Device for performing wireless charging and method thereof

• US 10,468,903 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2016
• Issued: 11/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jung Hoon, Kim, Hyun Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Fantu, Yalkew
• Application Number:
  US15/368,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20170163076A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 320108
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/90 involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0047 with monitoring or indicating devices or circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0048 Detection of remaining charge capacity or state of charge [SOC]

Abstract

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit that wirelessly transmits and receives power to and from an external electronic device, a sensor circuit that collects a sensor signal associated with a state of the electronic device, and a processor that determines an arrangement relationship with the external electronic device through the sensor circuit, and based on the determined arrangement relationship, receives a first notification signal, which provides notification that an event occurs in the external electronic device or transmits a second notification signal, which provides notification that an event occurs in the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication circuit that wirelessly transmits and receives power to and from an external electronic device;

a sensor circuit that collects a sensor signal associated with a state of the electronic device; and

a processor configured to;

determine an arrangement relationship with the external electronic device through the sensor circuit while wirelessly charging based on the external electronic device including a display; and

based on the determined arrangement relationship, receive a first notification signal, which provides notification that an event occurs in the external electronic device while wirelessly charging based on the external electronic device, the first notification signal is received from the external electronic device; and

display a first user interface (UI), through the display, related to the first notification signal from the external electronic device while wirelessly charging based on the external electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor receives the first notification signal from the external electronic device, through the communication circuit, if a display of the electronic device is exposed to the outside.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the power is transmitted and received using a first communication method and the first notification signal is received using a second communication method.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the first communication method corresponds to local area communication.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor outputs an event, which occurs in the electronic device while transmitting and receiving the power, through the external electronic device without using a vibration mode.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor provides a second UI for querying whether to provide the event through the display in response to the received first notification signal.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the second UI comprises at least one of:

a second UI for selecting whether to provide the event in the electronic device or to provide the event in the external electronic device;

a second UI for selecting whether to provide an entire event or a part of the event, when the event is provided in the electronic device; and

a second UI in which whether to allocate an area of the display of the electronic device to provide the event is selected, if the event is provided in the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein if the event is provided in the electronic device, the processor deletes information about the provided event when an operation of transmitting and receiving the power to and from the external electronic device ends.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein when a device, which has a relatively high battery level, of the electronic device and the external electronic device is changed while the electronic device is charging from the external electronic device or the external electronic device is charging from the electronic device, the processor provides a notification.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor authenticates the external electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor receives, from the external electronic device through the communication circuit, a signal for requesting a change in a way to provide the event occurring in the electronic device.

12. A method performed in an electronic device, the method comprising;

wirelessly transmitting and receiving power to and from an external electronic device;

determining an arrangement relationship with the external electronic device while wirelessly charging based on the external electronic device including a display;

receiving a first notification signal received from the external electronic device, based on the determined arrangement relationship; and

displaying a first user interface (UI), through the display, related to the first notification signal from the external electronic device while wirelessly charging based on the external electronic device,

wherein the first notification signal provides notification that an event occurs in the external electronic device.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein displaying is performed if a display of the electronic device is exposed to the outside.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a conductive pattern arranged in the housing;

a power management circuit arranged in the housing and electrically connected with the conductive pattern;

a wireless communication circuit arranged in the housing;

a display exposed through one surface of the housing; and

a processor that;

wirelessly transmits and receives power to or from an external device, by using at least one of the conductive pattern or the power management circuit;

receives, from the external device, through the wireless communication circuit, at least one of at least one event occurring in the external device while the power is transmitted or received and information about a state of operation of the external device; and

displays at least a portion of the received information in at least a part of the display.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor:

outputs a user interface to determine whether to provide a state in which the at least one event occurring in the external device while the power is transmitted or received and/or the information about the state is capable of being received from the external device through the wireless communication circuit;

receives the information from the external device based on a user input through the user interface; and

receives the information from the external device based on the determination that allows the state to be provided.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the processor:

displays, on the display, a user interface (UI) configured to determine whether to provide the state; and

determines whether to provide the state, based on a user input to the UI.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the at least one event and/or the information about the state comprises information about at least one of reception of a message in the external device, reception of an incoming call in the external device, and a notification set in the external device.

18. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a conductive pattern arranged in the housing;

a power management circuit arranged in the housing and electrically connected with the conductive pattern;

a wireless communication circuit arranged in the housing; and

a processor that;

wirelessly transmits and receives power to or from an external device, by using at least one of the conductive pattern or the power management circuit; and

transmits, from the external device through the wireless communication circuit, at least one of at least one event occurring in the electronic device while the power is transmitted or received and information about a state, to allow at least a portion of the information to be provided to a user through the external device.