US 11,990,786 B2
Electronic device and method for controlling cooling function of external electronic device
Chihwan Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Kyungha Koo, Seoul (KR); Kiyoun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Se-Young Jang, Seongnam-si (KR); and Han-Shil Choi, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/001,048.
Application 17/001,048 is a continuation of application No. 15/938,192, filed on Mar. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,785,887.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0039427 (KR), filed on Mar. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0389996 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 50/80 (2016.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/20 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/007192 (2020.01) [G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/203 (2013.01); G06F 1/206 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H05K 7/20 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating an electronic device, comprising:
detecting, by the electronic device, whether the electronic device is on an external electronic device having a cooling function;
in response to detecting the electronic device being on the external electronic device, detecting, by the electronic device, whether the electronic device is functionally connected to the external electronic device;
in response to detecting the electronic device being functionally connected to the external electronic device, monitoring, by the electronic device, a temperature of the electronic device;
generating, by the electronic device, a control command corresponding to the monitored temperature; and
sending, by the electronic device, the generated control command to the external electronic device having the cooling function,
wherein the control command comprises voltage information for determining an operation level of an electric fan motor of the external electronic device based on the temperature or Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) information for determining the operation level of the electric fan motor of the external electronic device based on the temperature,
wherein the control command is generated based on a table, stored in a memory of the electronic device, the table including a plurality of commands corresponding to each of the voltage information and the RPM information per temperature, and
wherein the control command is sent while the electronic device is receiving wireless charging power from a wireless charging circuit of the external electronic device.