Battery charging apparatus, control method thereof, and battery charging control apparatus for charging a battery without an external device
A battery charging apparatus which includes: an adapter which converts a voltage of an external electric power to a charging voltage of a voltage level corresponding to the battery, to charge the battery; and a controller which communicates with the battery to determine a charged state of the battery, and which controls the adapter to charge the battery based on the determination.
1. A battery charging apparatus for use in charging a battery, the apparatus comprising:
an adapter to convert an input electric power to a charging voltage to charge the battery, according to a charged state of the battery; and
a controller which communicates with the battery to detect the charged state of the battery, and to control the adapter to charge the battery to the charging voltage, based on the detected charged state.
2. The battery charging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the adapter comprises a voltage converter to convert the input electric power to the charging voltage; and
the controller controls the voltage converter to convert the input electric power to the charging voltage to charge the battery, based on the determined charged state of the battery.
3. The battery charging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the adapter is a Narrow VDC 2 nd (NVDC 2) adapter.
4. The battery charging apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the adapter comprises a control pin to connect the adapter to the controller, and the controller controls the voltage converter via the control pin.
5. The battery charging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a cable to connect the battery and the adapter, wherein the controller is disposed in the cable.
6. The battery charging apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a connector to connect the battery and the adapter, wherein the controller is disposed in the connector.
7. A method of controlling a battery charging apparatus which charges a battery, the method comprising:
communicating with the battery to determine a charged state of the battery; and
controlling an adapter to convert an input electric power to a charging voltage suitable to charge the battery, based on the determined charged state of the battery.
8. A battery charging control apparatus comprising:
a connector to connect to a battery; and
a controller to communicate with the battery through the connector, to determine a charged state of the battery, to control an external voltage converter to convert an input electric power to a charging voltage suitable to charge the battery according to the determined charged state, and to control the output of the charging voltage to the battery.
9. The battery charging control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the connector is a cable which connects the battery and the voltage converter.
10. The battery charging control apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the cable houses the controller.
11. The battery charging method of claim 7 , wherein the determining of the charged state further comprises the battery determining a full charge capacity (FCC) and a total capacity decrease amount (MAX ERROR/RSOC) thereof, using data communicated from the battery.
12. A battery charging apparatus for use with a battery, comprising:
a voltage converter to convert a AC power into a DC power, to convert a voltage of the DC power to a charging voltage suitable to charge a battery, according to a detected charged state of the battery, and to output the charging voltage to the battery;
a connector to connect the voltage converter to the battery; and
a controller disposed in the connector, to determine the charged state of the battery according to data received from the battery, and to control the voltage converter, such that the charging voltage corresponds to the determined charged state of the battery.
13. The battery charging apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller determines the charged state according to a full charge capacity (FCC) of the battery, and a total capacity decrease amount indication (MAX ERROR/RSOC) of the battery using the received data.
14. The battery charging apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the controller is a central processing unit (CPU) or a microprocessor.
15. A method of controlling a battery charging apparatus which charges a battery, the method comprising:
receiving data generated by the battery relating to a charged state thereof; and
controlling an adapter to convert an input electric power to a charging voltage suitable to charge the battery, based on the data from the battery.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising connecting to the battery using a connector comprising a controller.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the receiving of the data further comprises using the controller to receive the data.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the generating of the charging voltage further comprises using the controller to control the adapter to generate the charging voltage.