JP5901478B2 - Information processing apparatus, control method, control program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of mounting a plurality of batteries and capable of displaying a battery remaining amount image indicating the remaining amount of each battery on a display unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, it has been required to increase the capacity of a battery as a power source for a long time of use in a portable information processing device such as a mobile phone and a smartphone and diversification of usage applications. On the other hand, in recent years, a technique aiming to solve the above problem by providing a main battery and a spare sub battery has been disclosed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a battery-driven device in which a plurality of batteries are mounted inside a terminal and the batteries can be replaced while being in a power supply state.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a power supply control device that enables battery replacement during operation or during a call of a portable wireless telephone and suppresses the memory phenomenon of the battery.

JP 9-329653 A (published on December 22, 1997) JP 2000-32100 A (published January 28, 2000)

  In an information processing apparatus equipped with a battery, as shown in FIG. 9A, a battery remaining amount image 301 is often displayed on the display unit 30 to notify the user of the remaining amount of the battery. In general, as the battery remaining amount image 301, as shown in FIG. 10A, the number of rectangles represents the remaining battery amount, or the battery is displayed in percentage as shown in FIG. 10B. The one that represents the remaining amount is often used. On the other hand, when a plurality of batteries are mounted on the information processing apparatus, it is desirable that the remaining battery level to be notified is the total remaining battery level. In Patent Documents 1 and 2, for example, when there are two batteries, as shown in FIG. 9B, battery remaining images 301 a and 301 b are respectively created for the mounted batteries, and displayed on the display unit 30. it's shown.

  However, when there are a plurality of mounted batteries, as shown in FIG. 9B, the battery remaining images 301a and 301b are displayed on the display unit 30 for each battery. 9, that is, as shown in FIG. 9A, compared to the case where only one battery remaining amount image 301 is displayed on the display unit 30, the battery remaining amount display on the display unit 30 is displayed. There has been a problem that the size of an area to be used (hereinafter, remaining amount display area) becomes large.

  In particular, in information processing apparatuses such as portable information terminals, downsizing is required for the sake of convenience, and the size of the display unit is limited, so the size of the remaining amount display area must be suppressed. . Therefore, the above problem is particularly serious. As a solution to this problem, a method of reducing the battery remaining amount image is conceivable. However, if the battery remaining amount image is reduced, the visibility deteriorates, and the user's comfortable use is impaired.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to suppress the size of the battery remaining amount display area when a plurality of batteries are mounted, and to make it easy for the user to make a total remaining battery. An information processing apparatus or the like that can check the amount display and the state of the battery is realized.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is capable of mounting a plurality of batteries, and displays information on a battery remaining amount image indicating a remaining battery amount of at least one battery on a display unit. A processing device for displaying the battery remaining amount image on the display unit; and whether a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value. And when the number of batteries determined by the battery remaining capacity determining means to exceed the threshold value is one, the battery remaining capacity determining means for When there are a plurality of batteries that are displayed on the display unit as the remaining battery level image and determined by the battery remaining level determination means to exceed the threshold value, the remaining battery level of the plurality of batteries is used as the second remaining battery level image. Displayed on the display unit, the second battery remaining Image, a first area for displaying the remaining amount of the battery during use, at least partially overlaps the said first region, and a second area for displaying the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries.

  In addition, the control method of the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is a control of the information processing apparatus that can mount a plurality of batteries and displays a battery remaining amount image indicating the remaining battery capacity of at least one battery on the display unit. A display control step for displaying the battery remaining amount image on the display unit, and whether or not a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value. A battery remaining capacity determining step for determining, and in the display control step, when there is one battery determined to exceed the threshold value in the battery remaining capacity determining step, When there are a plurality of batteries that are displayed on the display unit as one battery remaining amount image and are determined to exceed the threshold in the remaining battery amount determining step, the remaining battery amounts of the plurality of batteries are determined as the second remaining battery amount. The above display as a quantity image The second battery remaining amount image is displayed at least partially overlapping the first region displaying the remaining amount of the battery in use, and the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries. And a second area to be displayed.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, in an information processing apparatus in which a plurality of batteries are mounted, a battery remaining image (first battery remaining image) in the case where there is only one usable battery, and use is possible. One of the remaining battery level images (second remaining battery level image) when there are a plurality of batteries is displayed on the display unit, and the size of the display area of the second remaining battery level image is displayed. As a result, it is possible to suppress the size of the battery remaining amount display area on the display unit and to allow the user to easily display the total remaining amount of the battery and check the state of the battery.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the mobile telephone which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the battery residual amount image displayed on the display part of the said mobile phone. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the change of the said battery remaining image. It is a schematic diagram which shows another example of the change of the said battery remaining image. It is a schematic diagram which shows the data structure and example of data of the corresponding information with which the said mobile phone is provided. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the said battery remaining image which can identify a battery in use. It is a schematic diagram which shows another example of the said battery remaining image which can identify a battery in use. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process in the said mobile telephone. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the image displayed on the display part of the conventional information processing apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the battery residual amount image displayed on the display part of the conventional information processing apparatus.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  A mobile phone will be described as an example of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention. Note that the present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus including a battery as a power source, such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, in addition to the above mobile phone. In addition, dimensional relationships such as length, size, and width and shapes in the drawings are appropriately changed for clarity and simplification of the drawings, and do not represent actual dimensions and shapes.

