KR-20260067934-A - CHARGING DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CHARGING WEARABLE DEVICE

KR20260067934AKR 20260067934 AKR20260067934 AKR 20260067934AKR-20260067934-A

Abstract

The charging device may include at least one processor comprising a first interface, a memory for storing second interface instructions, and a processing circuit. The instructions may cause the charging device to provide power to the first wearable device based on a determination that the battery level of the first wearable device is smaller than the first threshold charge level, based on acquiring a first threshold charge level, acquiring a second threshold charge level, and identifying the second threshold charge level which is greater than the first threshold charge level, and to provide power to the second wearable device based on a determination that the battery level is not smaller than the first threshold charge level, and to provide power only to the second wearable device among the first wearable device and the second wearable device based on a determination that the battery level is not smaller than the first threshold charge level.

Inventors

서지연

Assignees

삼성전자주식회사

Dates

Publication Date: 20260513
Application Date: 20241202
Priority Date: 20241106

Claims (20)

In a charging device, A first interface for connecting to a first wearable device; A second interface for connecting to a second wearable device; Memory that stores instructions and includes one or more storage media; and It includes at least one processor comprising a processing circuit, and When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: A first threshold charge level corresponding to the first wearable device is obtained using the first interface, and Using the second interface, a second threshold charge level corresponding to the second wearable device is obtained, and Based on identifying the second threshold charge level greater than the first threshold charge level: Based on the determination that the battery level of the first wearable device identified using the first interface is lower than the first threshold charge level, power is provided to the first wearable device through the first interface and power is provided to the second wearable device through the second interface, and Causing power to be provided through the second interface only to the second wearable device among the first wearable device and the second wearable device, in accordance with the determination that the battery level is not lower than the first threshold charge level. Charging device.
In claim 1, The first threshold charge level is obtained based on first battery information obtained from the first wearable device while the first wearable device is connected to the charging device through the first interface, and The second threshold charge level is obtained based on second battery information obtained from the second wearable device while the second wearable device is connected to the charging device through the second interface, Charging device.
In claim 2, Each of the above first threshold charge level and the above second threshold charge level is determined based on the ratio of the usage of the second cumulative charge time of the second wearable device obtained according to the second battery information to the first cumulative charge time of the first wearable device obtained according to the first battery information, Charging device.
In claim 1, The amount of power provided to the second wearable device according to the determination that the battery level is smaller than the first threshold charge level is smaller than the amount of power provided to the second wearable device according to the determination that the battery level is not smaller than the first threshold charge level. Charging device.
In claim 1, When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: Based on identifying the second threshold charge level which is greater than the first threshold charge level, and determining that the battery level is not less than the first threshold charge level, refraining from providing power to the first wearable device and causing power to be provided to the second wearable device through the second interface. Charging device.
In claim 1, It further includes a power input circuit for obtaining external power, and When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: Based on identifying the second threshold charge level greater than the first threshold charge level: Based on the determination that the battery level is lower than the first threshold charge level, control to connect the first wearable device and the power input circuit through the first interface, and control to connect the second wearable device and the power input circuit through the second interface, and Causing to control only the second wearable device among the first wearable device and the second wearable device to be connected to the power input circuit, based on the determination that the battery level is not lower than the first threshold charge level. Charging device.
In claim 1, Includes more batteries, When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: Based on the determination that the first threshold charge level is smaller than the second threshold charge level and the charge level of the battery is larger than the reference charge level: Based on the charge level of the battery, the second battery level of the second wearable device identified using the second interface, and the second threshold charge level, the amount of power to be provided to the second wearable device using the battery is determined, and Based on the amount determined above, power is provided to the second wearable device through the second interface using the battery, and After providing power to the second wearable device using the battery, causing power to be provided to the first wearable device through the first interface using the battery, Charging device.
In claim 7, When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: Based on the determination that the first threshold charge level is smaller than the second threshold charge level and the charge level is not larger than the reference charge level: Power is obtained from the first wearable device through the first interface, and Causing to control the connection between the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface through the second interface, based on the power obtained above. Charging device.
In claim 8, When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: After the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface are connected, battery information is obtained from the first wearable device, and Causing to control the disconnection of the connection between the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface, based on the determination that the third battery level identified from the battery information is smaller than the first threshold charge level. Charging device.
