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US 10,374,450 B2Granted
Battery charging method and electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHee-Tae Kim, Ku-Chul Jung, Kwang-Sub Lee, Se-Young Jang
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Abstract
A method comprises providing power from a battery to an external device using a first circuit; and receiving power from a first power source to provide power to the battery using a second circuit while providing power to the external device.
Claims18
A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- detecting an occurrence of a wireless charging event for wirelessly receiving first power for charging a battery of the electronic device;
- charging the battery of the electronic device using the wirelessly received first power, based on detecting the occurrence of the wireless charging event;
- supplying power from the battery to another electronic device connected to the electronic device via a wired connection, while charging the battery using the wirelessly received first power;
- detecting an occurrence of a wired charging event for receiving second power via the wired connection for charging the battery of the electronic device;
- selecting, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the wired charging event in a state of charging the battery using the first power, power to be used for charging the battery among the first power and the second power;
- and
- charging, in response to the selection, the battery of the electronic device using the selected power among the first power and the second power.
4 more elements
An electronic device comprising:
- a battery;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- detect an occurrence of a wireless charging event for wirelessly receiving first power for charging the battery;
- charge the battery of the electronic device using the wirelessly received first power, based on detecting the occurrence of the wireless charging event;
- supply power from the battery to another electronic device connected to the electronic device via a wired connection, while charging the battery using the wirelessly received first power;
- detect an occurrence of a wired charging event for receiving second power via the wired connection for charging the battery of the electronic device;
- select, in response to the detection of the occurrence of the wired charging event in a state of charging the battery using the first power, power to be used for charging the battery among the first power and the second power;
- and
- charge, in response to the selection, the battery of the electronic device using the selected power among the first power and the second power.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.