[Outline of mobile phone]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The mobile phone 1 is an information processing apparatus that can be equipped with a plurality of batteries and displays a remaining battery level image indicating the remaining battery level of at least one battery, and causes the display unit 13 to display the remaining battery level image. A display control unit 125; and a battery remaining amount determination unit 123 that determines whether or not a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value. 125, when the battery remaining amount determining unit 123 determines that there is one battery that exceeds the threshold value, causes the display unit 13 to display the battery remaining amount of only the battery as the first battery remaining amount image, When there are a plurality of batteries determined by the remaining battery level determination unit 123 to exceed the threshold, the remaining battery level of the plurality of batteries is displayed on the display unit 13 as a second remaining battery level image, and the second The battery level image shows the remaining battery in use. The main characteristic is that it is composed of an in-use battery remaining area for displaying, and a total remaining area for displaying at least a part of the used battery remaining area and displaying the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries. It is a processing device.

  In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a mobile phone 1 equipped with two batteries as a plurality of batteries will be described. However, there is no intention to limit the number of batteries that can be mounted to two.

  Before explaining the details of the configuration of the mobile phone 1, an example of a characteristic battery remaining amount image of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a battery remaining amount image. This example shows a second battery remaining amount image. A battery remaining amount image 201 shown in FIG. 2 includes a total remaining amount area (first area) 2011 and a remaining battery remaining area (second area). Area) 2012. The total remaining amount area 2011 displays the total remaining amount (hereinafter referred to as the total remaining amount) in the two batteries mounted on the mobile phone 1. Also, the in-use battery remaining amount area 2012 displays the remaining amount of the battery that is currently supplying power to the mobile phone 1 (hereinafter, in-use battery) out of the two batteries.

  In FIG. 2, the total remaining amount area 2011 is arranged inside the in-use battery remaining area 2012. That is, the area for displaying the remaining amount of the battery remaining amount image that is generally used is the total remaining amount region 2011 in the battery remaining amount image 201 according to the present embodiment. Although there is no intention to limit the remaining battery level image 201 to this configuration, when the mobile phone 1 is configured to automatically switch the battery in use, the user can easily understand the remaining battery level intuitively. Therefore, the above configuration is preferable.

  Further, the battery remaining amount image 201 in the present embodiment represents the battery remaining amount by the number of rectangles, but is not intended to be limited to this format. For example, the battery remaining amount image 201 may represent the battery remaining amount by a percentage display. .

  3 and 4 are schematic diagrams illustrating an example of a change in the battery remaining amount image. In this example, the percentage of the total remaining amount and the battery remaining amount image 201 are associated with each other. As shown in FIG. 3, the total remaining amount area 2011 is composed of three rectangles, and as the percentage of the total remaining amount decreases, the number of rectangles decreases from (a) to (c) in FIG. ) Will decrease. When the total remaining amount is further reduced from the state shown in FIG. 3C, the color of the rectangle may be changed as shown in FIG.

  Also, in the example shown in FIG. 4A, the color of the in-use battery remaining capacity region 2012 changes as the percentage of the in-use battery remaining capacity decreases. On the other hand, as in the example shown in FIG. 4B, a form in which the area of the in-use battery remaining area 2012 decreases may be used.

  Note that the changes in the battery remaining amount images shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are examples, and are not intended to be limited to these formats.

  On the other hand, the first battery remaining amount image has only one battery determined to exceed the threshold, that is, only one battery that can be used. May be displayed.

