METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING STANDBY POWER CONSUMPTION AND PROVIDING USER INDICATIONS IN WPC BASED WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method for reducing standby power consumption of a battery of a wireless charging device comprises: monitoring a presence of the wireless charging device nearby a wireless charger transmitter (460); initiating a wireless charging when the presence of the wireless charging device is detected on the wireless charger transmitter (460) and sending a charging notification to an end user; sending a battery full message for notifying the end user when the wireless charging is complete and terminating the wireless charging; setting the wireless charging device to a standby mode and monitoring a ping signal from the wireless charger transmitter (460); entering a maintenance charging mode when the battery is below a recharging threshold without notifying the end user; and continuing the maintenance charging mode of the wireless charging device until the battery is full or the wireless charging device is removed from the wireless charger transmitter (460).
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35 Claims
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19. A method for reducing standby power consumption of a wireless charging device, comprising:
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initiating a wireless charging and sending a charging notification to an end user; sending a battery full message for notifying the end user when the wireless charging is complete and terminating the wireless charging; setting the wireless charging device to a standby mode and monitoring a ping signal from a wireless charger transmitter; entering a maintenance charging mode when the battery is below a recharging threshold without notifying the end user; and continuing the maintenance charging mode of the wireless charging device until the battery is full or the wireless charging device is removed from the wireless charger transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wireless charging system, comprising:
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a wireless charger transmitter; a wireless handset including; a battery; a wireless charger receiver coupled to the wireless charger transmitter, configured to generate an interrupt signal in response to not detecting a ping signal from the wireless charger transmitter; and a power management unit configured to detect the interrupt signal and to initiate maintenance charging of the battery when a battery voltage is below a charging threshold and no interrupt signal has been detected. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to; initiate a wireless charging and sending a charging notification to an end user; send a battery full message for notifying the end user when the wireless charging is complete and terminating the wireless charging; set the apparatus to a standby mode and monitoring a ping signal from a wireless charger transmitter; enter a maintenance charging mode when the battery is below a recharging threshold without notifying the end user; and continue the maintenance charging mode of the apparatus until the battery is full or the apparatus is removed from the wireless charger transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
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code for initiating a wireless charging in a wireless charging device and sending a charging notification to an end user; code for sending a battery full message for notifying the end user when the wireless charging is complete and terminating the wireless charging; code for setting the wireless charging device to a standby mode and monitoring a ping signal from a wireless charger transmitter; code for entering a maintenance charging mode when the battery is below a recharging threshold without notifying the end user; and code for continuing the maintenance charging mode of the wireless charging device until the battery is full or the wireless charging device is removed from the wireless charger transmitter.
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35. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:
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initiating a wireless charging in a wireless charging device and sending a charging notification to an end user; sending a battery full message for notifying the end user when the wireless charging is complete and terminating the wireless charging; setting the wireless charging device to a standby mode and monitoring a ping signal from a wireless charger transmitter; entering a maintenance charging mode when the battery is below a recharging threshold without notifying the end user; and continuing the maintenance charging mode of the wireless charging device until the battery is full or the wireless charging device is removed from the wireless charger transmitter.
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Specification