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US 9,519,321 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for replacing a battery in a portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKwang-Min Kil, Hae-Jun An
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for replacing a battery in a portable terminal are provided, in which there are a main battery and an auxiliary battery, a cover removal sensor senses the removal of a battery cover, and a controller switches from the main battery to the auxiliary battery for supplying a power in response to the battery cover removal, wherein the auxiliary battery supplies the power to some component of the portable terminal under the control of the controller.
Claims10
An apparatus comprising:
- a main battery;
- an auxiliary battery;
- a cover removal sensor for sensing a removal of a battery cover;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- responsive to a first signal from the cover removal sensor that indicates that the battery cover is removed:
- (i) transmit, over a communications network comprising a base station configured to establish a communication session between the apparatus and a terminal, a first signal requesting standby mode transition and release of the communication session between the apparatus and the base station while maintaining the communication session between the base station and the terminal and (ii) switch from operating on power supplied by the main battery to operating on power supplied by the auxiliary battery;
- switch the apparatus from operating on power supplied by the auxiliary battery to operating on power supplied by a replaced main battery when the main battery is replaced;
- and
- transmit, over the communications network, a second signal requesting re-establishment of the communication session between the base station and the apparatus in response to a received voltage from the replaced main battery.
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A method for battery replacement in an electronic device having a main battery and an auxiliary battery, comprising:
- responsive to a first signal from a cover removal sensor that indicates that a battery cover is removed:
- (i) transmit, over a communications network comprising a base station configured to establish a communication session between the electronic device and a terminal, a first signal requesting standby mode transition and release of the communication session between the electronic device and the base station while maintaining the communication session between the base station and the terminal and (ii) switch from operating on power supplied by the main battery to operating on power supplied by the auxiliary battery;
- switch the apparatus from operating on power supplied by the auxiliary battery to operating on power supplied by a replaced main battery when the main battery is replaced;
- and
- transmit, over the communications network, a second signal requesting re-establishment of the communication session between the base station and the electronic device in response to a received voltage from the replaced main battery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.