication control apparatus 102 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is an example of a table recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 9). FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of operations for determining the charging capacity of the battery unit 110 and switching the communication means of the communication unit 130 in the communication control apparatus 102 according to the third embodiment.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the communication control apparatus 100 includes a battery unit 110, a current consumption monitoring unit 120, a communication unit 130, and a control unit 140.

  Next, the configuration of the communication control apparatus 100 in the first embodiment will be described.

  The battery unit 110 includes a battery that supplies power for operating the communication control apparatus 100 as a whole. Further, when the battery unit 110 receives a request for acquiring the remaining battery level, the battery unit 110 notifies the request source of the remaining battery level.

  The consumption current monitoring unit 120 is connected to the battery unit 110 and calculates an average consumption current consumed by the communication control device 100 in the case of communication of the communication unit 140 using at least the first communication unit. The first communication means is means for executing the first communication.

  The communication unit 130 communicates with one or more communication terminals using the first communication unit or the second communication unit. Here, the second communication unit is a communication unit that executes the second communication with a lower current consumption and a lower communication speed than the first communication unit. For example, the first communication by the first communication means is wireless LAN communication, and the second communication by the second communication means is BLUETOOTH (registered trademark) communication. Moreover, the communication part 130 records communication time for every communication means at the time of completion | finish of communication. The communication unit 130 accesses the predetermined communication network using the third communication unit and controls communication between the communication terminal and the predetermined communication network, but is omitted because it is out of the scope of the description of the operation of the present embodiment. To do.

  The control unit 140 includes the communication time of the day for each communication unit recorded by the communication unit 130 and the average current consumption of the first communication unit for the day calculated by the power consumption monitoring unit 120 (hereinafter referred to as the average for the first communication). Data) (referred to as current consumption). Further, based on the acquired communication time of the second communication means on the current day and the maximum value of the average current consumption in the past first communication recorded in the storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1 to be described later), the control unit 140 may calculate the estimated usage capacity of the battery unit 110 of the day used in communication using the second communication means. Here, it is assumed that the used capacity is the communication using the second communication means using the first communication means, and the data of the average current consumption in the first communication on the day is used. It is the estimated used capacity used in the second communication, calculated using Further, based on the acquired communication time (communication time of the day) of the first communication means, the average current consumption consumed by the first communication of the day, and the estimated usage capacity of the calculated day, the control unit 140 Calculates the total used capacity of the day (the used capacity of the day by the first and second communication means). The calculation result is recorded as a history of used capacity in a memory (not shown) of the control unit 140.

  In addition, the control unit 140 calculates the average of the used capacity based on the past used capacity of the battery unit 110 recorded in the storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1) described later and the calculated total used capacity on the day, The calculated use capacity is determined as a charge capacity for charging the battery unit 110. The control unit 140 includes the communication time for each of the acquired communication means, the current consumption in the predetermined communication means, the calculated estimated use capacity, the total use capacity on the day, the average use capacity, Is recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1).

  FIG. 2 is an example of a table recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1). Referring to FIG. 2, regarding each day from 6 days before to the current day, the communication time for each communication method, the average current consumption consumed in the first communication, the estimated usage capacity, and the total usage of the day The capacity and the average used capacity calculated by the control unit 140 are recorded in a table format. In FIG. 2, all the above-described information is recorded in one table, but may be distributed and recorded in a plurality of tables. In FIG. 2, information about each day from 6 days ago to the current day is recorded, but the number of days to be recorded may be arbitrarily determined by the user.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example when the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is realized by a computer apparatus. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the communication control device 100 includes a communication interface 10, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11, a main storage device 14, and a secondary storage device 15.

  The communication interface 10 constitutes an input / output interface for communication with the processing device and peripheral terminals. The communication interface 10 also includes an interface for connection control with a network (not shown) connected to the communication control apparatus 100. Specifically, the communication interface 10 of the communication control apparatus 100 operates as the communication unit 130 in the first embodiment, and executes various processes based on program control.

  The CPU 11 operates the operating system to control the entire communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Further, the CPU 11 reads a program or data from the secondary storage device 15 to the main storage device 14, for example. Specifically, the CPU 11 of the communication control apparatus 100 operates as the battery unit 110, the consumption current monitoring unit 120, and the control unit 140 in the first embodiment, and executes various processes based on program control. To do. Further, the CPU 11 of the communication control apparatus 100 is not limited to one and may include two or more.

