Patent ID: 9748765
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H01M,H02J,Y02E

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, for a device having multiple batteries, an amount of load power being consumed by the device to operate; determining, for at least some of the multiple batteries, an efficiency at which the battery is capable of providing power; determining, via an algorithm and based on the respective efficiencies of at least some of the multiple batteries, an allocation of the load power to the multiple batteries effective to maximize an efficiency at which the multiple batteries power the device, the algorithm including one of a variable-weighted algorithm, a sequential algorithm, a least-resistance algorithm, or a threshold algorithm; and drawing, from each of the multiple batteries via multiplexing circuitry and based on the determined allocation, a respective portion of the load power to power the device, the drawing of the respective portions of the load power comprising causing the multiplexing circuitry to switch, based on the determined allocation, between the multiple batteries to distribute consumption of the load power among the multiple batteries.