US 11,699,921 B2
System and method for charging mobile device in vehicle
Dong-chang Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chong-min Lee, Seoul (KR); and Bo-seok Moon, Gyeongg-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
Appl. No. 16/767,333
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/010583
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/132174, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0181511 (KR), filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0389053 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H04B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H02J 50/12 (2016.02) [H04B 5/0037 (2013.01); H04B 5/0081 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, performed by an electronic device, of controlling a wireless charging device in a vehicle, the method comprising:
identifying at least one mobile device in the vehicle;
obtaining state information of the identified at least one mobile device;
obtaining state information of the vehicle;
controlling power and charging strengths of a plurality of wireless charging devices in the vehicle based on the state information of the mobile device and the state information of the vehicle; and
controlling the charging strengths of the plurality of wireless charging devices in the vehicle based on information about a predicted arrival time obtained from a navigation device configured to guide a traveling path of the vehicle,
wherein the state information of the vehicle includes information about a voltage of a battery in the vehicle and a current power consumption amount of the vehicle.