  As described above, according to the mobile phone 1, the second battery remaining amount image displayed when the remaining amount of the plurality of batteries exceeds the threshold is the used battery remaining amount that displays the remaining amount of the used battery. Since the area 2012 and the total remaining capacity area 2011 for displaying the total remaining capacity of a plurality of batteries are included, the user can simultaneously check the remaining battery capacity in use and the total remaining battery capacity. Can do.

  In addition, since the total remaining amount area 2011 is displayed so as to be included in the in-use battery remaining amount area 2012, as compared with the case where each of the two remaining battery amounts is displayed in an independent display area, The display size of the remaining battery level can be reduced.

  The total remaining area 2011 does not have to be included in the in-use battery remaining area 2012, and even if these areas overlap at least partly, the contents displayed in the respective areas can be recognized. it can. Therefore, in this case as well, the battery remaining amount image displayed on the display unit is an area where the image indicating the remaining battery level in use and the image indicating the total remaining battery capacity are not overlapped with each other. Since the size of the overlapping portion of the used battery remaining amount area 2012 and the total remaining battery charge area 2011 can be reduced as compared with the display, when two battery remaining amounts are displayed in independent display areas, respectively. In comparison, the display size of the remaining battery level can be reduced.

  In addition, the first battery remaining amount image displayed when only the remaining amount of one battery exceeds the threshold value displays only the remaining amount of the battery in use, so that the user can easily recognize the remaining amount of the battery. It is an image. Furthermore, since the image is different from the image displayed when all the batteries are usable, the user can easily recognize that one battery cannot be used.

  Thereby, there is an effect that the size of the display area of the battery remaining amount on the display unit can be reduced, and the user can easily check the display of the total remaining amount and the state of the battery.

[Configuration of mobile phone]
Next, with reference to FIG. 1, the structure of the main part of the mobile phone 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 is configured to include at least a power supply unit 11, a control unit 12, a display unit 13, and a storage unit 14. Furthermore, although not shown, the mobile phone 1 includes various parts that are normally provided in the mobile phone, such as an input unit, a communication unit, a voice input unit, a voice output unit, a broadcast image receiving unit, and a GPS (Global Positioning System). It may be.

  The power supply unit 11 is a device that stores a battery and supplies power to the mobile phone 1. In this embodiment, as described above, a plurality of batteries 111a and batteries 111b can be stored, and power is supplied to the mobile phone 1 from one of the stored batteries 111a and 111b.

  Next, the display unit 13 is a display device that displays information processed by the mobile phone 1. For example, the display unit 13 displays information processed by the display control unit 125 described later. The display unit 13 is configured by a display device such as an LCD (liquid crystal display).

  Next, the storage unit 14 includes (1) a control program executed by the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 1, (2) an OS (Operating System) program executed by the control unit 12, and (3) the control unit 12 performs information processing. An application program for executing various functions of the apparatus, and (4) various data read when executing the application program are stored non-temporarily. For example, the data (1) to (4) are stored in ROM (read only memory), flash memory, EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM), EEPROM (registered trademark) (Electrically EPROM), HDD (Hard Disc Drive), etc. Stored in the device.

  The storage unit 14 particularly includes a battery remaining amount image storage unit 141. The battery remaining amount image storage unit 141 stores correspondence information in which the percentage of the remaining amount and the remaining battery amount image 201 are associated with each other. The data structure and data example of the battery remaining amount image storage unit 141 will be described later.

  Note that the mobile phone 1 may include a temporary storage unit (not shown). The temporary storage unit is a so-called working memory that temporarily stores data used for calculation, calculation results, and the like in the course of various processes executed by the mobile phone 1, and is composed of a storage device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory). Is done.

  Further, which data is stored in which storage device is appropriately determined from the purpose of use of the information processing device, convenience, cost, physical restrictions, and the like.

  Next, the control unit 12 performs overall control of each unit included in the mobile phone 1. The control unit 12 includes at least a remaining battery level determination unit 123, a display format determination unit 124, and a display control unit 125. Furthermore, it is preferable that the battery remaining amount detection part 121 and the use battery specific | specification part 122 are included as shown in the figure.

  Each functional block of the control unit 12 described above is stored in, for example, a storage device (storage unit 14) in which a central processing unit (CPU) is realized by a read only memory (ROM), a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), or the like. This can be realized by reading the stored program into a RAM (random access memory) (not shown) and executing it.

