Patents by Inventor Daniel Joseph Dummer

Daniel Joseph Dummer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Battery management in a device with multiple batteries
    Patent number: 10591979
    Abstract: Techniques for battery management of a device having multiple batteries are described herein. In one or more implementations, management for increased battery reliability involves assessing a combination of factors that influence a control policy for multiple batteries in a battery system. Based on the assessment, values of control parameters for power management of the battery system are set to reflect a tradeoff between performance and reliability. Then, at least one of battery utilization or charge current distribution is controlled in dependence upon the values that are set. Control of the battery system can be based in part upon differences in cycle counts for multiple batteries of a battery system for a device, such that cycle counts of the multiple batteries are managed for improved reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Karan Kacker, Daniel Joseph Dummer, Wei Guo, Stephen Clifford Cooper, Ceceli Ann Wilhelmi, Minsoo Kim
  • Battery Management in a Device with Multiple Batteries
    Publication number: 20160291683
    Abstract: Techniques for battery management of a device having multiple batteries are described herein. In one or more implementations, management for increased battery reliability involves assessing a combination of factors that influence a control policy for multiple batteries in a battery system. Based on the assessment, values of control parameters for power management of the battery system are set to reflect a tradeoff between performance and reliability. Then, at least one of battery utilization or charge current distribution is controlled in dependence upon the values that are set. Control of the battery system can be based in part upon differences in cycle counts for multiple batteries of a battery system for a device, such that cycle counts of the multiple batteries are managed for improved reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Karan Kacker, Daniel Joseph Dummer, Wei Guo, Stephen Clifford Cooper, Ceceli Ann Wilhelmi, Minsoo Kim