US 12,015,285 B2
Connecting apparatus for electronic device and controlling method thereof
Seung Hai Hwang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Kyowoong Choo, Seoul (KR); Soon Kwon Paik, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Nam Kwon Jung, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Keun Ho Yang, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,447.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0034836 (KR), filed on Mar. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299593 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/73 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 7/00034 (2020.01) [H01R 13/73 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device connection apparatus comprising:
a connector configured to be connected to an electronic device;
an input device configured to generate, in response to a user input, a mode change signal, the mode change signal comprising instructions to select at least one operation mode from a plurality of operation modes,
the plurality of operation modes comprising at least: a charging operation mode, and a data transmission operation mode; and
a controller configured to:
charge the electronic device according to the charging operation mode,
communicate with the electronic device according to the data transmission operation mode,
receive the mode change signal from the input device, and
change between and select at least one operation mode of the plurality of operation modes in response to the mode change signal.