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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Beomju Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Seoyoung Park, Suwon-si, KR;

Jungoh Sung, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H02J 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); G06F 1/28 (2013.01); G06F 1/30 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3212 (2013.01); H02J 7/0073 (2013.01); H02J 7/041 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1292 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for charging a battery of a mobile device are provided. In the apparatus, a processor of the device starts a charging process when a connection of a charger is detected after a booting process of the device is initiated. The processor adjusts electric power by performing at least one of reducing consuming power of the device and raising charging power of the device. When a completion condition of a power adjustment is satisfied, the processor returns the electric power by performing at least one of returning the reduced consuming power to a basic consuming value and returning the raised charging power to a basic charging value.


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