Patent ID: 9632795
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y02D,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for monitoring a battery module, the battery module applied to an electronic device, the method comprising: reading a reported battery capacity and a battery temperature of the battery module; determining whether the reported battery capacity is smaller than a minimum capacity required for device operations; when the reported battery capacity is lower than the minimum capacity, determining whether the battery temperature is lower than a minimum temperature; in response to determining that the battery temperature is lower than the minimum temperature and the reported battery capacity is lower than the minimum capacity, generating, by a controller, a fake battery capacity and operating the electronic device according to the fake battery capacity, wherein the fake battery capacity is higher than the minimum capacity; and when the reported battery capacity is higher than the minimum capacity or the battery temperature is higher than the minimum temperature, operating the electronic device according to the reported battery capacity.