  The main storage device 14 is a working memory based on the control of the CPU 11.

  The secondary storage device 15 is, for example, an optical disk, a flexible disk, a magnetic optical disk, an external hard disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like, and records a computer program so that it can be read by a computer. The secondary storage device 15 temporarily stores or non-temporarily stores a computer program to be executed by the communication control device 100. Therefore, the CPU 11 may read the computer program recorded in the secondary storage device 15 and operate as the battery unit 110, the current consumption monitoring unit 120, and the control unit 140 according to the program.

  The computer program may be downloaded from an external computer (not shown) connected to the communication network.

  The block diagram (FIG. 1) used in the description of the first embodiment shows functional unit blocks. These functional blocks are not limited to the computer apparatus shown in FIG. 3, and each unit may be realized by a hardware circuit. However, the means for realizing each unit included in the communication control apparatus 100 is not particularly limited. That is, the communication control apparatus 100 may be realized by one physically coupled apparatus, or may be realized by connecting two or more physically separated apparatuses by wire or wirelessly and by these plural apparatuses. Also good.

  The operation of the communication control apparatus 100 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 4, 5, and 6.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of recording the communication time and the average current consumption in the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. Note that the processing according to this flowchart may be executed based on the above-described program control by the CPU.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, when the communication unit 130 ends communication with the communication terminal, the control unit 110 confirms whether or not the communication means for communication with the communication terminal is the first communication means (step S101). If the communication means is the first communication means (YES in step S101), the control unit 140 acquires data of the average current consumption during the first communication from the current consumption monitoring unit 120 (step S102). Next, the control unit 140 records the acquired average consumption current and communication time in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1) (step S103). If the communication means is the second communication means (NO in step S101), the control unit 140 records the communication time in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1) (step S104).

  Thus, the communication control apparatus 100 ends the operation for recording the communication time and the average current consumption.

  5 and 6 are flowcharts showing an outline of the operation of determining the charge capacity of the battery unit 110 in the communication control apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. Note that the processing according to this flowchart may also be executed based on the above-described program control by the CPU.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, first, when charging of the battery unit 110 is started, the control unit 140 refers to a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1) or a table (FIG. 2) recorded in the main storage device 14. Then, it is confirmed whether or not there is a record in the communication time of the second communication means on that day (step S201). If there is a record (YES in step S201), the control unit 140 checks whether there is a record in the table for the average current consumption in the first communication on that day (step S202). If there is a record (YES in step S202), the control unit 140 refers to the communication time of the second communication means of the day and the average current consumption in the first communication of the day and multiplies them (step) S203). Next, the control unit 140 records the solution of step S203 in the table as the estimated used capacity used by the communication of the second communication means on the day (step S204). In the case of the table in FIG. 2, the control unit 140 multiplies 1 (h) of the communication time of the second communication means of the day by 200 (mA) of the average current consumption in the first communication of the day. Record 200 (mAh) of the solution in the table. When there is no record of the average current consumption in the first communication on the day in the table (NO in step S202), the control unit 140 determines the communication time of the second communication means on the day and the first communication in the table. And the maximum value of the average current consumption in the table is multiplied (step S205). Next, the control unit 140 records the solution of step S205 in the table as the estimated use capacity used by the communication of the second communication means on the day (step S206).

  Next, the control unit 140 refers to the average current consumption in the first communication on the current day in the table and the communication time of the first communication means on the current day, and multiplies them (step S207). In the case of the table of FIG. 2, the control unit 140 calculates 200 (mA) of the average current consumption in the first communication on the current day in the table and 6 (h) of the communication time of the first communication means on the current day. Multiplying to obtain 1200 (mAh) as a solution.

  Next, the control unit 140 adds the estimated used capacity of the second communication means on the current day in the table and the solution in step S207, and records the total used capacity in the table on the table (step S208). . If the estimated used capacity of the second communication means on the current day in the table is blank, the control unit 140 records the solution of step S207 as it is in the table as the total used capacity of the current day. In the case of the table of FIG. 2, the control unit 140 adds the solution of step S207, 1200 (mAh), and the estimated usage capacity of the second communication means on the day in the table, 200 (mA). 1400 (mAh) is recorded in the table as the total used capacity of the day.

