Interface-adapting device and interface-adapting method

• US 10,594,147 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2017
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation, Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Technology Company Limited (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Liu, Ming-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Diao, M Baye
• Application Number:
  US15/473,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20180152034A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,084 Days
• Field of Search: 320107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/266 Arrangements to supply power to external peripherals either directly from the computer or under computer control, e.g. supply of power through the communication port, computer controlled power-strips
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• 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 7/00045 Authentication, i.e. circuits for checking compatibility between one component, e.g. a battery or a battery charger, and another component, e.g. a power source
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/0045 concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries

Abstract

An interface-adapting device includes an OTG (on-the-go) adapting interface and a voltage-dividing module. The OTG adapting interface is configured to connect an electronic device to an expanding device or to an external power source. The voltage-dividing module is configured to receive an input voltage of the electronic device. When the OTG adapting interface is configured to connect the electronic device to the expanding device, the voltage-dividing module transmits a ground voltage to the electronic device; when the OTG adapting interface is configured to connect the electronic device to the external power source, the voltage-dividing module transmits a divided voltage to the electronic device, so that the external power source is configured to charge the electronic device.

Claims

1. An interface-adapting device, comprising:

an OTG (on-the-go) adapting interface, configured to connect an electronic device to an expanding device or to an external power source; and

a voltage-dividing module, configured to receive an input voltage of the electronic device, wherein when the OTG adapting interface is configured to connect the electronic device to the expanding device, the voltage-dividing module transmits a ground voltage to the electronic device;

when the OTG adapting interface is configured to connect the electronic device to the external power source, the voltage-dividing module transmits a divided voltage to the electronic device, so that the external power source is configured to charge the electronic device.

2. The interface-adapting device of claim 1, wherein after the electronic device receives the ground voltage, the electronic device enables a power-supply mode to supply power for the expanding device;

after the electronic device receives the divided voltage, the electronic device enables a power-charge mode to trigger the external power source to charge the electronic device.

3. The interface-adapting device of claim 2, wherein when the electronic device enables the power-supply mode, data transmission and data reception are continuously executed between the electronic device and the expanding device.

4. The interface-adapting device of claim 2, wherein when the electronic device enables the power-charge mode, data transmission and data reception are stopped between the electronic device and the expanding device.

5. The interface-adapting device of claim 1, wherein each of the electronic device and the expanding device comprises a universal serial bus interface, and the OTG adapting interface is configured to connect the electronic device with the expanding device via the universal serial bus interfaces of the electronic device and the expanding device.

6. An interface-adapting method, applied to an interface-adapting device, wherein the interface-adapting device comprises an OTG adapting interface and a voltage-dividing module, and the interface-adapting method comprises:

connecting an electronic device to an expanding device or to an external power source via the OTG adapting interface;

when the electronic device is connected to the expanding device via the OTG adapting interface, transmitting a ground voltage to the electronic device via the voltage-dividing module; and

when the electronic device is connected to the external power source via the OTG adapting interface, transmitting a divided voltage to the electronic device via the voltage-dividing module, so as to charge the electronic device via the external power source.

7. The interface-adapting method of claim 6, further comprising:

after the electronic device receives the ground voltage, enabling a power-supply mode to supply power for the expanding device via the electronic device.

8. The interface-adapting method of claim 7, further comprising:

when the power-supply mode is enabled via the electronic device, data transmission and data reception are continuously executed between the electronic device and the expanding device.

9. The interface-adapting method of claim 6, further comprising:

after the electronic device receives the divide voltage, enabling a power-charge mode via the electronic device to trigger the external power source to charge the electronic device.

10. The interface-adapting method of claim 9, further comprising:

when the power-charge mode is enabled via the electronic device, data transmission and data reception are stopped between the electronic device and the expanding device.