In claim 8, When the above instructions are executed individually or collectively by the at least one processor, the charging device: After the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface are connected, battery information is obtained from the second wearable device, and Causing to control the disconnection of the connection between the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface, based on the determination that the third battery level identified from the battery information is greater than the second threshold charge level. Charging device.
A method performed in a charging device having a first interface for connecting to a first wearable device and a second interface for connecting to a second wearable device, The operation of obtaining a first threshold charge level corresponding to the first wearable device using the first interface, and The operation of obtaining a second threshold charge level corresponding to the second wearable device using the second interface, and Based on identifying the second threshold charge level greater than the first threshold charge level: The operation of providing power to the first wearable device through the first interface and providing power to the second wearable device through the second interface, in accordance with the determination that the battery level of the first wearable device identified using the first interface is lower than the first threshold charge level, and Based on the determination that the battery level is not lower than the first threshold charge level, the method includes providing power through the second interface only to the second wearable device among the first wearable device and the second wearable device. method.
In claim 11, The first threshold charge level is obtained based on first battery information obtained from the first wearable device while the first wearable device is connected to the charging device through the first interface, and The second threshold charge level is obtained based on second battery information obtained from the second wearable device while the second wearable device is connected to the charging device through the second interface, method.
In claim 12, Each of the above first threshold charge level and the above second threshold charge level is determined based on the ratio of the usage of the second cumulative charge time of the second wearable device obtained according to the second battery information to the first cumulative charge time of the first wearable device obtained according to the first battery information, method.
In claim 11, The amount of power provided to the second wearable device according to the determination that the battery level is smaller than the first threshold charge level is smaller than the amount of power provided to the second wearable device according to the determination that the battery level is not smaller than the first threshold charge level. method.
In claim 11, The method further comprises: an operation of refraining from providing power to the first wearable device based on the determination that the battery level is not smaller than the first threshold charge level, based on identifying the second threshold charge level which is greater than the first threshold charge level; and an operation of providing power to the second wearable device through the second interface. method.
In claim 11, The above charging device further includes a power input circuit for obtaining external power, and Based on identifying the second threshold charge level greater than the first threshold charge level: The operation of controlling to connect the first wearable device and the power input circuit through the first interface and to connect the second wearable device and the power input circuit through the second interface, in accordance with the determination that the battery level is lower than the first threshold charge level, and Based on the determination that the battery level is not lower than the first threshold charge level, the method includes controlling to connect only the second wearable device among the first wearable device and the second wearable device to the power input circuit. method.
In claim 11, The above charging device further includes a battery, and Based on the determination that the first threshold charge level is smaller than the second threshold charge level and the charge level of the battery is larger than the reference charge level: An operation to determine the amount of power to be provided to the second wearable device using the battery based on the charge level of the battery, the second battery level of the second wearable device identified using the second interface, and the second threshold charge level, and Based on the above-determined amount, the operation of providing power to the second wearable device through the second interface using the battery, and The method further includes the operation of providing power to the second wearable device using the battery, and then providing power to the first wearable device through the first interface using the battery. method.
In claim 17, Based on the determination that the first threshold charge level is smaller than the second threshold charge level and the charge level is not larger than the reference charge level: The operation of obtaining power from the first wearable device through the first interface, and Based on the power obtained above, further comprising an operation to control connecting the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface through the second interface. method.
In claim 18, After the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface are connected, the operation of obtaining battery information from the first wearable device, and The method further includes an operation to control the disconnection of the connection between the second wearable device and the first wearable device connected to the first interface, based on a determination that the third battery level identified from the battery information is smaller than the first threshold charge level. method.
In a non-transient computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, When the above one or more programs are executed by a charging device having a first interface for connecting to a first wearable device and a second interface for connecting to a second wearable device, A first threshold charge level corresponding to the first wearable device is obtained using the first interface, and Using the second interface, a second threshold charge level corresponding to the second wearable device is obtained, and Based on identifying the second threshold charge level greater than the first threshold charge level: Based on the determination that the battery level of the first wearable device identified using the first interface is lower than the first threshold charge level, power is provided to the first wearable device through the first interface and power is provided to the second wearable device through the second interface, and In accordance with the determination that the battery level is not lower than the first threshold charge level, power is provided through the second interface only to the second wearable device among the first wearable device and the second wearable device. including instructions that cause the above charging device, Non-transient computer-readable storage media.