  Next, the control unit 140 checks whether or not the total used capacity in the table has been recorded for all days (step S209). If all days have been recorded (YES in step S209), the control unit 140 calculates the average of the used capacity for 6 days other than the current day, multiplied by 10, then added the used capacity for that day, and divided by 11. The solution is recorded as the average used capacity (step S210). When the number of days has not been recorded (NO in step S209), the control unit 140 acquires the full charge capacity from the battery unit 110 and records it as the average used capacity (step S211).

  Next, the control unit 140 acquires the average used capacity in the table and determines it as the charge capacity (step S212). In the case of the table of FIG. 2, the control unit 140 calculates the average of the used capacity for 6 days other than the current day, and obtains 1797 (mAh) as a solution. Next, the control unit 140 adds 17400 (mAh), which is 10 times the solution 1797 (mAh), to 1400 (mAh), which is the capacity used on the day, and averages 1761 (mAh) which is the solution divided by 11 Record as used capacity. Here, the average of the used capacity is once multiplied by 10 and then divided by 11 which is 10 + 1 after adding the used capacity of the day, in order to reduce the influence of the used capacity of the day in determining the charging capacity. . The user may arbitrarily determine the value to be multiplied by the average of the used capacity. Further, the control unit 140 may calculate the average for all days up to the current day recorded in the table without considering the influence of the current usage capacity, and record it as the average used capacity.

  As described above, the communication control apparatus 100 ends the operation for determining the charge capacity of the battery unit 110. Thereafter, the battery unit 110 may charge the battery by the determined charge capacity.

  Next, effects of the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The communication control device 100 according to the present embodiment described above can avoid full charge of the battery unit and suppress deterioration.

  This is because the following configuration is included. That is, first, the control unit 140 records the total used capacity of the day. Secondly, the control unit 140 determines the charge capacity based on the recorded average of past used capacity and the used capacity of the day. Thereby, the communication control apparatus 100 can estimate the capacity to be used from the past used capacity recorded, and can charge based on the result. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the full charge of the battery unit 110 that causes the battery deterioration and to suppress the deterioration of the battery unit 110.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the description overlapping with the above description is omitted as long as the description of the present embodiment is not obscured.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication control apparatus 101 according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 7, the communication control apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 141 instead of the control unit 140 as compared with that of the first embodiment.

  In addition to the function of the control unit 140 in the first embodiment, the control unit 141 includes the remaining battery level of the battery unit 110 and the average of the consumption current monitoring unit 120 during communication of the communication unit 140 using the first communication unit. Get the current consumption. The control unit 141 calculates the remaining operation time from the acquired information. Based on the calculated remaining operating time, the control unit 141 controls the communication unit of the communication unit 130 to switch from the first communication unit to the second communication unit.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of switching the communication means of the communication unit 130 in the communication control apparatus 101 according to the second embodiment. Note that the processing according to this flowchart may also be executed based on the above-described program control by the CPU.

  As shown in FIG. 8, first, during communication using the first communication means by the communication unit 130, the control unit 141 determines the remaining battery level (mAh) of the battery unit 110 and the average current consumption from the current consumption monitoring unit 120. (MA) data is acquired (step S301).

  Next, the control unit 141 divides the acquired remaining battery level (mAh) by the average current consumption (mA), and calculates the remaining operating time (h) (step S302). If the remaining operation time (h) is less than the predetermined time (YES in step S303), the control unit 141 controls to switch the communication unit of the communication unit 130 from the first communication unit to the second communication unit. (Step S304).

  Thus, the communication control apparatus 101 ends the operation of switching the communication unit of the communication unit 130.

  Next, effects of the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The communication control apparatus 101 in the present embodiment described above can reduce the used capacity and extend the operation time.

  This is because the following configuration is included. That is, first, the control unit 141 calculates the remaining operating time based on the result of acquiring the remaining battery level and the average current consumption. Secondly, the control unit 141 switches the communication unit of the communication unit 130 from the first communication unit to the second communication unit when the calculated remaining operation time (h) is less than a predetermined time. The predetermined time can be arbitrarily set by the user. Since the second communication unit is a communication unit that communicates with a current consumption lower than that of the first communication unit, the communication control apparatus 101 can obtain an effect of reducing the used capacity and extending the operation time.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Hereinafter, the description overlapping with the above description is omitted as long as the description of the present embodiment is not obscured.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication control apparatus 102 according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  Referring to FIG. 9, the communication control apparatus 102 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 142 instead of the control unit 140 and a communication unit 132 instead of the communication unit 130 as compared with that of the first embodiment.

