Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sungjoon Cho

Youngmi Ha

Hansol Choi

Kyounghoon Kim

Byungwook Kim

Jungmin Lee

Kyungmin Park

Yusu Kim

Juhyang Lee

Duhyun Kim

Kyoungwon Kim

Kuchul Jung

Seungbeom Kang

Yongsang Yun

Chihyun Cho

Jaeho Song

Jaemu Ha

Kwanbae Son

Dongik Sin

Jaesung Lee

Wooram Lee

Dongzo Kim

Wookwang Lee

Dongrak Shin

Hyunjun Oh

Daeneung Kim

Boeun Lee

Seongil Lee

An electronic device and method are disclosed, including a first and second battery, a first and second fuel gauge, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: determining capacity ratios of the first and second batteries based at least on absolute capacities of the first and second batteries, as identified via the first and second fuel gauges, respectively, calculating a residual capacity of the first battery and a residual capacity of the second battery based on at least one of the determined capacity ratios and the obtained states of the first and second battery, respectively, and outputting the calculated residual capacity of the first battery and the calculated residual capacity of the second battery.

Electronic device and method for managing plural batteries

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a battery disposed inside the housing, a power management module for controlling charging of the battery, and at least one processor operationally connected with the battery and the power management module. The at least one processor is provided to direct a plurality of charging intervals while charging the battery, each of the plurality of charging intervals having a target voltage, to alternately charge the battery in a first mode and in a second mode through the power management module, wherein a charging current flowing into the battery is uniformly maintained in the first mode and a voltage of the battery is uniformly maintained in the second mode, and to switch the first mode to the second mode when the voltage of the battery reaches the target voltage in the first mode.

Method for charging battery and electronic device applying the method

A method of controlling charging of a plurality of batteries and an electronic device to which the same is applied are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a plurality of batteries arranged in the housing, a power management module that controls the plurality of batteries, a plurality of current limiting ICs that limits a maximum intensity of a current flowing into each of the plurality of batteries, and at least one processor operationally connected to the plurality of batteries, the power management module and the plurality of current limiting ICs. The at least one processor may set a total charging current output from the power management module, set an individual charging current flowing into each of the plurality of batteries in proportion to a total capacity of each of the plurality of batteries, and recalculate the individual charging currents when the total charging current changes.

Method of controlling charging of plurality of batteries and electronic device to which the same is applied

According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises a battery, a wireless interface including a coil and configured to wirelessly transmit electric power from the battery via the coil, and at least one processor configured to: perform a wireless charging function of wirelessly transmitting electric power to an external device via the wireless interface, while neither the electronic device nor the external device is being supplied with electric power from an external power source via a wire, and based on identifying that the external device starts being supplied with electric power from an external power source via a wire while performing the wireless charging function, stop performing the wireless charging function of wirelessly transmitting electric power to the external device.

Electronic device and method for wire and wireless charging in electronic device

A method of controlling a plurality of batteries and an electronic device to which the same is applied. The electronic device includes a housing and a plurality of batteries. The electronic device also includes a power management module, a plurality of current limiting ICs, and a processor operationally connected to the plurality of batteries, the power management module and the plurality of current limiting ICs. The processor is configured to sense a sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries or a voltage of the power management module, perform a primary end of reducing a magnitude of the sum of the currents flowing into the plurality of batteries, sense the currents or voltages of the plurality of batteries, and perform a secondary end of blocking a current flowing into a battery.

Method of controlling plurality of batteries and electronic device to which the same is applied

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first battery and a second battery arranged in the housing, a power management module, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, a first current limiting integrated circuit (IC) configured to limit a maximum intensity of a first current flowing into the first battery, a second current limiting IC configured to limit a maximum intensity of a second current flowing into the second battery, and a processor. The processor may determine whether the first temperature or the second temperature is outside a specified temperature range and, when the first temperature is outside of the specified temperature range, control the first current limiting IC to reduce a magnitude of the first current.

Method of controlling charging of plurality of batteries and electronic device to which the method is applied

The present application provides an electronic device for preventing a universal serial bus (USB) device from being damaged, and an operating method therefor. The electronic device includes a universal serial bus (USB) connector connectable to at least one of a charging device and a USB device through a dual gender, and at least one processor electrically coupled to the USB connector. The at least one processor is configured to detect a connection of the charging device and the USB device to the electronic device through the USB connector, in response to the connection of the charging device and the USB device to the electronic device, determine a charging voltage satisfying a designated condition, and request the charging device to provide the determined charging voltage through the USB connector.

Electronic device for preventing damage of USB device and operating method thereof

An electronic device including a battery, a wireless interface operatively or electrically connected with the battery, a display, a memory, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: detect an event while the electronic device is in contact with or is connected to another electronic device via the wireless interface and wirelessly charging-shares power of the battery with the another electronic device via the wireless interface; turn off a wireless charging-sharing function when the event corresponds to a predetermined condition; provide a user notification about the turning-off of the wireless charging-sharing function via the display; and turn on the wireless charging-sharing function when a state of the electronic device corresponds to a wireless charging-sharing condition. The various embodiments also a method of operating the electronic device. Various embodiments are also possible.

Device and method for providing user interface according to wireless power-sharing

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an apparatus and method for preventing overcharging of a battery. In this case, the electronic device includes a battery, at least one processor, and a memory electrically coupled to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions, when executed, allowing the at least one processor to set a charge safety time corresponding to an external device upon connection with the external power device, charge the battery, based at least in part on power of the external power device, and update the charge safety time, based on a change of at least one of charging current and discharging current of the battery. Other embodiments may also be possible.

Method for preventing overcharging of battery and electronic device therefor

An electronic device includes a wireless charging coil, a wireless charging circuit, a power management module, a battery, and a processor. The processor is configured to control to receive first information from an external electronic device while transmitting wireless charging power to the external electronic device through the wireless charging circuit, to control, in response to receiving the first information, the wireless charging circuit to stop transmission of the wireless charging power and operate in a state of transmitting and receiving a ping signal, to check whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the wireless charging power is stopped, and to control, in response to elapse of the predetermined time, the wireless charging circuit to retransmit the wireless charging power to the external electronic device. Other embodiments are possible.

Electronic device and method for controlling wireless charging

An electronic device and method are provided for frequency interference cancellation. The electronic device includes a coil, a wireless power receive circuit, a charging circuit, a display, and a processor. The processor may be configured to perform wireless charging with power wirelessly received from a wireless charger, change, via the charging circuit, a charging current of the electronic device from an initial current level to a first current level, based on the display being switched on during wireless charging, change, via the wireless power receive circuit, a charging voltage of the electronic device from an initial voltage level to a first voltage level, transmit, via the coil, a packet for changing a charging voltage of the wireless charger, change, via the wireless power receive circuit, the charging voltage of the electronic device to a second voltage level upon transmission of the packet, and change the charging current to the initial current level.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Sungjoon Cho