US 12,015,294 B2Granted

Indication for protective charging mode

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsVitalii Kramar, Patrick L. Coffman, Caelan G. Stack

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Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for a displaying a user interface including a visual indication that an electronic device is in a protective charging mode. While the electronic device is in a charging configuration with respect to an external power source, an energy-storage component of the electronic device is charged with power supplied by the external power source. After charging the energy-storage component, a user interface is displayed. When charging of the energy-storage component is stopped before reaching a full charge level, the user interface includes a visual indication that the electronic device is in a protective charging mode in which charging of the energy-storage component is delayed based on predetermined criteria.

Claims24

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a display device;
an energy-storage component;
one or more processors;
and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
detecting a first user input corresponding to a request to change a state of a protective charging mode;
in response to detecting the first user input corresponding to the request to change a state of the protective charging mode, concurrently displaying, via the display device, a first option for disabling the protective charging mode for a respective time period and a second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period;
while displaying the first option for disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period and the second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period, detecting a second user input;
and
in response to detecting the second user input:
in accordance with a determination that the second user input corresponds to selection of the first option for disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period, disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period;
and
in accordance with a determination that the second user input corresponds to selection of the second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period, disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period.

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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device and an energy-storage component, the one or more programs including instructions for:

detecting a first user input corresponding to a request to change a state of a protective charging mode;
in response to detecting the first user input corresponding to the request to change a state of the protective charging mode, concurrently displaying, via the display device, a first option for disabling the protective charging mode for a respective time period and a second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period;
while displaying the first option for disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period and the second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period, detecting a second user input;
and
in response to detecting the second user input:
in accordance with a determination that the second user input corresponds to selection of the first option for disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period, disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period;
and
in accordance with a determination that the second user input corresponds to selection of the second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period, disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period.

5 more elements

A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display device and an energy-storage component:
detecting a first user input corresponding to a request to change a state of a protective charging mode;
in response to detecting the first user input corresponding to the request to change a state of the protective charging mode, concurrently displaying, via the display device, a first option for disabling the protective charging mode for a respective time period and a second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period;
while displaying the first option for disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period and the second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period, detecting a second user input;
and
in response to detecting the second user input:
in accordance with a determination that the second user input corresponds to selection of the first option for disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period, disabling the protective charging mode for the respective time period;
and
in accordance with a determination that the second user input corresponds to selection of the second option for disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period, disabling the protective charging mode without regard to the respective time period.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/135,045Filed 14 Apr 2023 · continuation
Priority: 9 May 2019
Published: US 2023/0253809 A110 Aug 2023
Granted: 18 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H02J 7/80
Circuit arrangements for charging or discharging batteries or for supplying loads from batteries: including monitoring or indicating arrangements
G06F 1/263
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC
G06F 1/28
Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof: supervision thereof, e.g. detecting power-supply failure by out of limits supervision
G06F 3/14
Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for…: digital…

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Application62/845,515Us provisional application · filed 9 May 2019
Application16/688,529Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Nov 2019
US 2023/0253809 A1Pre-grant publication · published 10 Aug 2023
US 11,646,591 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2020/0358302 A1Published application
US 12,015,294 B2This patent

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