  The battery remaining amount detecting unit (battery remaining amount detecting means) 121 detects the battery voltage of the battery 111a and the battery 111b stored in the power supply unit 11, and sets the remaining amount of the battery as a numerical value (hereinafter, remaining amount value). Is to be calculated. The battery remaining amount detection unit 121 supplies the detected remaining amount values of the battery 111a and the battery 111b to the battery remaining amount determination unit 123 described later.

  Next, the used battery specifying unit (used battery specifying unit) 122 specifies which of the battery 111a and the battery 111b stored in the power supply unit 11 is a battery in use. The used battery identification unit 122 supplies the identification information of the battery in use to the display format determination unit 124 described later.

  Next, the battery remaining amount determination unit (battery remaining amount determination means) 123 determines the remaining amount values of the battery 111a and the battery 111b. Specifically, the battery remaining amount determination unit 123 first determines whether or not the remaining amount values of the battery 111a and the battery 111b supplied from the battery remaining amount detection unit 121 exceed a threshold value. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not there are a plurality of batteries exceeding the threshold value, and the determination result is supplied to the display format determination unit 124 described later.

  The threshold value may be set as appropriate, but it is preferable to set the threshold value to the lowest value that can supply power to the mobile phone 1 in the remaining battery level. Thereby, it can be determined whether the battery can be used.

  The display format determination unit (remaining battery level image determining unit) 124 determines the remaining battery level image 201 to be displayed on the display unit 13 of the mobile phone 1. Specifically, the display format determination unit 124 receives the determination result from the remaining battery level determination unit 123, and when there are a plurality of batteries exceeding the threshold, the remaining battery level indicating the total remaining amount and the remaining battery level in use. The display format is determined for the multiple battery display for displaying the quantity image 201 (second battery remaining amount image). On the other hand, if there is only one battery that exceeds the threshold, the display format is determined for the single battery display that displays the battery remaining image 201 (first battery remaining image) indicating the remaining amount of only the battery in use. To do.

  In addition, it is necessary to use different images so that the user can identify each of the remaining battery level image 201 of the multiple battery display and the remaining battery level image 201 of the single battery display.

  In addition, the display format determination unit 124 is in use from the remaining amount values of the batteries 111 a and 111 b supplied from the remaining battery level detection unit 121 and the used battery specification information supplied from the used battery specification unit 122. Determine the battery level.

  Further, the display format determining unit 124 includes a battery remaining amount integrating unit (battery remaining amount integrating unit) 1241. When the display format determination unit 124 determines to display a plurality of batteries, the battery remaining amount integration unit 1241 integrates the battery voltages of the battery 111a and the battery 111b detected by the battery remaining amount detection unit 121, and the battery 111a, And the sum of the remaining amount values of 111b (hereinafter, the total remaining amount value) is calculated.

  The display format determination unit 124 then determines the total remaining battery level calculated by the battery remaining amount integration unit 1241 when the determined display format and the remaining battery level value of the battery in use are displayed. Each piece of information such as a quantity value is supplied to the display control unit 125 described later.

  Finally, the display control unit (display control unit) 125 displays various images on the display unit 13. Specifically, the display control unit 125 reads an appropriate remaining battery level image 201 from the remaining battery level image storage unit 141 based on the information supplied from the display format determination unit 124 and causes the display unit 13 to display it.

  Specifically, when there is one battery that is determined by the battery remaining amount determination unit 123 to exceed the threshold value, the display control unit 125 displays the battery remaining amount of only the battery as a first battery remaining amount image. When there are a plurality of batteries that are displayed on the display unit 13 and determined that the remaining battery level determination unit 123 exceeds the threshold value, the remaining battery level of the plurality of batteries is used as a second remaining battery level image. 13 is displayed.

  Thereby, the remaining battery power image (first battery remaining image) when there is one usable battery and the remaining battery power image (second battery remaining image) when there are a plurality of usable batteries. Any one of the images) is displayed on the display unit 13, so that the user can confirm at a glance whether the number of usable batteries is one or plural.

  In addition, the second battery remaining amount image includes a first area for displaying the remaining battery level in use, and a second area for displaying the total remaining battery capacity in the first area. Therefore, it is possible to display in a display area having almost the same size as the display area of the first battery remaining amount image.

[Configuration of battery remaining image storage unit]
Next, the data structure and data example of the remaining battery level image storage unit 141 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure and a data example of the battery remaining amount image storage unit 141. Note that the data structure shown in FIG. 5 is an example, and there is no intention to limit the data structure to a table format.

