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Granted Patent B2
US 10,581,256 · App. 15/916,653 · Granted Mar 3, 2020

Control method and electronic device based on battery leakage state

Inventors: Ku-Chul Jung (Suwon-si, KR); Chul-Woo Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sang-Hyun Ryu (Suwon-si, KR); Min-Jung Park (Suwon-si, KR); Jeong-Ho Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, KR); Chi-Hyun Cho (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H02J7/0031G01R31/025G01R31/026G01R31/389H01M10/0525
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Patent No.
US 10,581,256
App. No.
15/916,653
Granted
Mar 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments relating to an electronic device and a method based on a battery leakage state have been described. According to an example embodiment, an electronic device includes a display; a communication circuit; a battery; a current sensor configured to measure a charge current used for charging the battery; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to measure a charge current using the current sensor, to determine a leakage state of the battery based on at least a part of the charge current, and to provide a notification corresponding to the leakage state through the display and/or perform a specified function corresponding to the leakage state based on at least a part of the leakage state.

Claims (57)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication circuit;

a battery;

a current sensor; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

identify a charge current for charging the battery via the current sensor;

identify a leakage state, among a plurality of leakage states, of the battery based on at least a part of the charge current, wherein information associated with the plurality of leakage states of the battery is stored in a memory of the electronic device; and

provide a notification corresponding to the leakage state through the display and/or perform a specified function corresponding to the leakage state based on at least a part of the leakage state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

identify of the leakage state further based on status information of the electronic device;

provide first information corresponding to a first specified state as at least a part of the notification when the leakage state is the first specified state; and

perform a function corresponding to a second specified state as at least a part of the specified function when the leakage state is the second specified state.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to identify, as the charge current, a current measured based on at least a part of a specified period of time.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to identify, as at least a part of the status information, a temperature of the electronic device, the number of times of charging of the battery, and/or the number of times of discharging of the battery.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to adjust, as at least a part of the performing of the specified function, at least one function related to charging of the battery.

6. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit at least one of: the status information and attribute information of the charge current to an external device using the communication circuit.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory configured to store a charging profile,

wherein the processor is configured to measure the charge current during a period of time specified based on at least a part of the charging profile.

8. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine an excess capacity supplied to the battery;

determine a leakage current based on at least a part of the excess capacity; and

determine the leakage state based on at least a part of the leakage current.

9. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to receive control information corresponding to an operation state of the battery determined in an external device, and to perform a function corresponding to the received control information.

10. A method of controlling an electronic device based on a battery leakage state, the control method comprising:

identifying a charge current for charging a battery;

identifying a leakage state, among a plurality of leakage states, of the battery based on at least a part of the charge current, wherein information associated with the plurality of leakage states of the battery is stored in a memory of the electronic device; and

performing a specified function corresponding to the leakage state based on at least a part of the leakage state.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

obtaining status information,

wherein the determining of the leakage state includes determining a leakage state of the battery based on the status information and the charge current, and

the performing of the specified function includes:

performing a first function corresponding to a first specified state when the leakage state is the first specified state; and

performing a second function corresponding to a second specified state when the leakage state is the second specified state.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the identifying of the charge current includes identifying, as the charge current, a current measured based on at least a part of a specified period of time.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein a temperature corresponding to the electronic device, the number of times of charging of the battery, and/or the number of times of discharging of the battery is obtained as at least a part of the status information.

14. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the first function includes a function of providing a notification corresponding to the first specified state, and wherein the second function includes a function of adjusting at least one operation related to charging of the battery.

15. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the identifying of the charge current includes identifying, as the charge current, a current measured during a period of time specified based on at least a part of a specified charging profile.

16. The control method of claim 11 , wherein the determining of the leakage state includes:

determining an excessive capacity supplied to the battery;

determining a leakage current based on at least a part of the excess capacity; and

determining a leakage state based on at least a part of the leakage current.

17. An electronic device comprising:

a display;

a communication circuit;

a battery;

a current sensor; and

a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

identify a charge current for charging the battery via the current sensor;

identify a current leakage state, among a plurality of leakage states, of the battery based on at least a part of the charge current, wherein information associated with the plurality of leakage states of the battery is stored in a memory of the electronic device;

provide a notification corresponding to a first state through the display when the current leakage state is the first state; and

limit at least one function related to the charging of the battery when the current leakage state is a second state.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to identify, as the charge current, a current measured based on at least a part of a specified period of time.

19. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to identify, as at least a part of the status information, a temperature corresponding to the electronic device, the number of times of charging of the battery, and/or the number of times of discharging of the battery.

20. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the status information and/or attribute information of the charge current to an external device using the communication circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2018
From: JUNG, KU-CHUL; PARK, CHUL-WOO; RYU, SANG-HYUN; PARK, MIN-JUNG; LEE, JEONG-HO; CHO, CHI-HYUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0030709 · Mar 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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