Method and device for charging batteries in mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method for power charging, comprising:
- establishing an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device;
acquiring, by the second electronic device via the electrical connection, real-time charging voltage information of a battery in the first electronic device, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with a charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and
controlling by the second electronic device, during charging of the battery in the first electronic device by the second electronic device, an output voltage of the second electronic device to charge the battery of the first electronic device according to the real-time charging voltage information,wherein the real-time charging voltage information for the first electronic device is a real-time internal resistance of the battery in the first electronic device multiplied by a preset current value when the charge state indicates that a present voltage of the battery is smaller than a preset voltage value, wherein an effective internal resistance of the battery varies with the charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and
the real-time charging voltage information of the battery in the first electronic device is the preset voltage value when the charge state indicates that the present voltage of the battery in the first electronic device is equal to or greater than the preset voltage value.
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Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for efficient power charging of a battery in one electronic device by another electronic device. In one embodiment, a method may include establishing an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device; acquiring, by the second electronic device via the electrical connection, real-time charging voltage information of a battery in the first electronic device, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with a charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and controlling by the second electronic device, during charging of the battery in the first electronic device by the second electronic device, an output voltage of the second electronic device to charge the battery of the first electronic device according to the real-time charging voltage information.
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10 Claims
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1. A method for power charging, comprising:
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establishing an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device; acquiring, by the second electronic device via the electrical connection, real-time charging voltage information of a battery in the first electronic device, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with a charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and controlling by the second electronic device, during charging of the battery in the first electronic device by the second electronic device, an output voltage of the second electronic device to charge the battery of the first electronic device according to the real-time charging voltage information, wherein the real-time charging voltage information for the first electronic device is a real-time internal resistance of the battery in the first electronic device multiplied by a preset current value when the charge state indicates that a present voltage of the battery is smaller than a preset voltage value, wherein an effective internal resistance of the battery varies with the charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and the real-time charging voltage information of the battery in the first electronic device is the preset voltage value when the charge state indicates that the present voltage of the battery in the first electronic device is equal to or greater than the preset voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for power charging, comprising:
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establishing an electrical connection between a first electronic device and a second electronic device; detecting by the first electronic device in real-time a charge state of a battery in the first electronic device and determining by the first electronic device real-time charging voltage information of the battery in the first electronic device while the first electronic device is being charged by the second electronic device, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with the charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and communicating in real-time via the electrical connection the real-time charging voltage information of the battery in the first electronic device to the second electronic device, causing the second electronic device to control an output voltage delivered from the second electronic device to charge the battery in the first electronic device via the electrical connection, wherein detecting by the first electronic device in real-time the charge state of the battery in the first electronic device and determining by the first electronic device the real-time charging voltage information of the battery in first electronic device comprises; acquiring by the first electronic device a real-time effective internal resistance of the battery in the first electronic device; determining as the real-time charging voltage information for the first electronic device a real-time internal resistance of the battery in the first electronic device multiplied by a preset current value when the charge state indicates that a present voltage of the battery is smaller than a preset voltage value, wherein an effective internal resistance of the battery varies with the charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and determining the preset voltage value as the real-time charging voltage information of the battery in the first electronic device when the charge state indicates that the present voltage of the battery in the first electronic device is equal to or greater than the preset voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
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a processor; a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; and an electrical interface, wherein the processor is configured to; establish an electrical connection with a first electronic device via the electrical interface; acquire via the electrical connection real-time charging voltage information of a battery in the first electronic device, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with a charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and control, during charging of the battery of the first electronic device, the electronic apparatus to produce an output voltage to charge the battery of the first electronic device according to the real-time charging voltage information, wherein the real-time charging voltage information for the first electronic device is a real-time internal resistance of the battery in the first electronic device multiplied by a preset current value when the charge state indicates that a present voltage of the battery is smaller than a preset voltage value, wherein an effective internal resistance of the battery varies with the charge state of the battery in the first electronic device; and the real-time charging voltage information of the battery in the first electronic device is the preset voltage value when the charge state indicates that the present voltage of the battery in the first electronic device is equal to or greater than the preset voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A first electronic device, comprising:
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a processor; a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; an electrical interface; and a battery connected to the electrical interface and the processor, wherein the processor is configured to; establish an electrical connection with a second electronic device via the electrical interface; detect in real-time charge state of the battery and determine real-time charging voltage information of the battery while being charged by the second electronic device via the electrical connection, wherein the real-time charging voltage information varies with the charge state of the battery; and communicate in real-time via the electrical connection the real-time charging voltage information of the battery to the second electronic device, causing the second electronic device to control an output voltage delivered from the second electronic device to charge the battery, wherein the processor is further configured to; acquire a real-time effective internal resistance of the battery; determine as the real-time charging voltage information for the battery a real-time internal resistance of the battery multiplied by a preset current value when the charge state indicates that a present voltage value of the battery is smaller than a preset voltage value, wherein an effective internal resistance of the battery varies with the charge state of the battery; and determine the preset voltage value as the real-time charging voltage information of the battery when the charge state indicates that the present voltage value of the battery is equal to or greater than the a preset voltage value. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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