Patent ID: 8533511
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A notebook computer, comprising: a main body; a display module disposed on the main body; a smart battery; a plurality of status indicator lights, disposed on the main body individually, wherein the status indicator lights comprises a power supply indicator light, a network indicator light, a bluetooth indicator light, a hard drive indicator light and a USB port indicator light; a function key, disposed on the main body; and an embedded controller electrically coupled to the smart battery, the status indicator lights and the function key, the embedded controller being configured for reading data of remaining capacity of the smart battery through a bus between the smart battery and the embedded controller in the condition that the display module is in a power-off state, the notebook computer is situated either in a shutdown mode or in a power saving mode and the function key is pressed so as to calculate the remaining capacity of the smart battery, thereby controlling the plurality of status indicator lights to be light on/off to display information of the remaining capacity of the smart battery, wherein the remaining capacity of the smart battery is proportional to a number of the status indicator lights lighted on, and the remaining capacity of the smart battery is full, all of the status indicator lights are lighted on; after the status indicator lights lighting on/off for a predetermined time or the function key is pressed again, the status indicator lights restore their original respective indicator functions as the power supply indicator light, the network indicator light, the bluetooth indicator light, the hard drive indicator light and the USB port indicator light respectively.