  Here, (a) in FIG. 5 is an example of a table that the display control unit 125 refers to in the case of multiple battery display, and (b) in FIG. 5 refers to the display control unit 125 in the case of single cell display. It is an example of a table. A combination of these tables exists for each battery. For example, FIG. 5 is an example of a table that the display control unit 125 refers to when the battery in use is specified as the battery 111a.

  In FIG. 5A, the “total battery remaining amount” column stores information indicating the integrated value range of the remaining amount of the battery 111a and the battery 111b. In FIG. 5B, information “60-100%” and “30-60%” is stored as the integrated value range, but this is an example, and the integrated value range is included in this range. It is not limited.

  5A and 5B, the “battery remaining amount” column stores information indicating the remaining amount range of the battery, for example, the battery 111a in FIG. Note that the information stored in the “remaining battery level” column is not limited to the range shown in FIG.

  Further, in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the “remaining battery image” column stores an image of the remaining battery image 201. For example, the battery remaining amount image 201a is associated with the total battery remaining amount “60-100%” and the remaining battery amount “20-100%”. In this case, the remaining amount value of the battery 111a calculated by the remaining battery amount detection unit 121 is in the range of 20 to 100%, and the remaining amount value of the battery 111a calculated by the remaining battery amount integration unit 1241 and the remaining amount of the battery 111b are calculated. If the total with the quantity value is within the range of 60 to 100%, the display control unit 125 reads the battery remaining amount image 201a.

[Battery distinction]
It is desirable to use different images for the battery remaining amount image 201 depending on whether the battery in use is the battery 111a or the battery 111b. By using different images, the user can easily identify the battery in use and can be used as a guide for charging or battery replacement.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a battery remaining amount image that can identify a battery in use in the case of single cell display. The unit cell display only needs to display the remaining battery level in use, and therefore, the battery based on the general battery remaining level image 301 as shown in FIG. 10 (a) and FIG. 10 (b). The remaining image 201 may be used. Here, the battery remaining amount image 201 when the battery in use is the battery 111a is shown in FIG. At this time, as the battery remaining amount image 201 when the battery in use is the battery 111b, for example, FIG. 6B in which the color of the rectangle is different, FIG. 6C in which a shape other than the rectangle is used, 6 (d) and the like having different patterns. Further, as shown in (e) of FIG. 6 and (f) of FIG. 6, different characters may be displayed in the battery remaining amount image 201 for distinction.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a battery remaining amount image that can identify a battery in use in the case of a multiple battery display. In the case of a multiple battery display, the battery 111a and the battery 111b can be distinguished by changing the in-use battery remaining area 2012. Here, the battery remaining amount image 201 when the battery in use is the battery 111a is assumed to be (a) in FIG. At this time, as the battery remaining amount image 201 when the used battery is the battery 111b, for example, FIG. 7B in which the color of the used battery remaining region 2012 is different, FIG. 7C in which the shape is different, and (D) of FIG. 7 from which a pattern differs is mentioned. Further, as shown in (e) of FIG. 7 and (f) of FIG. 7, different characters may be displayed in the in-use battery remaining capacity area 2012 for distinction.

  Further, the battery in use may be indicated by changing the total remaining amount area 2011. For example, the in-use battery may be indicated by changing the color or shape of the total remaining area 2011 depending on whether the in-use battery is the battery 111a or the battery 111b.

  In the present application, as described above, the display control unit 125 includes a plurality of battery remaining images (first battery remaining images) when there is one usable battery and a plurality of usable batteries. Any of the remaining battery level images (second battery level images) is controlled to be displayed on the display unit 13. In this case, the display control unit 125 causes the display unit 13 to display a battery remaining amount image as described in FIGS. 2 to 5 and FIG. 7 as the second battery remaining amount image, so that the first battery remaining amount image is displayed. As the image, the battery remaining image of one battery as shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. 9A is displayed on the display unit 13.

[Battery remaining image determination process flow]
Next, an example of the remaining battery level image determination process in the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process flow in the mobile phone 1.

  First, the remaining amount of each battery is detected (S101). Here, the battery remaining amount detection unit 121 detects the remaining amount value from the battery voltages of the battery 111 a and the battery 111 b stored in the power supply unit 11.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether there are a plurality of batteries having a remaining amount exceeding the threshold (S103). Here, the remaining battery level determination unit 123 determines whether or not the threshold value is exceeded for each of the remaining battery level values of the battery 111a and the battery 111b, and further determines whether or not there are a plurality of batteries exceeding the threshold value. .

