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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Ji-hoon Jung, Seoul, KR;
Ki-young Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Bong-chul Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sung-rok Bang, Hwaseong-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus, a charge controlling method, and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a battery unit including a battery and configured to supply power to components of the electronic apparatus using power of the battery, a charging circuit configured to, in response to the power being received from an external adapter, charge the battery using the received power, and a controller configured to detect a charging state of the battery, divide a charging process into a plurality of charging periods according to the detected charging state, and control the charging circuit to provide different target voltages to the divided charging periods and target currents determined according to the different target voltages and preset power consumption to the battery.