US 12,081,047 B2
Power system with battery charging control
Kartik R. Venkatraman, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Santhanakrishnan Geeyarpuramnadathur, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/054,360.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/652,230, filed on Apr. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0305597 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/24 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/80 (2016.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC H02J 7/00034 (2020.01) [H02J 7/24 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/80 (2016.02); H04W 4/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power transmitting device configured to charge a battery of a power receiving device, comprising:
power transmitting circuitry configured to provide power to the power receiving device to charge the battery; and
control circuitry configured to control the power transmitting circuitry based on usage history information associated with usage of the power receiving device and based on usage history information associated with a portable electronic device other than the power receiving device, wherein the control circuitry is configured to control the power transmitting circuitry to charge the battery to a charge state that is less than a maximum capacity of the battery in response to determining from the usage history information associated with the portable electronic device that the portable electronic device has been taken to a location away from the power receiving device.