  If there are a plurality of batteries exceeding the threshold (YES in S103), the remaining amount of each battery is integrated (S105). Here, the display format determining unit 124 determines the display format to be a multiple battery display, and the battery remaining amount integrating unit 1241 integrates the battery voltages of the batteries 111a and 111b to calculate the total remaining amount value.

  Subsequently, an in-use battery is specified (S107). Here, the used battery specifying unit 122 specifies which of the battery 111a and the battery 111b is an in-use battery.

  On the other hand, when only one battery exceeds the threshold (NO in S103), the battery in use is specified (S107). In addition, the process which specifies a battery in use should just be performed by determining a display image, for example, may be performed before the process (S101) which detects the residual amount of each battery.

  Subsequently, a display image is determined (S109). Here, the display control unit 125 displays the determined display format supplied from the display format determination unit 124, the remaining battery level value in use, and, if the determined display format is a multiple battery display, the remaining battery level. Based on each information such as the total remaining amount value calculated by the amount integrating unit 1241, the appropriate remaining battery amount image 201 is read from the remaining battery amount image storage unit 141.

  Specifically, when the determined display format is a multiple battery display, the remaining battery level image shown in FIG. 2 or the like is read from the remaining battery level image storage unit 141 as the second remaining battery level image, and the determined display is displayed. When the format is one battery display, the battery remaining amount image shown in FIG. 6 or 9A is read out from the remaining battery amount image storage unit 141 as the first remaining battery amount image.

  Finally, a display image is displayed (S111). Here, the display control unit 125 causes the display unit 13 to display the read battery remaining amount image 201.

[Summary]
As described above, the information processing apparatus (mobile phone 1) according to one embodiment of the present invention can be equipped with a plurality of batteries (111a, 111b), and a remaining battery level image (201) indicating the remaining battery level of at least one battery. Is displayed on the display unit (13), the display control unit (display control unit 125) for displaying the battery remaining amount image on the display unit, and the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries is quantified. Battery remaining amount determining means (battery remaining amount determining unit 123) for determining whether or not the remaining amount value exceeds a predetermined threshold, and the display control means includes the battery remaining amount determining means. When there is one battery that is determined to exceed the threshold, the remaining battery level of only that battery is displayed on the display unit as a first remaining battery level image, and the battery remaining capacity determination unit determines that the threshold is exceeded. If there are multiple batteries, The remaining battery level of the battery is displayed on the display unit as a second remaining battery level image, and the second remaining battery level image is displayed in a first area (remaining used battery level) that displays the remaining battery level. A volume area 2012) and a second area (total remaining capacity area 2011) at least partially overlapping the first area and displaying the total remaining capacity of the plurality of batteries.

  In addition, the control method of the information processing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is a control of the information processing apparatus that can mount a plurality of batteries and displays a battery remaining amount image indicating the remaining battery capacity of at least one battery on the display unit. A display control step (S111) for displaying the battery remaining amount image on the display unit, and whether a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value. A battery remaining amount determining step (S103) for determining whether or not there is only one battery that is determined to exceed the threshold in the battery remaining amount determining step in the display control step. When the battery remaining amount is displayed on the display unit as a first battery remaining amount image and there are a plurality of batteries determined to exceed the threshold in the battery remaining amount determining step, the remaining battery amounts of the plurality of batteries The second battery The second battery remaining amount image is displayed as a quantity image on the display unit, and the second battery remaining amount image includes at least a part of the first region for displaying the remaining amount of the battery in use and the first region. And a second area for displaying the total remaining battery capacity.

  According to the above configuration, first, it is determined whether or not the remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value. Here, when it is determined that the threshold value is exceeded for only one battery, the image displayed on the display unit is determined as the first battery remaining amount image. On the other hand, when it is determined that the threshold is exceeded for a plurality of batteries, the image displayed on the display unit is determined as the second battery remaining amount image.

  Thereby, the remaining battery power image (first battery remaining image) when there is one usable battery and the remaining battery power image (second battery remaining image) when there are a plurality of usable batteries. Any one of the images) is displayed on the display unit 13, so that the user can confirm at a glance whether the number of usable batteries is one or plural.

  The second battery remaining amount image is a first region that displays the remaining amount of the battery in use and a first region that at least partially overlaps the first region and displays the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries. It consists of two areas.

  Therefore, when it is determined that the threshold is exceeded for only one battery, that is, when there is only one battery with sufficient remaining capacity, and when it is determined that the threshold is exceeded for a plurality of batteries, That is, the battery remaining amount image displayed when there are sufficient remaining amounts in a plurality of batteries is changed. Therefore, the user can determine the presence or absence of an unusable battery only by confirming the battery remaining amount image.

