Smart adaptive battery charger
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSiva Prakash NETTI, Ravi Krishna Chaitanya VEDALA, Mohana Chandran K
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Abstract
A smart adaptive battery charger is described. The smart adaptive battery charger includes a charging interface coupled to a power sink, where the power sink includes a battery to be charged. The battery charger further includes a supply interface coupled to a power supply configured to provide power to the charging interface, a radio interface coupled to a control device configured to a receive one or more commands from the control device, and a controller coupled to the radio interface and configured to receive the commands from the radio interface. The controller is further coupled to the charging interface and configured to adjust the power provided to the power sink.
Claims20
A battery charger, comprising:
- a charging interface coupled to a power sink, the power sink comprising a battery to be charged;
- a supply interface coupled to a power supply configured to provide power to the charging interface;
- a radio interface coupled to a control device configured to receive one or more commands from the control device;
- and
- a controller coupled to the radio interface and configured to receive the commands from the radio interface,
- wherein the controller is further coupled to the charging interface and configured to adjust the power provided to the power sink in response to the commands.
A method comprising:
- receiving one or more commands at a battery charger from a control device through a radio interface;
- and
- adjusting a power provided to a power sink through a charging interface from a supply interface in response to the one or more commands, wherein the power sink comprises a battery to be charged.
An apparatus comprising:
- means for receiving one or more commands at a battery charger from a control device through a radio interface;
- and
- means for adjusting a power provided to a power sink through a charging interface from a supply interface in response to the one or more commands, wherein the power sink comprises a battery to be charged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.