ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,778, issued on Dec. 16.
"Portable electronic device with emergency mode for low battery usage and method for using the same" was invented by Ryan Stidham (Independence, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable electronic device includes a battery reserve feature for emergency use, reserving a portion of battery power when a predefined threshold is reached. A battery detector monitors the real-time battery level, sending data to a host controller that compares it to the threshold stored in non-transitory memory. Upon reaching the threshold, a masking module signals a depleted battery state to the operating system, disabling regul...