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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Acer Incorporated, New Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/266 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02J 7/0052 (2013.01); H02J 2007/0062 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging method for an electronic device having a charging unit and a connection interface unit and the electronic device are provided. The connection interface unit is externally connected to a peripheral device. The charging method includes: detecting a signal level between the charging unit and the connection interface unit; and when a time period that the detected signal level keeps on a particular level is over a threshold, resetting the connection interface unit, so as to restart a charging function of the electronic device for the peripheral device.