CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE, CHARGING CASE, CHARGING SYSTEM, CHARGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• Main Authors: YONEZAWA YOSHIHIRO, SUZUKI MISA, ASAKA HIROMITSU, UEMOTO MASAFUMI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 09.07.2020
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DEAF-AID SETS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; GENERATION; LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKEACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY

To provide a charging control device, a charging case, a charging system, a charging control method, and a program, for appropriately notifying a remaining capacity.SOLUTION: The charging control device includes: a case 10H to and from which a wireless earphone 50 can be attached and detached; a case battery 17 for charging an earphone battery 56 of the wireless earphone 50; an earphone charging circuit 22 for charging the earphone battery 56; a detection unit 32 for detecting an attachment or detachment state of the wireless earphone 50 to or from the case 10H; a prediction unit 33 for predicting a usable time of the earphone battery 56; a determination unit 35 for determining whether a time for notifying a remaining capacity of the earphone battery 56 has been reached based on a prediction result of the prediction unit 33 when the detection unit 32 detects that the wireless earphone 50 is in a detached state from the case 10H; and an output control unit 37 for performing control to output a notification regarding the remaining capacity when it is determined that the time to notify the remaining capacity has been reached.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】適切に残容量を通知する充電制御装置、充電ケース、充電システム、充電制御方法およびプログラムを提供すること。【解決手段】ワイヤレスイヤホン５０を着脱可能な筐体１０Ｈと、ワイヤレスイヤホン５０のイヤホン用バッテリ５６を充電するケース用バッテリ１７と、イヤホン用バッテリ５６を充電するイヤホン用充電回路２２と、筐体１０Ｈへのワイヤレスイヤホン５０の着脱状態を検出する検出部３２と、イヤホン用バッテリ５６の使用可能時間を予測する予測部３３と、検出部３２がワイヤレスイヤホン５０が筐体１０Ｈから取り外し状態であることを検出した場合、予測部３３の予測結果に基づいて、イヤホン用バッテリ５６の残容量を通知する時間に到達したかを判定する判定部３５と、残容量を通知する時間に到達したと判定した場合、残容量に関する通知を出力する制御を行う出力制御部３７とを備える。【選択図】図２