METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE PIN INCLUDED IN INTERFACE SO AS TO SWITCH TO OPEN STATE IN RESPONSE TO MOISTURE DETECTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20210305805A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-30

    申请号:US17267009

    申请日:2019-08-01

    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing; an interface connected to the housing or exposed through the housing and comprising at least one configuration channel (CC) pin; a circuit disposed inside the housing, comprising a current generator and a comparator, and electrically connected to the interface; a processor disposed inside the housing and operatively connected to the interface and the circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory cause the processor, when executed, to detect moisture corresponding to the at least one CC pin on the basis of the comparator while the at least one CC pin is connected to the current generator and to control at least one switch disposed between the current generator and the at least one CC pin, in response to detection of the moisture, thereby conducting switching such that the at least one CC pin is not connected to the current generator. Other embodiments are also possible.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PREVENTING DAMAGE OF USB DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210034127A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16941973

    申请日:2020-07-29

    Abstract: The present application provides an electronic device for preventing a universal serial bus (USB) device from being damaged, and an operating method therefor. The electronic device includes a universal serial bus (USB) connector connectable to at least one of a charging device and a USB device through a dual gender, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the USB connector. The at least one processor is configured to detect a connection of the charging device and the USB device to the electronic device through the USB connector, in response to the connection of the charging device and the USB device to the electronic device, determine a charging voltage satisfying a designated condition, and request the charging device to provide the determined charging voltage through the USB connector.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING DETECTION OF TYPE-C USB CONNECTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230152873A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US18153666

    申请日:2023-01-12

    Inventor: Kyoungwon KIM

    CPC classification number: G06F1/3215 G06F13/385 G06F2213/0042

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector including multiple conductive terminals, a battery, and a power control circuit electrically connected to the connector and the battery, wherein the power control circuit controls a value corresponding to electrical information on a first conductive terminal among the multiple conductive terminals so that a first time interval during which a first value is maintained and a second time interval during which a second value is maintained after the first time interval are alternated for each time interval among the multiple time intervals, identify, in response to the connection of the electronic device to the external device through the cable connected to the connector, whether a size of a time, during which the value is maintained as one of the first value or the second value, is smaller than a designated value, and select a first method.

    METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CONTROLLING VOLTAGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220147130A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17581130

    申请日:2022-01-21

    Inventor: Kyoungwon KIM

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a battery, a connector including one or more signal terminals, a power regulator for adjusting a first voltage from the battery to a second voltage, at least one processor operably connected to the one or more signal terminals and the power regulator, and a memory. The memory can store instructions, that during the execution thereof, allow the at least one processor to sense the connection to an external electronic device through the connector, acquire identification information about the external electronic device after outputting the second voltage through the connector onto the external electronic device connected through the connector, and output, on the basis of the identification information of the external electronic device, the first voltage onto the external electronic device through the connector by using a bypass route.

    MULTI-PORT ADAPTOR SUPPORTING POWER DELIVERY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO

    公开(公告)号:US20230128935A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17900143

    申请日:2022-08-31

    Inventor: Kyoungwon KIM

    Abstract: Multiport adapters include a power connection port, a host connection port, a peripheral device connection port, a controller, and a power supply circuit. The controller is configured to receive, through the power connection port, first power information regarding power suppliable from a power supply device to the multiport adapter, determine a maximum power value in the first power information, transmit a message requesting the power supply device to supply power of the maximum power value to the multiport adapter, determine a third power value obtained by subtracting, from the maximum power value, a first power value consumed by the multiport adapter and a second power value set to be supplied to a peripheral device, generate, based on the third power value, second power information regarding power suppliable from the multiport adapter to a host device, and transmit the second power information to the host device through the host connection port.

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20230088905A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US18060267

    申请日:2022-11-30

    Inventor: Kyoungwon KIM

    Abstract: According to example embodiments, an electronic device includes: a battery; a first circuit configured to communicate with an external power supply device; a charging circuit configured to charge the battery using the received power; a power sensor configured to measure an input current of the battery; and a processor configured to: transmit an initially requested current value to the external power supply device through the first circuit, receive a first input current value of the battery from the power sensor, transmit a first requested current value to the external power supply device through the first circuit based on a difference between the first input current value and the initially requested current value being out of a first range, receive a second input current value of the battery from the power sensor, determine whether a difference between the initially requested current value and the first requested current value is greater than a threshold based on a difference between the second input current value and the initially requested current value being out of the first range, and request the external power supply device for voltage decrease through the first circuit based on the difference between the initially requested current value and the first requested current value being greater than the threshold.

    METHOD FOR PREVENTING MALFUNCTION OF CONNECTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CONNECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20230061469A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17877209

    申请日:2022-07-29

    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector including one or more signal terminals and a control circuit electrically connected with the one or more signal terminals. The control circuit may be configured to monitor attachment with an external device through an identification terminal among the one or more signal terminals, identify whether a designated number of, or more, monitoring signals related to attachment with the external device are detected during a designated time, and identify whether there is the attachment with the external device, based on a voltage of a power terminal among the one or more signal terminals, in response to the detection of the monitoring signals being identified.

    METHOD OF PROVIDING POWER THROUGH BYPASS PATH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO WHICH SAME IS APPLIED

    公开(公告)号:US20230051908A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17733382

    申请日:2022-04-29

    Inventor: Kyoungwon KIM

    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises: a battery, a memory, a connector including one or more signal terminals, a first converter included in a first path that connects the battery to the connector, a second converter included in second path that is distinct from the first path and connects the battery to the connector, and a processor electrically connected to the battery, the memory, the connector, the first converter, and the second converter, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to obtain identification information of the external electronic device when the electronic device is connected to the external electronic device through the connector, determine whether the identification information matches comparison data stored in the memory, determine whether a voltage of a power terminal (vbus) among the one or more signal terminals satisfies a specified condition when the identification information matches the comparison data, and transmit power determined based on a real-time voltage of the battery to the external electronic device by using the second path through the connector, based on whether the specified condition is satisfied.

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