Electronic device that receives power from power supply apparatus and method thereof
An electronic device includes a connector that includes a first terminal for receiving power from a power supply apparatus, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; a receiving power control unit that controls power received from the power supply apparatus via the first terminal; a determination unit that determines a power supply capability of the power supply apparatus by using the second terminal or the third terminal and the fourth terminal; and a control unit that restricts, before the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is determined by using the third terminal and the fourth terminal, power to be received from the power supply apparatus via the first terminal when a predetermined transition occurs in the second terminal.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a connector that includes a VBUS terminal for receiving power from a power supply apparatus, a CC (configuration channel) terminal, and data communication terminals;
a determination circuitry that determines a power supply capability of the power supply apparatus by using the data communication terminals, after a predetermined transition occurs in the CC terminal in response that the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is changed to a predetermined power supply capability; and
a receiving power control circuitry that restricts power to be received from the power supply apparatus via the VBUS terminal after the predetermined transition occurs in the CC terminal and before the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is determined by using the data communication terminals.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined power supply capability conforms to USB (Universal Serial Bus) Battery Charging standard.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a voltage of the CC terminal before the occurrence of the predetermined transition is a voltage defined in USB Type-C standard.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the determination circuitry determines the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus based on a type of the power supply apparatus which is determined via the data communication terminals.
5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving power control circuitry controls power to be received from the power supply apparatus in accordance with the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus determined by using the data communication terminals.
6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein after the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is determined by using the data communication terminals, the receiving power control circuitry controls power to be received from the power supply apparatus in accordance with the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus determined by using the data communication terminals.
7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry determines an operation mode based on a remaining battery amount.
8. A method comprising:
receiving power from a power supply apparatus via a VBUS terminal;
determining a power supply capability of the power supply apparatus by using data communication terminals, after a predetermined transition occurs in a CC (configuration channel) terminal in response that the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is changed to a predetermined power supply capability; and
restricting power to be received from the power supply apparatus via the VBUS terminal after the predetermined transition occurs in the CC terminal and before the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is determined by using the data communication terminals.
9. A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
receiving power from a power supply apparatus via a VBUS terminal;
determining a power supply capability of the power supply apparatus by using data communication terminals, after a predetermined transition occurs in a CC configuration channel) terminal in response that the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is changed to a predetermined power supply capability; and
restricting power to be received from the power supply apparatus via the VBUS terminal after the predetermined transition occurs in the CC terminal and before the power supply capability of the power supply apparatus is determined by using the data communication terminals.