US 11,728,682 B2
Wireless power transmission/reception device and method of operating the same
Jinhoo Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Wonkyu Sung, Suwon-si (KR); Jungwon Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Daehyeong Park, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghwa Han, Suwon-si (KR); Minwoo Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Hyoungwook Yi, Suwon-si (KR); Jongchul Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Changryong Heo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/33,334.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0119948 (KR), filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099019 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/50 (2016.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01)
CPC H02J 50/12 (2016.02) [H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/50 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing structure including a first surface facing in a first direction, and a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
a second housing structure including a third surface facing in a third direction, and a fourth surface facing in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, the second housing structure being disposed to be rotatable relative to the first housing structure in a state of at least partially facing the first housing structure;
a display disposed on the first surface of the first housing structure and the third surface of the second housing structure; and
a control circuit,
wherein:
the first housing structure comprises a first wireless charger configured to perform a wireless charging function in relation to a first external electronic device,
the second housing structure comprises a second wireless charger configured to perform a wireless charging function in relation to a second external electronic device,
the second wireless charger is located to face the first wireless charger in a state in which the first housing structure and the second housing structure are folded to face each other,
wherein the control circuit is configured to control the electronic device to perform the wireless charging function in relation to the second external electronic device under at least one predetermined condition, and
the predetermined condition includes a state in which at least one of the second surface or the fourth surface faces the second external electronic device.