Interface insertion anomaly detection circuit and method

• US 10,082,532 B2
• Filed: 05/08/2014
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Original Assignee: Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corporation Limited
• Inventors: Zhang, Jialiang, Wu, Kewei, Wu, Jie, Yuan, Xingwei, Shuai, Feiwu
• Primary Examiner(s): Astacio-Oquendo, Giovanni
• Assistant Examiner(s): FORTICH, ALVARO E
• Application Number:
  US15/114,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20160349308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,601 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/66 Testing of connections, e.g. of plugs or non-disconnectable joints testing for incorrect line connections G01R31/55
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 31/68 Testing of releasable connections, e.g. of terminals mounted on a printed circuit board
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/221 to test buses, lines or interfaces, e.g. stuck-at or open line faults
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2247 Verification or detection of system hardware configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/24 Arrangements for testing
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a detection circuit and a method for detecting an abnormal interface coupling. The detection circuit includes: a power circuit; a first USB interface, including a first power wire and a first signal wire, in which a power end of the first power wire is coupled to the power circuit; a second USB interface, including a second power wire and a second signal wire, in which the second USB interface is coupled with the first USB interface, such that the second signal wire is coupled with the first signal wire; and a controller, configured to acquire a voltage difference between a voltage of the first power wire and a voltage of the second power wire, and to determine whether the interface coupling is abnormal according to the voltage difference.

Claims

1. A detection circuit for detecting an abnormal interface coupling, comprising:

a power circuit;

a first USB interface, comprising a first power wire and a first signal wire, wherein a power end of the first power wire is coupled to the power circuit;

a second USB interface, comprising a second power wire and a second signal wire, wherein the second power wire and the second signal wire are short-circuited coupled, the second USB interface is coupled with the first USB interface, such that the second signal wire is coupled with the first signal wire;

the first power wire is configured to receive a power signal outputted by the power circuit, and to output the power signal received to the second power wire in the second USB interface coupled with the first USB interface; and

a controller, wherein a first voltage sampling end of the controller is coupled to the power end of the first power wire, a second voltage sampling end of the controller is coupled to a signal end of the first signal wire, and the controller is configured to, before a charging is performed or during the charging, acquire a voltage of the first power wire from the first voltage sampling end, to acquire a voltage of the first signal wire from the second voltage sampling end, to calculate a voltage difference according to the voltage of the first power wire and the voltage of the first signal wire, and to determine whether the abnormal interface coupling between the first USB interface and the second USB interface occurs according to the voltage difference.

2. The detection circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:

an alarm circuit, coupled with the controller and configured to alarm if the voltage difference is greater than a preset voltage threshold.

3. The detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein,

the first USB interface is a USB socket, and the power circuit, the first USB interface and the controller are included in a mobile terminal;

and

the second USB interface is a USB plug and included in a charging adapter.

4. The detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein,

the first USB interface is a USB plug, the power circuit, the first USB interface and the controller are included in a charging adapter;

and

the second USB interface is a USB socket and included in a mobile terminal.

5. The detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein,

the first USB interface comprises P first power wires, where P is greater than or equal to 2;

and

the first USB interface further comprises Q first ground wires, where Q is greater than or equal to 2.

6. The detection circuit according to claim 5, wherein,

the second USB interface comprises M second power wires, where M is greater than or equal to 2;

and

the second USB interface comprises N second ground wires, where N is greater than or equal to 2.

7. The detection circuit according to claim 6, wherein, P, M, Q and N are identical to each other.

10. The detection circuit according to claim 1, wherein,

the controller is configured to determine whether the abnormal interface coupling between the first USB interface and the second USB interface occurs before a charging is performed.

11. The detection circuit according to claim 10, wherein,

the controller is further configured to continue to detect the coupling between the first USB interface and the second USB interface during the charging, to send a detection stop instruction to the power circuit if the voltage difference is greater than a preset voltage threshold, such that the power circuit stops sending the power signal to the first power wire.

12. The detection circuit according to claim 11, wherein,

the controller is further configured to send a detection instruction to the power circuit after a preset time period has passed since the detection stop instruction is sent, such that the power circuit outputs the power signal to the first power wire.

13. The detection circuit according to claim 11, wherein the preset voltage threshold is set at least according to a voltage difference between the first power wire and the first signal wire detected when the first power wire is well coupled with the second power wire, and a current outputted to the second power wire from the first power wire when the coupling is abnormal.

8. A method for detecting an abnormal interface coupling between a first USB interface and a second USB interface, wherein the first USB interface comprises a first power wire and a first signal wire, the second USB interface comprises a second power wire and a second signal wire, a power end of the first power wire is coupled with a power circuit, and the first signal wire is coupled with the second signal wire when the first USB interface is coupled with the second USB interface, and the method comprises:

short-circuited coupling the second power wire with the second signal wire;

outputting by the power circuit a power signal to the first power wire in the first USB interface when the first USB interface is coupled with the second USB interface, such that the first USB interface outputs the power signal to the second power wire in the second USB interface via the first power wire;

detecting by a controller, the voltage of the first power wire and a voltage of the first signal wire, before a charging is performed or during the charging;

acquiring by the controller, the voltage difference according to the voltage of the first power wire and the voltage of the first signal wire; and

determining whether the abnormal interface coupling between the first USB interface and the second USB interface occurs according to the voltage difference.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

issuing an alarm if the voltage difference is greater than a preset voltage threshold.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

performing a charging after determining that the first USB interface is well coupled with the second USB interface.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising:

continuing to detect whether the coupling is abnormal during the charging; and

sending a detection stop instruction to the power circuit if the coupling is abnormal, such that the power circuit stops sending the power signal to the first power wire.

16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising:

sending a detection instruction to the power circuit after a preset time period has passed since the detection stop instruction is sent to the power circuit, such that the power circuit outputs the power signal to the first power wire.

17. The method according to claim 9, wherein the second power wire and the second signal wire are short-circuited coupled, and the preset voltage threshold is at least according to a voltage difference between the first power wire and the first signal wire detected when the first power wire is well coupled with the second power wire, and a current outputted to the second power wire from the first power wire when the abnormal interface coupling between the first USB interface and the second USB interface occurs.