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US 11,715,960 · App. 16/980,842 · Granted Aug 1, 2023

Dual-battery charging and discharging method and apparatus, terminal, and storage medium

Inventors: Jing Gao (Guangdong, CN); Bin Liu (Guangdong, CN); Ankang Guo (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H02J7/0013H02J3/007H02J7/00712H02J7/007188H02J7/0068H02J2310/22
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Patent No.
US 11,715,960
App. No.
16/980,842
Granted
Aug 1, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dual-battery charging and discharging method is described to be used for a dual-screen terminal. The method includes: obtaining a state identifier of the first display screen and a state identifier of the second display screen; determining whether the dual-screen terminal is in a charging state; in response to determining that the dual-screen terminal is in a charging state, controlling the first battery and the second battery to be charged according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen; and in response to determining that the dual-screen terminal is not in a charging state, controlling whether the first battery and the second battery supply power to the dual-screen terminal according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen.

Claims (18)

1. A dual-battery charging and discharging method used for a dual-screen terminal, the dual-screen terminal comprising a first display screen, a second display screen, a first battery, and a second battery, wherein the first battery is placed at a back surface of the first display screen, and the second battery is placed at a back surface of the second display screen, a distance between the first display screen and the first battery is smaller than that between the second display screen and the first battery, and a distance between the second display screen and the second battery is smaller than that between the first display screen and the second battery, the dual-battery charging and discharging method comprising:

obtaining a state identifier of the first display screen and a state identifier of the second display screen, wherein the state identifier of the first display screen is used to indicate whether the first display screen is in a working state, and the state identifier of the second display screen is used to indicate whether the second display screen is in a working state;

determining whether the dual-screen terminal is in a charging state;

in response to determining that the dual-screen terminal is in a charging state, controlling the first battery and the second battery to be charged according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen; and

in response to determining that the dual-screen terminal is not in a charging state, controlling whether the first battery and the second battery supply power to the dual-screen terminal according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen,

wherein a step of controlling the first battery and the second battery to be charged according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen comprises:

in response to the first display screen being in a working state and the second display screen not being in a working state, charging the second battery according to a third preset ratio of a charging current and charging the first battery according to a fourth preset ratio of the charging current, the third preset ratio and the fourth preset ratio being different from a first preset ratio for charging the first battery and a second preset ratio for charging the second battery in response to the first display screen and the second display screen both being in a working state or neither being in a working state; and

the third preset ratio is greater than the fourth preset ratio, and the charging current is generated by a charging device connected to the dual-screen terminal.

2. The dual-battery charging and discharging method according claim 1 , wherein

in response to the first display screen and the second display screen both being in a working state or neither being in a working state, and charging the first battery according to the first preset ratio of a charging current and charging the second battery according to the second preset ratio of the charging current,

the charging current is generated by a charging device connected to the dual-screen terminal.

3. The dual-battery charging and discharging method according claim 1 , wherein a step of controlling whether the first battery and the second battery supply power to the dual-screen terminal according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen comprises:

in response to the first display screen and the second display screen both being in a working state or neither being in a working state, controlling the first battery and the second battery to supply power to the dual-screen terminal.

4. The dual-battery charging and discharging method according claim 1 , wherein a step of controlling whether the first battery and the second battery supply power to the dual-screen terminal according to the state identifier of the first display screen and the state identifier of the second display screen comprises:

in response to the first display screen being in a working state and the second display screen not being in a working state, controlling the second battery to supply power to the dual-screen terminal and controlling the first battery not to supply power to the dual-screen terminal.

5. A dual-screen terminal, comprising a first display screen, a second display screen, a first battery, and a second battery, wherein the first battery is placed at a back surface of the first display screen, and the second battery is placed at a back surface of the second display screen, the dual-screen terminal further comprising a processor and a memory,

wherein the memory stores therein a computer program, and when the processor executes the computer program, the processor implements the dual-battery charging and discharging method according to claim 1 .

6. A non-transitory storage medium storing thereon a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the processor implements the dual-battery charging and discharging method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2020
From: GAO, JING; LIU, BIN; GUO, ANKANG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053767/0851 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810766281.X · Jul 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210021136A1 · Jan 21, 2021
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