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US 11,929,626 · App. 17/278,832 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Wireless charging method and electronic device

Inventors: Wenchao Yu (Shanghai, CN); Haizhen Gao (Shanghai, CN); Lvjian Yang (Shanghai, CN); Jiang Chen (Shanghai, CN); Hui Wang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H02J50/12H02J50/80H02J2310/22
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Patent No.
US 11,929,626
App. No.
17/278,832
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method that includes: transmitting, by an electronic device, a first detecting signal when the electronic device is in a reverse wireless charging mode; receiving, by the electronic device at a gap moment between at least two adjacent moments at which the first detecting signal is transmitted, a second detecting signal transmitted by a wireless charging device; and if the second detecting signal received by the electronic device meets a preset condition, automatically switching, by the electronic device, from the reverse wireless charging mode to a forward wireless charging mode.

Claims (54)

1. A wireless charging method, comprising:

transmitting, by an electronic device, a first detecting signal when the electronic device is in a wireless charging output mode;

receiving, by the electronic device, a second detecting signal transmitted by a wireless charging device, wherein the wireless charging device is in a wireless charging output mode, the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal;

in response to the second detecting signal, switching, by the electronic device, from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode; and

when the electronic device switches to the wireless charging input mode, receiving, by the electronic device, a wireless charging signal from the wireless charging device so as to receive a charging current from the wireless charging device.

2. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein in response to the second detecting signal, the switching, by the electronic device, from the wireless charging output mode to the wireless charging input mode, comprises:

in response to the second detecting signal, automatically switching, by the electronic device, from the wireless charging output mode to the wireless charging input mode.

3. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in response to a user input, setting the electronic device to the wireless charging output mode.

4. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein in response to the second detecting signal, the switching, by the electronic device, from the wireless charging output mode to the wireless charging input mode, comprises:

in response to the second detecting signal meet a preset condition, switching, by the electronic device, from the wireless charging output mode to the wireless charging input mode, wherein the preset condition comprises at least one of:

a voltage of the second detecting signal is greater than a first voltage threshold;

a current of the second detecting signal is greater than a first current threshold; or

a power of the second detecting signal is greater than a first power threshold.

5. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein

the first detecting signal is transmitted by the electronic device through a wireless charging coil; and

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device through the wireless charging coil.

6. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein a transmit frequency at which the electronic device transmits the first detecting signal is a first frequency; and a transmit frequency at which the wireless charging device transmits the second detecting signal is a second frequency, wherein the first frequency is different from the second frequency, and the first frequency is not an integer multiple of the second frequency.

7. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein a transmit frequency at which the wireless charging device transmits the second detecting signal is a second frequency, a transmit frequency at which the wireless charging device transmits the charging signal is a third frequency; wherein:

the second frequency is less than the third frequency, or a transmit power of the charging signal is greater than a transmit power of the second detecting signal.

8. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein the second detecting signal being received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal comprises:

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode, and the second detecting signal is received at a gap moment between the moments at which the electronic device transmits the first detecting signal.

9. The wireless charging method of claim 1 , wherein the second detecting signal being received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal comprises:

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode, and the second detecting signal is received at a gap moment between at least two adjacent moments at which the electronic device transmits the first detecting signal.

10. An electronic device, comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor:

transmit a first detecting signal when the electronic device is in a wireless charging output mode;

receive a second detecting signal transmitted by a wireless charging device, wherein the wireless charging device is in a wireless charging output mode and the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal;

in response to the second detecting signal, switch from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode; and

when the electronic device switches to the wireless charging input mode, receive a wireless charging signal from the wireless charging device so as to receive a charging current from the wireless charging device.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein in response to the second detecting signal, the switch from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode, comprises:

in response to the second detecting signal, automatically switch from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further:

in response to a user input, set the electronic device to the wireless charging output mode.

13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein

the first detecting signal is transmitted by the electronic device through a wireless charging coil; and

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device through the wireless charging coil.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second detecting signal being received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal comprises:

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode, and the second detecting signal is received at a gap moment between the moments at which the electronic device transmits the first detecting signal.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the second detecting signal being received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal comprises:

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode, and the second detecting signal is received at a gap moment between at least two adjacent moments at which the electronic device transmits the first detecting signal.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed:

transmit a first detecting signal when the electronic device is in a wireless charging output mode;

receive a second detecting signal transmitted by a wireless charging device, wherein the wireless charging device is in a wireless charging output mode, and the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal;

in response to the second detecting signal, switch from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode; and

when the electronic device switches to the wireless charging input mode, receive a wireless charging signal from the wireless charging device so as to receive a charging current from the wireless charging device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein in response to the second detecting signal, the switch from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode, comprises:

in response to the second detecting signal, automatically switch from the wireless charging output mode to a wireless charging input mode.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, further:

in response to a user input, set the electronic device to the wireless charging output mode.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein

the first detecting signal is transmitted by the electronic device through a wireless charging coil; and

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device through the wireless charging coil.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the second detecting signal being received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode and when the electronic device does not transmit the first detecting signal comprises:

the second detecting signal is received by the electronic device when the electronic device is in the wireless charging output mode, and the second detecting signal is received at a gap moment between the moments at which the electronic device transmits the first detecting signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2021
From: YU, WENCHAO; GAO, HAIZHEN; YANG, LVJIAN; CHEN, JIANG; WANG, HUI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056356/0530 →
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