Charging control of a battery pack of an electronic apparatus
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1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first power receiving portion that includes at least one first terminal configured to receive a first power supplied by a first power source;
a second power receiving portion that includes a coil configured to receive a second power supplied by a second power source;
a first battery cell;
a first charging path that couples the first power receiving portion to the first battery cell such that the first charging path is configured to enable reception of the first power at the first battery cell;
a second battery cell;
a second charging path that couples the second power receiving portion to the second battery cell such that the second charging path is configured to enable reception of the second power at the second battery cell;
a third charging path configured to couple the first charging path to the second charging path such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the first power at the second battery cell and such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the second power at the first battery cell; and
a processor configured to control on-and-off switching of the third charging path in accordance with receiving states of the first and second powers, the first charging path and the second charging path being coupled when the third charging path is switched on and the first charging path and the second charging path not being coupled when the third charging path is switched off.
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes first and second power receiving portions that receive first and second powers respectively supplied through two power paths, first and second battery cells that are charged with the first or second power, a first charging path that couples the first power receiving portion to the first battery cell, a second charging path that couples the second power receiving portion to the second battery cell, a third charging path that couples the first charging path to second charging path, and a processor configured to control on-and-off switching of the third charging path in accordance with receiving states of the first and second powers.
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1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
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a first power receiving portion that includes at least one first terminal configured to receive a first power supplied by a first power source; a second power receiving portion that includes a coil configured to receive a second power supplied by a second power source; a first battery cell; a first charging path that couples the first power receiving portion to the first battery cell such that the first charging path is configured to enable reception of the first power at the first battery cell; a second battery cell; a second charging path that couples the second power receiving portion to the second battery cell such that the second charging path is configured to enable reception of the second power at the second battery cell; a third charging path configured to couple the first charging path to the second charging path such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the first power at the second battery cell and such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the second power at the first battery cell; and a processor configured to control on-and-off switching of the third charging path in accordance with receiving states of the first and second powers, the first charging path and the second charging path being coupled when the third charging path is switched on and the first charging path and the second charging path not being coupled when the third charging path is switched off. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A charging control method comprising:
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determining, by a processor, whether or not a first power is received from a first power source, a first charging path being configured to enable reception of the first power by a first battery cell; determining whether or not a second power is received from a second power source, a second charging path being configured to enable reception of the second power by a second battery cell; and controlling, in accordance with a result of the determination as to the reception of the first power and the second power, on-and-off switching of a third charging path configured to couple the first charging path and the second charging path such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the first power at the second battery cell and such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the second power at the first battery cell, the first charging path and the second charging path being coupled when the third charging path is switched on and the first charging path and the second charging path not being coupled when the third charging path is switched off.
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6. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a charging control program causing an electronic apparatus to execute processing comprising:
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determining whether or not a first power is received from a first power source, a first charging path being configured to enable reception of the first power by a first battery cell; determining whether or not a second power is received from a second power source, a second charging path being configured to enable reception of the second power by a second battery cell; and controlling, in accordance with a result of the determination as to the reception of the first power and the second power, on-and-off switching of a third charging path configured to couple the first charging path and the second charging path such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the first power at the second battery cell and such that the third charging path is configured to enable reception of the second power at the first battery cell, the first charging path and the second charging path being coupled when the third charging path is switched on and the first charging path and the second charging path not being coupled when the third charging path is switched off.
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