  In addition to the function of the communication unit 130 in the first embodiment, when the communication unit 132 receives a communication amount acquisition request, the communication unit 132 notifies the request source of the communication amount in the communication unit at the time of reception. The communication amount to be notified may be a communication amount per day or a communication amount per month. The unit of communication volume can be arbitrarily set by the user.

  In addition to the function of the control unit 140 in the first embodiment, the control unit 142 acquires the communication amount from the communication unit 132 when the battery unit 110 starts to be charged. When the acquired communication amount exceeds the predetermined communication amount, the control unit 142 changes the charging capacity to a predetermined communication switching use capacity recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 8). The user can arbitrarily set the predetermined communication amount and the predetermined communication switching use capacity. The predetermined communication switching usage capacity is set lower than the average usage capacity recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1). When the communication unit 132 is communicating using the first communication unit, the control unit 142 controls the communication unit 132 to switch the communication unit 132 from the first communication unit to the second communication unit.

  FIG. 10 is an example of a table recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 9). Referring to FIG. 10, in addition to the table elements recorded in the storage unit (not shown in FIG. 1) in the first embodiment, the communication switching usage capacity is recorded in the table. As described above, the communication switching use capacity to be recorded can be arbitrarily set by the user.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of operations for determining the charging capacity of the battery unit 110 and switching the communication means of the communication unit 130 in the communication control apparatus 102 according to the third embodiment. Note that the processing according to this flowchart may also be executed based on the above-described program control by the CPU.

  As shown in FIG. 11, first, at the start of charging of the battery unit 110, the control unit 142 performs the processing of steps S201 to S211 in the first embodiment, and records the average used capacity (step S401).

  Next, the control unit 142 acquires the communication amount from the communication unit 132 (step S402), and checks whether or not the predetermined communication amount is exceeded (step S403). If the acquired communication amount exceeds the predetermined communication amount (YES in step S403), the control unit 142 determines the charging capacity as a predetermined communication switching use capacity recorded in a storage unit (not shown in FIG. 8). (Step S404). Next, when the communication unit 132 is performing communication using the first communication unit (YES in step S405), the control unit 142 changes the communication unit of the communication unit 132 from the first communication unit to the second communication unit. It controls to switch (step S406). If the acquired communication amount does not exceed the predetermined communication amount (NO in step S403), the control unit 142 acquires the average used capacity in the table and charges the same as in step S212 in the first embodiment. The capacity is determined (step S407).

  Thus, the communication control apparatus 102 ends the operation of determining the charging capacity of the battery unit 110 and switching the communication means of the communication unit 132.

  Next, effects of the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The communication control apparatus 102 in the present embodiment described above can further suppress deterioration of the battery unit.

  This is because the following configuration is included. That is, first, the control unit 142 acquires the communication amount from the communication unit 132 and confirms whether or not the predetermined communication amount is exceeded. Second, when the acquired communication amount exceeds the predetermined communication amount, the control unit 142 determines the charging capacity as a predetermined communication switching use capacity. Thirdly, the control unit 142 controls the communication unit 132 to switch the communication unit 132 from the first communication unit to the second communication unit. As described above, the control unit 142 accesses the predetermined communication network using the third communication unit, and controls communication between the communication terminal and the predetermined communication network. At this time, when the third communication means performs communication restriction based on the communication amount, the communication control apparatus 102 restricts the communication speed of the communication terminal to the communication speed of the third communication means instead of the first communication means. Sometimes. Therefore, when the communication amount exceeds the predetermined communication amount, the control unit 142 switches the communication unit of the communication unit 132 from the first communication unit to the second communication unit in advance. In addition, since the communication unit can be switched from the first communication unit to the second communication unit with low current consumption, the control unit 142 determines the charging capacity to be a predetermined communication switching use capacity lower than the average use capacity. Thus, since the control part 142 can switch the communication means of the communication part 130 based on the amount of communication and can determine the charging capacity of the battery part 110, the communication control apparatus 101 can further suppress deterioration of a battery part. An effect is obtained.

  Each component in each embodiment of the present invention described above can be realized by a computer apparatus and firmware based on program control as well as by realizing the function in hardware. The program is provided by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a magnetic disk or a semiconductor memory, and is read by the computer when the computer is started up. The read program causes the computer to function as a component in each of the embodiments described above by controlling the operation of the computer.

  Although the present invention has been described with reference to each embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.

