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US 9,960,616 B2Granted
Electronic device and method for charging and discharging in electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorJong-Min Kim
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connection terminal to which a charging cable or a discharging cable can be connected, a charging/discharging unit configured to perform a charging operation or a discharging operation, and a controller configured to perform a charging or discharging operation based on a cable connected to the connection terminal.
Claims19
An electronic device comprising:
- a connection terminal to which an external device can be connected;
- a charging/discharging unit configured to perform a charging operation or a discharging operation;
- and
- a controller configured to control to:
- determine whether the external device is connected to the connection terminal;
- perform the charging operation when a voltage is detected via the connection terminal, and
- perform the discharging operation when an identifier (ID) is detected via the connection terminal and the voltage is not detected via the connection terminal,
- wherein the ID indicates that the external device is provided with a charging current by the discharging operation.
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A method for charging and discharging, the method comprising:
- determining, by an electronic device, whether the external device is connected to the connection terminal of the electronic device;
- performing a charging operation when a voltage is detected via the connection terminal;
- and
- performing a discharging operation when an identifier (ID) is detected via the connection terminal and the voltage is not detected via the connection terminal,
- wherein the ID indicates that the external device is provided with a charging current by the discharging operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.