Electronic device and power supply system of electronic device

• US 9,009,504 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2011
• Issued: 04/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Nam Yun, Kwon, Sang Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Abbaszadeh, Jaweed A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mazyad, Alyaa T
• Application Number:
  US13/225,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20120066524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,320 Days
• Field of Search: 713/310, 713/320, 713/321
• US Class Current: 713/310
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/12 of the resonant type
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices

Abstract

An electronic device and a power supplying system of the electronic device are provided. A power supplying method for an electronic device may include: obtaining information regarding power transmission efficiency between a source electronic device and a target electronic device; obtaining power for decoding and playback of multimedia data in the target electronic device; generating resonance power based on the power transmission efficiency and the obtained power; and transmitting the generated resonance power and multimedia data to the target electronic device.

Claims

1. A power supplying method executed by a source electronic device, the method comprising:

identifying the power transmission efficiency between the source electronic device and a target electronic device;

identifying the power required for decoding and playback of multimedia data in the target electronic device;

generating resonance power based on the power transmission efficiency and the power required for decoding and playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device; and

transmitting the generated resonance power and multimedia data to the target electronic device,

wherein a magnitude of the generated resonance power is adjusted based on one or more features of the multimedia data;

encoding, with the source electronic device, the multimedia data; and

identifying the power required for encoding the multimedia data, wherein the power required for encoding the multimedia data and the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device are identified based on a decoding of the multimedia data in the source electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to the target electronic device, calibration power for calibrating a supply of power and information of the calibration power; and

receiving the power transmission efficiency calculated based on the calibration power and the information of the calibration power from the target electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

decoding the multimedia data in the source electronic device;

identifying the power required for decoding the multimedia data in the target electronic device; and

identifying the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device, wherein

the power required for decoding and playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device are identified in response to the decoding of the multimedia data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the amount of generated resonance power is determined based on the power transmission efficiency and the identified power required for decoding and playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the amount of the generated resonance power is determined based on the power transmission efficiency information, the identified power required for encoding the multimedia data, the identified power required for playback of the multimedia data, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the magnitude of the resonance power is varied based on a power used by the source electronic device to process the multimedia data.

7. A power supplying method executed by a target electronic device, the method comprising:

calculating power transmission efficiency between a source electronic device and the target electronic device;

transmitting information of the power transmission efficiency to the source electronic device;

receiving, from the source electronic device, multimedia data and resonance power; and

applying the received resonance power to the decoding of the multimedia data and playback of the decoded multimedia data,

wherein a magnitude of the generated resonance power is adjusted based on one or more features of the multimedia data,

wherein a power required for encoding the multimedia data in the source electronic device and the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device are identified based on a encoding of the multimedia data in the source electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving calibration power for calibration of a supply of power; and

receiving information of the calibration power, wherein

the power transmission efficiency is calculated based on the received calibration power and the information of the calibration power.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the amount of resonance power varies based on the power transmission efficiency information and the power required for decoding and playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device.

10. A source electronic device comprising:

a source controlling unit configured to identify the power transmission efficiency between the source electronic device and a target electronic device and to identify the power required for decoding and playback of multimedia data in the target electronic device;

a resonance power generating unit configured to generate resonance power based on the identified power transmission efficiency and the identified power required for decoding and playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device;

a source resonance unit configured to transmit the generated resonance power to the target electronic device; and

a multimedia data processing unit configured to transmit the multimedia data to the target electronic device,

wherein a magnitude of the generated resonance power is adjusted based on one or more features of the multimedia data,

wherein the source controlling unit identifies the power required for encoding the multimedia data in the source electronic device, identifies the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device, and determines the amount of resonance power to be generated by the resonance power generating unit based on the power transmission efficiency information, the power required for encoding the multimedia data, the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target device, or a combination thereof.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the source controlling unit transmits calibration power for calibration of a supply of power and information of the calibration power,

wherein the power transmission efficiency is calculated based on the calibration power and information of the calibration power.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the source controlling unit identifies the power required for decoding the multimedia data in the target electronic device, identifies the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device, and determines the amount of resonance power to be generated by the resonance power generating unit based on the power transmission efficiency information, the power required for decoding the multimedia data in the target electronic device, the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device, or a combination thereof.

13. A target electronic device comprising:

a target controlling unit configured to calculate power transmission efficiency between a source electronic device and the target electronic device and to transmit information of the power transmission efficiency to the source electronic device;

a target resonance unit configured to receive resonance power;

a voltage converting unit configured to generate direct current (DC) power from the received resonance power; and

a data processing unit configured to receive multimedia data from the source electronic device, to decode the multimedia data using the DC power, and to perform playback of the decoded multimedia data using the DC power,

wherein a power required for encoding the multimedia data in the source electronic device and the power required for playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device are identified based on a encoding of the multimedia data in the source electronic device.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein:

the target resonance unit receives calibration power for calibration of a supply of power; and

the target controlling unit calculates the power transmission efficiency based on the amount of calibration power received from the source electronic device and information associated with the amount of calibration power.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the amount of generated resonance power varies based on the power transmission efficiency and the power required for decoding and playback of the multimedia data in the target electronic device.