  In addition, the user can check the remaining battery level currently in use and the total remaining battery level including the remaining battery level currently in use from one battery level image.

  According to the above configuration, the second battery remaining amount image includes the first region displaying the remaining amount of the battery in use and the second region displaying the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries. The user can check the remaining battery level in use and the remaining battery level at the same time.

  In addition, since the second area is at least partially overlapped with the first area, the battery remaining amount image displayed on the display unit includes an image indicating the remaining amount of the battery in use, and a plurality of images. The size of the overlapping portion between the first region and the second region can be reduced as compared with the case where the image indicating the total remaining amount of the battery is independently displayed in a region that does not overlap each other.

  Thereby, the size of the display area of the battery remaining amount in the display unit is suppressed, and the user can easily check the remaining amount display.

  Therefore, the size of the battery remaining amount display area can be reduced, and the user can easily check the remaining amount display.

  Furthermore, in the information processing device according to one aspect of the present invention, the battery remaining amount image may be an image in which the first area includes all of the second area in the first area. .

  According to the above configuration, the entire second region is included in the first region.

  Thereby, the battery remaining amount image can be further reduced in size. Therefore, the size of the battery remaining amount display area in the display unit can be further suppressed.

  An information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention detects a battery voltage of each of the plurality of batteries, and calculates a remaining battery amount detection unit (a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount from the detected battery voltage). A battery remaining amount detection unit 121) may be further provided.

  According to the above configuration, the battery voltage is detected in each of the plurality of batteries, and the remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount is calculated from the detected battery voltage.

  Thereby, since the remaining amount of the battery can be obtained as a numerical value, the user can easily grasp the remaining amount of the battery.

  The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention provides the battery voltages of the plurality of batteries detected by the battery remaining amount detection unit when the battery remaining amount image is determined to be the second battery remaining amount image. A battery remaining amount integrating means (battery remaining amount integrating unit 1241) that integrates and calculates a total remaining amount value that is a total value of remaining amounts of a plurality of batteries may be further provided.

  According to the above configuration, when the battery remaining amount image is determined to be the second battery remaining amount image, the detected battery voltages of the plurality of batteries are integrated, and the total remaining amount that is the total value of the remaining amounts of the plurality of batteries. By calculating the value, the remaining amount of the entire battery can be obtained as a numerical value.

  The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention may further include a use battery specifying unit (use battery specifying unit 122) that specifies a battery that supplies power to the information processing apparatus from the plurality of batteries. .

  According to the above configuration, by identifying the battery that is supplying power to the information processing apparatus from the plurality of batteries, information on the battery that is currently supplying power to the information processing apparatus can be obtained.

  The information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention provides the information regarding the remaining battery value calculated by the remaining battery charge detecting unit and the information on the battery in use specified by the used battery specifying unit. You may further provide the battery remaining charge image determination means which determines a 1st battery remaining charge image.

  According to the above configuration, the first battery remaining amount image is determined according to the remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount detecting unit and the information on the battery in use specified by the used battery specifying unit.

  That is, the user can recognize the currently used battery by looking at the battery remaining amount image displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the user can specify the usable battery and the unusable battery only by looking at the battery remaining amount image.

  Furthermore, in the information processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention, the battery remaining amount image determining unit is configured to use the remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount detecting unit and the used battery specified by the used battery specifying unit. The second battery remaining amount image may be determined according to the battery information and the total remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount integrating means.

  According to the above configuration, the remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount detecting unit, the information on the battery in use specified by the used battery specifying unit, and the total remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount integrating unit In response, the second battery remaining amount image is determined.

  Thereby, the user can recognize the battery in use, the battery remaining in use, and the total battery remaining only by looking at the battery remaining image.

  Note that the information processing apparatus may be realized by a computer. In this case, a control program for the information processing apparatus that causes the information processing apparatus to be realized by the computer by causing the computer to operate as the above-described units, and A computer-readable recording medium on which it is recorded also falls within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[Example of software implementation]
Finally, each block of the mobile phone 1, in particular, the remaining battery level detection unit 121, the used battery identification unit 122, the remaining battery level determination unit 123, the display format determination unit 124, and the display control unit 125 are integrated circuits (IC chips). ) It may be realized in hardware by the logic circuit formed above, or may be realized in software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, the mobile phone 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program, the program, and various types of programs. A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing data is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program for the mobile phone 1 which is software for realizing the above-described functions is recorded so as to be readable by a computer. This can also be achieved by supplying the mobile phone 1 and reading and executing the program code recorded on the recording medium by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include non-transitory tangible medium, such as magnetic tape and cassette tape, magnetic disk such as floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and CD-ROM / MO. Discs including optical discs such as / MD / DVD / CD-R, cards such as IC cards (including memory cards) / optical cards, semiconductor memories such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM (registered trademark) / flash ROM Alternatively, logic circuits such as PLD (Programmable Logic Device) and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) can be used.

