公开(公告)号：US20230142984A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US18091930

申请日：2022-12-30

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Youngmi HA ,  Yeongil KIM ,  Hyunjun OH ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Jaemu HA

IPC: H02J7/00 ,  H01M10/46 ,  H01M10/44

CPC classification number: H02J7/007182 ,  H01M10/44 ,  H01M10/46 ,  H02J7/0047 ,  H02J7/00714

Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery and a processor configured to, while maintaining a charging current at a first constant current, identify whether a charging voltage reaches a first target voltage, based on identifying that the charging voltage has reached the first target voltage, convert the charging current to a first charging current, identify whether the charging current reaches a first target current, and based on identifying that the charging current has reached the first target current, convert the charging current to a second constant current corresponding to the first target current.

公开(公告)号：US20220337073A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-20

申请号：US17679327

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngmi HA ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Duhyun KIM

IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed, including a first and second battery, a first and second fuel gauge, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: determining capacity ratios of the first and second batteries based at least on absolute capacities of the first and second batteries, as identified via the first and second fuel gauges, respectively, calculating a residual capacity of the first battery and a residual capacity of the second battery based on at least one of the determined capacity ratios and the obtained states of the first and second battery, respectively, and outputting the calculated residual capacity of the first battery and the calculated residual capacity of the second battery.

公开(公告)号：US20210083515A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17106579

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yusu KIM ,  Kyoungwon KIM ,  Kyounghoon KIM ,  Byungwook KIM ,  Jeongmin MOON ,  Kyungmin PARK ,  Jungmin LEE ,  Juhyang LEE ,  Kuchul JUNG ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Chihyun CHO ,  Hansol CHOI ,  Youngmi HA ,  Yongsang YUN

IPC: H02J50/10 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H02J7/34 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises a battery, a wireless interface including a coil and configured to wirelessly transmit electric power from the battery via the coil, and at least one processor configured to: perform a wireless charging function of wirelessly transmitting electric power to an external device via the wireless interface, while neither the electronic device nor the external device is being supplied with electric power from an external power source via a wire, and based on identifying that the external device starts being supplied with electric power from an external power source via a wire while performing the wireless charging function, stop performing the wireless charging function of wirelessly transmitting electric power to the external device.

公开(公告)号：US20200266674A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16749063

申请日：2020-01-22

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Jungmin LEE ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Hansol CHOI ,  Youngmi HA ,  Kyounghoon KIM ,  Byungwook KIM ,  Yusu KIM ,  Kyungmin PARK ,  Jaesung LEE ,  Juhyang LEE

IPC: H02J50/80 ,  H02J7/00 ,  H02J7/02

Abstract: An electronic device including a battery, a wireless interface operatively or electrically connected with the battery, a display, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: detect an event while the electronic device is in contact with or is connected to another electronic device via the wireless interface and wirelessly charging-shares power of the battery with the another electronic device via the wireless interface; turn off a wireless charging-sharing function when the event corresponds to a predetermined condition; provide a user notification about the turning-off of the wireless charging-sharing function via the display; and turn on the wireless charging-sharing function when a state of the electronic device corresponds to a wireless charging-sharing condition. The various embodiments also a method of operating the electronic device. Various embodiments are also possible.

公开(公告)号：US20200266499A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16747381

申请日：2020-01-20

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Youngmi HA ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Seungbeom KANG ,  Kyounghoon KIM ,  Duhyun KIM ,  Byungwook KIM ,  Jaeho SONG ,  Dongik SIN ,  Hansol CHOI

IPC: H01M10/44 ,  H01M2/10 ,  H01M10/42 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A method of controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device to which the same is applied. The electronic device includes a housing and a plurality of batteries. The electronic device also includes a power management module, a plurality of current limiting ICs, and a processor operationally connected to the plurality of batteries, the power management module and the plurality of current limiting ICs. The processor is configured to sense a sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries or a voltage of the power management module, perform a primary end of reducing a magnitude of the sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries, sense the currents or voltages of the plurality of batteries, and perform a secondary end of blocking a current flowing into a battery.

公开(公告)号：US20200251920A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16707446

申请日：2019-12-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngmi HA ,  Seungbeom KANG ,  Kyounghoon KIM ,  Daeneung KIM ,  Duhyun KIM ,  Byungwook KIM ,  Boeun LEE ,  Jungmin LEE ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Jaemu HA

IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first battery and a second battery arranged in the housing, a power management module, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a first current limiting integrated circuit (IC) configured to limit a maximum intensity of a first current flowing into the first battery, a second current limiting IC configured to limit a maximum intensity of a second current flowing into the second battery, and a processor. The processor may determine whether the first temperature or the second temperature is outside a specified temperature range and, when the first temperature is outside of the specified temperature range, control the first current limiting IC to reduce a magnitude of the first current.

公开(公告)号：US20210034127A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-04

申请号：US16941973

申请日：2020-07-29

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Wookwang LEE ,  Dongrak SHIN ,  Kyoungwon KIM ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Kyounghoon KIM

IPC: G06F1/26 ,  G06F13/42 ,  G06F1/28

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.

公开(公告)号：US20200266650A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16698741

申请日：2019-11-27

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sungjoon CHO ,  Jungmin LEE ,  Hansol CHOI ,  Youngmi HA ,  Yusu KIM ,  Kyungmin PARK ,  Juhyang LEE

IPC: H02J7/02 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H02J50/80

Abstract: An electronic device includes a wireless charging coil, a wireless charging circuit, a power management module, a battery, and a processor. The processor is configured to control to receive first information from an external electronic device while transmitting wireless charging power to the external electronic device through the wireless charging circuit, to control, in response to receiving the first information, the wireless charging circuit to stop transmission of the wireless charging power and operate in a state of transmitting and receiving a ping signal, to check whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the wireless charging power is stopped, and to control, in response to elapse of the predetermined time, the wireless charging circuit to retransmit the wireless charging power to the external electronic device. Other embodiments are possible.

公开(公告)号：US20200266648A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16738477

申请日：2020-01-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngmi HA ,  Hyunjun OH ,  Jungmin LEE ,  Kuchul JUNG ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Hansol CHOI ,  Kyounghoon KIM ,  Seongil LEE

IPC: H02J7/00

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a battery disposed inside the housing, a power management module for controlling charging of the battery, and at least one processor operationally connected with the battery and the power management module. The at least one processor is provided to direct a plurality of charging intervals while charging the battery, each of the plurality of charging intervals having a target voltage, to alternately charge the battery in a first mode and in a second mode through the power management module, wherein a charging current flowing into the battery is uniformly maintained in the first mode and a voltage of the battery is uniformly maintained in the second mode, and to switch the first mode to the second mode when the voltage of the battery reaches the target voltage in the first mode.

公开(公告)号：US20200266627A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16738404

申请日：2020-01-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Youngmi HA ,  Duhyun KIM ,  Seungbeom KANG ,  Kyounghoon KIM ,  Byungwook KIM ,  Kwanbae SON ,  Sungjoon CHO ,  Hansol CHOI

IPC: H02J1/10 ,  H02J1/14 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A method of controlling charging of a plurality of batteries and an electronic device to which the same is applied are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a plurality of batteries arranged in the housing, a power management module that controls the plurality of batteries, a plurality of current limiting ICs that limits a maximum intensity of a current flowing into each of the plurality of batteries, and at least one processor operationally connected to the plurality of batteries, the power management module and the plurality of current limiting ICs. The at least one processor may set a total charging current output from the power management module, set an individual charging current flowing into each of the plurality of batteries in proportion to a total capacity of each of the plurality of batteries, and recalculate the individual charging currents when the total charging current changes.