Description

Charging device, method, and non-transient computer-readable storage medium for charging a wearable device The present disclosure relates to a charging device, a method, and a non-transient computer-readable storage medium for charging a wearable device. A wearable device can be worn on a user's body to operate. A wearable device may include a battery. By using power supplied through the battery, the wearable device can provide services without being connected to an external power source. The information described above may be provided as related art for the purpose of aiding understanding of the present disclosure. No claim or determination is made as to whether any of the foregoing may be applied as prior art related to the present disclosure. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device in a network environment according to one embodiment. FIG. 2 illustrates a simplified block diagram of an exemplary charging device. Figure 3 illustrates an example of a charging device connected to wearable devices. FIG. 4 illustrates examples of the operations of a charging device for providing power to wearable devices. FIG. 5a illustrates an example of battery information received from a wearable device. FIG. 5b illustrates examples of operations of a charging device for determining a critical charge level. FIG. 6 illustrates an example of a graph showing the state of a wearable device being charged by a charging device. FIG. 7 illustrates examples of operations of a charging device that charges wearable devices while acquiring external power. FIG. 8 illustrates examples of operations of a charging device that charges wearable devices while not acquiring external power. FIG. 9 illustrates examples of other operations of a charging device that charges wearable devices while not acquiring external power. FIG. 10 illustrates an example of a charging device that provides power obtained from a first wearable device to a second wearable device. FIG. 11 illustrates an example of a first wearable device for charging wearable devices using a charging device. The terms used in this disclosure are used merely to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. A singular expression may include a plural expression unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as generally understood by those skilled in the art described in this disclosure. Terms used in this disclosure that are defined in a general dictionary may be interpreted as having the same or similar meaning as they have in the context of the relevant technology, and are not to be interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined in this disclosure. In some cases, even terms defined in this disclosure are not to be interpreted to exclude the embodiments of this disclosure. In the various embodiments of the present disclosure described below, a hardware-based approach is described as an example. However, since the various embodiments of the present disclosure include techniques using both hardware and software, the various embodiments of the present disclosure do not exclude a software-based approach. Terms used in the following description to refer to data (e.g., data, information, battery information), terms referring to values (e.g., reference time, reference charge level, critical charge level, critical SOC), terms for operation states (e.g., operation, process), terms referring to network entities, terms referring to device components, etc., are examples provided for the convenience of explanation. Accordingly, the present disclosure is not limited to the terms described below, and other terms having equivalent technical meanings may be used. Additionally, in this disclosure, expressions of "greater than" or "less than" may be used to determine whether a specific condition is satisfied or fulfilled; however, this is merely for the purpose of expressing an example and does not exclude descriptions of "greater than" or "less than." Conditions described as "greater than" may be replaced with "greater than," conditions described as "less than" may be replaced with "less than," and conditions described as "greater than and less than" may be replaced with "greater than and less than." Furthermore, "A" to "B" below refer to at least one of elements from A (including A) to B (including B). Below, "C" and/or "D" refers to including at least one of "C" or "D," i.e., {"C", "D", "C" and "D"}. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device in a network environment according to one embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, in a network environment (100), an electronic device (101) may communicate with an electronic device (102) through a first network (198) (e.g., a short-range wireless communication network) or with at least one of an electronic device (104) or a server (108) through a second network (199) (e.g., a long-range wirel