  The mobile phone 1 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited as long as it can transmit the program code. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, and the like can be used. The transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, even with wired lines such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, and ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), IEEE 802.11 wireless, HDR ( It can also be used by radio such as High Data Rate (NFC), Near Field Communication (NFC), Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), mobile phone network, satellite line, and digital terrestrial network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention can be applied to an information processing apparatus including a battery as a power source. In particular, it can be suitably used for information processing apparatuses such as mobile phones, smartphones, tablet PCs, and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).

1 Mobile phone (information processing device)
13 Display part 111a Battery 111b Battery 121 Battery remaining charge detection part (Battery remaining charge detection means)
122 Used battery specifying unit (used battery specifying means)
123 Battery remaining capacity determination unit (battery remaining capacity determination means)
124 display format determining unit (battery remaining image determining means)
125 Display control unit (display control means)
201 Battery level image 1241 Battery level integration unit (Battery level integration means)
2011 Total remaining area (second area)
2012 In-use battery remaining capacity area (first area)

Claims (10)

An information processing apparatus capable of mounting a plurality of batteries and displaying a remaining battery level image indicating a remaining battery level of at least one battery on a display unit,
Display control means for displaying the battery remaining amount image on the display unit;
Battery remaining amount determination means for determining whether the remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold value,
The display control means includes
When there is one battery determined by the battery remaining capacity determining means to exceed the threshold, the battery remaining amount of only the battery is displayed on the display unit as a first battery remaining image,
When there are a plurality of batteries determined by the battery remaining capacity determination means to exceed the threshold, the remaining battery power of the plurality of batteries is displayed on the display unit as a second battery remaining image,
The second battery remaining amount image includes a first region that displays the remaining amount of the battery in use and a first region that at least partially overlaps the first region and displays the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries. An information processing apparatus comprising two regions.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the battery remaining amount image is an image in which the first area includes all of the second area in the first area.   The battery remaining amount detecting means for detecting a battery voltage of each of the plurality of batteries and calculating a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount from the detected battery voltage. The information processing apparatus described in 1.   When the battery remaining amount image is determined to be the second battery remaining amount image, the battery voltages of the plurality of batteries detected by the battery remaining amount detecting means are integrated, and a total value of the remaining amounts of the plurality of batteries is obtained. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising battery remaining amount integration means for calculating a total remaining amount value.   The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a used battery specifying unit that specifies a battery that supplies power to the information processing apparatus from the plurality of batteries.   The battery remaining amount that determines the first battery remaining amount image according to the remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount detecting unit and the information on the battery in use specified by the used battery specifying unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a quantity image determination unit.   The battery remaining amount image determining means is calculated by the remaining amount value calculated by the battery remaining amount detecting means, information on the battery in use specified by the used battery specifying means, and the battery remaining amount integrating means. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the second battery remaining amount image is determined according to the total remaining amount value. A control method of an information processing apparatus that can mount a plurality of batteries and displays a battery remaining amount image indicating a battery remaining amount of at least one battery on a display unit,
A display control step for displaying the battery remaining amount image on the display unit;
A battery remaining amount determining step for determining whether or not a remaining amount value obtained by quantifying the remaining amount of each of the plurality of batteries exceeds a predetermined threshold;
In the display control step,
When there is one battery determined to exceed the threshold in the battery remaining amount determining step, the battery remaining amount of only the battery is displayed on the display unit as a first battery remaining image,
When there are a plurality of batteries determined to exceed the threshold in the remaining battery level determination step, the remaining battery level of the plurality of batteries is displayed on the display unit as a second remaining battery level image,
The second battery remaining amount image includes a first region that displays the remaining amount of the battery in use and a first region that at least partially overlaps the first region and displays the total remaining amount of the plurality of batteries. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising two regions.   A control program for operating a computer included in the information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the control program causes the computer to function as each unit.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 9 is recorded.

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