Electronic device for charging battery and operating method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHoon Choi, Yong-Youn Kim, Dong-Jun Lee, Hyang-Bok Lee, Seong-Kyu Maeng, Ki-Yong Shin, Han-Jun Yi, Jong-Wook Choi
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided, the electronic device including a communication circuit, a battery, and a processor, and the processor is configured to: obtain a strength of a communication signal received by the communication circuit; determine a magnitude of power for charging the battery based on the strength of the communication signal; and charge the battery with power of the determined magnitude.
Claims20
An electronic device, comprising:
- a power receiving circuit configured to receive power from an external power source by a wired connection with the external power source;
- a communication circuit;
- a battery;
- and
- a processor,
- wherein the processor is configured to perform control to:
- obtain, using the communication circuit, a strength of a communication signal received from an external device while charging the battery by the wired connection;
- determine a magnitude of power for charging the battery by the wired connection, based on the strength of the communication signal;
- and
- charge, using the power received by the wired connection from the external power source with the power receiving circuit, the battery with the power of the determined magnitude,
- wherein the communication signal includes a cellular communication signal,
- wherein the external device is not the external power source.
An operation method for charging a battery included in an electronic device comprising a power receiving circuit configured to receive power from an external power source by a wired connection with the external power source, the method comprising:
- obtaining, using a communication circuit of the electronic device, a strength of a cellular communication signal received from an external device while charging the battery by the wired connection;
- determining a magnitude of power for charging the battery by the wired connection, based on the strength of the cellular communication signal;
- and
- charging, using the power received by the wired connection from the external power source with the power receiving circuit of the electronic device, the battery with power of the determined magnitude,
- wherein the communication signal includes a cellular communication signal,
- wherein the external device is not the external power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.