  For example, each component described in each of the above embodiments does not necessarily have to be individually independent. For example, for each component, a plurality of components may be realized as one module, or one component may be realized as a plurality of modules. Each component is configured such that a component is a part of another component, or a part of a component overlaps a part of another component. Also good.

  Further, in each of the embodiments described above, a plurality of operations are described in order in the form of a flowchart, but the described order does not limit the order in which the plurality of operations are executed. For this reason, when each embodiment is implemented, the order of the plurality of operations can be changed within a range that does not hinder the contents.

  Furthermore, in each embodiment described above, a plurality of operations are not limited to being executed at different timings. For example, another operation may occur during the execution of a certain operation, or the execution timing of a certain operation and another operation may partially or entirely overlap.

  Furthermore, in each of the embodiments described above, a certain operation is described as a trigger for another operation, but the description does not limit all relationships between the certain operation and the other operations. For this reason, when each embodiment is implemented, the relationship between the plurality of operations can be changed within a range that does not hinder the contents. The specific description of each operation of each component does not limit each operation of each component. For this reason, each specific operation | movement of each component may be changed in the range which does not cause trouble with respect to a functional, performance, and other characteristic in implementing each embodiment.

10 Communication interface 11 CPU
14 Main storage device 15 Secondary storage device 100, 101, 102 Communication control device 110 Battery unit 120 Current consumption monitoring unit 130, 132 Communication unit 140, 141, 142 Control unit

Claims (10)

A battery unit for supplying power for operating the entire communication control device;
A communication unit that communicates with the communication terminal using the first communication means or the second communication means;
A current consumption monitoring unit that calculates an average current consumption consumed in communication of the communication unit using at least the first communication unit;
Based on the communication time for communicating with the communication terminal for each communication means, and the result of obtaining the current consumption consumed in the communication of the communication unit using the first communication means calculated by the power consumption monitoring unit, And a control unit that calculates a total power consumption and determines a charge capacity for charging the battery unit based on the result.   The control unit determines a charging capacity for charging the battery unit based on an average value of total power consumption for a predetermined number of past days and a total power consumption for the day, and the total power consumption is recorded in a predetermined past The communication control device according to claim 1, wherein when the number of days has not been recorded, the full charge capacity of the battery unit is determined as the charge capacity. When the communication unit communicates with the communication terminal using the first communication unit, the control unit operates based on the average current consumption acquired from the current consumption monitoring unit and the remaining battery level acquired from the battery unit. Calculate the remaining time,
The control unit controls the communication unit of the communication unit to switch the communication unit of the communication unit from the first communication unit to the second communication unit when the calculated remaining operation time is less than a predetermined time. Communication control device. The control unit further acquires a communication amount from the communication unit,
The communication control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the acquired communication amount exceeds a predetermined communication amount, the charging capacity is determined as a predetermined usage capacity.   Based on the result of acquiring the communication time for communicating with the communication terminal using the first communication means or the second communication means and the current consumption consumed in the communication using the first communication means, A control method for a communication control device that calculates power consumption and determines a charge capacity for charging a battery unit based on the result.   The charging capacity for charging the battery unit is determined based on an average value of total power consumption for a predetermined past number of days and a total power consumption for the day, and the total power consumption is recorded for a predetermined past number of days. If not, the control method of the communication control device according to claim 5, wherein the full charge capacity of the battery unit is determined as the charge capacity. When communicating with the communication terminal using the first communication means, obtain the average current consumption during communication in the first communication means and the remaining battery level of the battery unit, calculate the remaining operation time,
The control method of the communication control device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein when the calculated remaining operation time is less than a predetermined time, the communication unit is controlled to be switched from the first communication unit to the second communication unit. . Get traffic,
The control unit determines that the charging capacity is a predetermined usage capacity when the acquired communication amount exceeds a predetermined communication amount, and switches the communication unit from the first communication unit to the second communication unit. The control method of the communication control apparatus according to any one of 5 to 7.   Based on the result of acquiring the communication time for communicating with the communication terminal using the first communication means or the second communication means and the current consumption consumed in the communication using the first communication means, A program for calculating power consumption and causing a computer to execute processing for determining a charging capacity for charging a battery unit based on the result.   The charging capacity for charging the battery unit is determined based on an average value of total power consumption for a predetermined past number of days and a total power consumption for the day, and the total power consumption is recorded for a predetermined past number of days. If not, the program according to claim 9, which causes a computer to execute a process of determining a full charge capacity of the battery unit as the charge capacity.

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