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US 2022/0285969 A1Published application
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.
Claims20
A method of operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
- detecting occurrence of a wireless charging event for wirelessly receiving first power;
- charging a battery of the electronic device using the first power, based on detecting the occurrence of the wireless charging event;
- detecting, in a state of charging the battery using the first power, occurrence of a wired connection of a wired charging device to the electronic device;
- and
- based on detecting the occurrence of the wired connection of the wired charging device, charging the battery of the electronic device using second power received from the wired charging device.
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An electronic device comprising:
- a battery;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- detect occurrence of a wireless charging event for wirelessly receiving first power;
- control charging of the battery using the first power, based on detecting the occurrence of the wireless charging event;
- detect, in a state of charging the battery using the first power, occurrence of a wired connection of a wired charging device to the electronic device;
- and
- based on detecting the occurrence of the wired connection of the wired charging device, control charging the battery of the electronic device using second power received from the wired charging device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.